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. . .what will she decide after she hears all the testimony? That's the question utmost in many Seattlites' minds this week. Judge Marsha Pechman must rule in the Key Arena lease agreement suit the City of Seattle has brought against the new owners (2006) of the Seattle Super Sonics NBA basketball team. Do emails reveal they planned from the beginning to move the team to Oklahoma City as soon as possible and not honor the remainder of their Key Arena lease? Their proposal last year for a mostly publicly funded mega dollar shiny new stadium in the suburb of Renton was rejected outright, and they didn't offer to invest heavily in it themselves, so was it ever intended to be a viable deal? Now that the NBA has given the owners permission to move the team to Oaklahoma City, is Seattle right to hold them to the remaining two years of their lease agreement and not accept a buyout? Sonics fans have taken to the streets with a Save Our Sonics movement of grassroots support to keep the team on home turf. The judge is expected to rule after testimony ends June 26.
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