“The provisions would have required Chevron to give a total of $1 million a year to the city’s construction training program, summer youth employment and an industrial arts training academy; create an urban forest in the city”
That is extortion and blackmail on the part of the local Govt.
If anyone but the Govt was doing it, it would be a felony.
“That is extortion and blackmail on the part of the local Govt.
If anyone but the Govt was doing it, it would be a felony.”
....yep, that’s exactly what it is alright!...and it’s becoming all the more common...Jesse Jackson pioneered the race card corporate shakedown over 20 years ago....now other grievance groups are piling on....we stockholders are STUPID for allowing company management to get away with this....look for a whole lot more “community reinvestment” presssure if Obama gets in....his wife has already told young people “..don’t go into business, be an activist”