"Frankly, when the league formed, nobody really wanted Connecticut, nobody but Dave Gavitt," said Mike Tranghese, who served 11 years under Gavitt, the founding commissioner, and for 19 more after succeeding him in that role.
MUMBAI, India — Sports officials suspended the founding commissioner of a popular cricket league in India on Monday and asked him to respond to claims that he had rigged team auctions and improperly structured a broadcasting deal.
The Telegram pointed out that Alford's comments appeared to be based on the theories of Harry Anslinger, the founding commissioner of what was then called the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, which was behind the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937.
The officers conducting the review, said Sev Ozdowski, the human rights commissioner, "found no evidence of parents encouraging children to engage in acts of self harm".
The Natural Resources Group, founded by Parks Commissioner Henry J. Stern in 1984, is in charge of acquiring, restoring and maintaining the city's natural lands -- its woodlands, meadows and wetlands.
The newspaper ran a front-page article listing the schools likely to be affected and disclosed that Cerf, the state commissioner, had founded the consulting firm.
"The scent and allure of Washington was very compelling to him," said Gordon Davis, a former New York City parks commissioner and the founding chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center who is a friend of Mr. Johnson.
On Monday, league officials are expected to try to oust that executive, Lalit Kumar Modi, who has been the league's commissioner since its founding but has become embroiled in a scandal that has also brought down a senior government official.
Gordon J. Davis, a former city parks commissioner and the founding chairman of Jazz at Lincoln Center, said, though, that the management of Central Park, Riverside South, Bryant Park and Hudson River Park, among others, suggested that public-private partnerships can work.
On Monday, league officials are expected to try to oust that executive, Lalit Kumar Modi, who has been the I.P.L.'s commissioner since its founding but has become embroiled in a scandal that has also brought down a senior government official.
Bertone is being managed by bankruptcy commissioners after the founding family was pushed aside.
