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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know why Maret didn’t bother to find a private athletic field or build its own after all these years? Is their planning area incompetent or just prefers to pay bribes to politicians rather than a market rate for land? [/quote]

Maret has a large field which is used all weekend by non-Maret groups.  Maret’s challenge is that they have three divisions on one smallish campus and the one field doesn’t can’t handle everyone during the school week.  The suggestion about Maret maybe buying the Hardy facility from DC would be deliciously ironic.[/quote]

Maret can easily solve its "challenge" by shelling out some cash rather than relying on the goodwill of Jack Evans and the rest of the DC government officials they bribed so that they only have to pay $95k/year.   Sidwell has an underground parking lot that gives it more space for things like athletic fields.  I don't know why anyone would choose Maret as so many other DC area privates have better resources including sufficient field space.[/quote]

You should be very careful about alleging that the Maret School bribed anyone, lest you want a defamation suit in your Xmas stocking. [/quote]

Maret would have to prove that the defamation is false. Can they?   Since Jack Evans was part of the first deal a decade ago (which was maligned even then as a backroom deal) and is now under multiple federal investigations, and Maret has been very eager to avoid the public consultation process, if I were Maret I would be very wary of inviting further scrutiny of my actions on this shady deal. [/quote]

I don't think Maret would find discovery enjoyable in this case.

Can't help but note how the Maret community resorts to threats to try and silence people once their flimsy talking points fall apart. [/quote]

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