From 1997 to 1999, Blute served as executive director of the Massachusetts Port Authority (MassPort).https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/state/1996/12/18/port-authority-appoints-blute-chief/50624503007/ His tenure at MassPort came to an end following revelations of a workday "booze cruise", originally paid for with Massport funds and billed as a "survey" of Boston Harbor, during which a female passenger, actress Gidget Churchill, aboard the vessel with Blute exposed her breasts to a Boston Herald photographer. Questions remain as to why Churchill exposed herself and who notified the local media as to the time and date of the cruise.https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/state/1999/08/19/massport-head-resigns-in-wake/50519333007/
