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Barry Acted to Block Stadium
Mayor Anthony A. Williams listens to Mark H. Tuohey, chairman of the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission, during a news conference to discuss the stadium. Tuohey says he believes Major League Baseball will allow the city two or three weeks to find a way to secure council support.
(Nikki Kahn -- The Washington Post)
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" 'We're not going to be dictated to,' " DuPuy replied, according to Barry.
"Well, you're not being dictated to," Barry said he responded. "This is a negotiation."
DuPuy declined to comment yesterday.
In interviews yesterday, Brown, Gray and Mendelson said that although they had never agreed to support Barry's plans, they believed that Williams and his staff did not seem to be fighting as hard for a better deal.
Discussions about a potential owner covering overruns "said to me that there were some options that were not being explored by the mayor," Mendelson said. "The only leverage being shown by D.C. toward baseball in the past year and a half was the eight council members who were willing to say no."
In any case, Gray said, the lease was doomed.
"There wasn't much left after that," Gray said.
Staff writer Thomas Heath contributed to this report.
