General Atomics megamillionaire Linden Blue and ex–Jerry Sanders chief operating officer Ronne Froman have been an item for more than three years now, showing up together once a month or so in the column of Union-Tribune society writer Burl Stiff. The columnist has reported their presence at events ranging from Marti Emerald’s 50th birthday party in January 2005 to a YMCA salute to retired Copley editor in chief Herb Klein last November. But Stiff is apparently the only U-T scribe to gain access to Froman, a retired rear admiral who bailed from her position as the mayor’s chief operating officer last June in the midst of an in-house investigation of the Sunroad high-rise scandal. Speculation had it that Froman left because she was unhappy with a Sanders-ordered cover-up; Froman herself isn’t talking. But General Atomics’ Blue, who runs the defense contracting company with his brother Neal, remains a Sanders loyalist, kicking in $320 to his campaign on February 26 and March 14 of this year.
General Atomics megamillionaire Linden Blue and ex–Jerry Sanders chief operating officer Ronne Froman have been an item for more than three years now, showing up together once a month or so in the column of Union-Tribune society writer Burl Stiff. The columnist has reported their presence at events ranging from Marti Emerald’s 50th birthday party in January 2005 to a YMCA salute to retired Copley editor in chief Herb Klein last November. But Stiff is apparently the only U-T scribe to gain access to Froman, a retired rear admiral who bailed from her position as the mayor’s chief operating officer last June in the midst of an in-house investigation of the Sunroad high-rise scandal. Speculation had it that Froman left because she was unhappy with a Sanders-ordered cover-up; Froman herself isn’t talking. But General Atomics’ Blue, who runs the defense contracting company with his brother Neal, remains a Sanders loyalist, kicking in $320 to his campaign on February 26 and March 14 of this year.
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