Major League Baseball not a priority for Portland Mayor Charlie Hales

Portland Business Journal:

Advocates of bringing a Major League Baseball club to Portland make it appear that Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and other elected officials strongly support their cause.

A column published late last month on MLB.com — Major League Baseball’s official website — claims that Hales has endorsed a site next to Memorial Coliseum and the “new” Rose Garden for a baseball stadium.

Not so, according to Hales aide Dana Haynes. In an email, Haynes told the Business Journal that “this is not a priority…

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