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Enron-gate: Democrats Lobbied for the Fallen Energy Giant
Various Links | August 25, 2002 | Republican_strategist

Posted on 08/25/2002 10:15:57 AM PDT by Republican_Strategist

Who lobbies for Enron?


Enron Understated Its Lobbying Expenditures, CRP Analysis Finds

Below is a list of Enron-related lobbying expenditures for the first six months of 2001, reported by lobbying firms hired by Enron Corp. (An asterisk means the firm listed Enron Corp. as a client, but reported activity of less than $10,000. These firms were not included in the total reported by outside firms.)

Quinn Gillespie & Associates LLC – $525,000
Wyatt Tarrant & Combs LLP – $500,000
Bracewell & Patterson – $360,000
Sideview Partners Inc – $200,000
Alexander Strategy Group – $120,000
Commonwealth Group – $40,000
Bob Moss Associates – $40,000
Johnston & Associates - $40,000
Davis Wright Tremaine -- $30,000
*Fontheim International
*Frazer Consulting, P.D.
*Gardere Wynne Sewell
*Michael Lewan Co
*Mayer, Brown & Platt
*Mindbeam
*Vinson & Elkins

Total from Enron (excluding subsidiaries) reported by outside firms: $1,855,000**

Enron Corp’s self-reported total: $825,000

Ex-TVA director, Gore friend got large sums to aid Enron

Enron paid $200,000 to Sideview Partners Inc., a company headed by Mr. Hayes, for lobby work involving TVA earlier this year, according to Mr. Hayes' midyear 2001 lobby activities report.

The Texas company, known for its close political ties to Republicans, also paid $500,000 to the Nashville law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, where another longtime Gore friend and fund-raiser, Charles Bone, works, according to Mr. Bone's midyear disclosure. Mr. Bone reported he lobbied both TVA and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Enron's behalf.

The $500,000 paid to Mr. Bone's law firm appeared to be the highest among all the lobby contracts Enron reported for the first half of 2001. Last year, Enron spent about $2.1 million on lobbying, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a watchdog group.

Also registered to lobby on behalf of Enron this year was former Vice President Gore's former chief of staff, Jack Quinn. Disclosure reports for the first half of 2001 indicate Mr. Quinn's lobbying firm, Quinn, Gillespie & Associates, was paid less than $10,000.

Mr. Hayes' lobbying work occurred more than a year after he left the board of TVA, a federal utility, and did not violate any TVA policies.

Mr. Hayes declined comment.

"I can't talk to you about that," Mr. Hayes said of his Enron work. "Those people (Enron employees) are hurting. Those people are getting laid off, some of the people I worked with."

Mr. Bone didn't return calls. Efforts to contact Mr. Quinn also were unsuccessful.

Calls to Enron's Houston headquarters as well as its Washington office were not returned.

Foreign Trade Missions

The Commonwealth Group Howard Glicken, chairman of the merchant bank The Commonwealth Group, accompanied Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown on the trade mission to South America in June and July of 1994.

The Commonwealth Group gave $5,000 to the Democratic party in the 1991-92 election cycle while Brown served as the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. According to published reports, Glicken is a top fundraiser for the DNC.

Howard Glicken

* Miami businessman.(1)

* Friend of Al Gore.(1)

* Finance Vice Chairman for the DNC during the 1996 campaign.(1)

Laws:

* 2 U.S.C. 441(e) It is against the law for foreign nationals to directly or indirectly contribute, solicit, or receive campaign contributions.(2)

* 18 U.S.C. 1956 It is against the law to solicit or receive campaign contributions that have been laundered in an effort to conceal the actual source of the money. (2)

What They Gave:

* Howard Glicken raised $2 million for Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and other Democrats.(1)

* In July of 1998, Glicken pleaded guilty to illegally soliciting a foreign contribution. He admitted to requesting a $20,000 donation from a foreign national (Thomas Kramer), and then suggesting Kramer funnel the money through a legal donor (Kramer's secretary, Terri Bradley).(1)

What They Got:

* Howard Glicken played golf with Bill Clinton, attended White House coffees, and was an overnight guest at the White House.(1)

Sources:

1) Seper, Jerry. "Gore pal pleads guilty in illegal donation to DSCC." Washington Times National Weekly Edition, July 28-August 2, 1998.

2) Levin, Mark R. "Commentary: Want reform? Make politicians obey the law." Washington Times National Weekly Edition, November 8-14, 1997.

Lobbyists Give A Lift to Leader

During his first year in the chamber, Sen. Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.) began the practice of occasionally summoning a handful of lobbyists to his office to hash out policy issues over a few cups of coffee.

"After Tom was elected, he put together a small group of about 10 people, and they were basically policy discussions," lobbyist Bob Moss recalled of the first meetings in 1987. "He was new to the Senate and [met] with friends that he trusted."

The club consisted of a close-knit group of people who had known Daschle for a long time. Moss had served as the chief counsel on the House Administration Committee, which oversaw the recount efforts of Daschle's winning House campaign in 1978, while lobbyists like Thomas Jolly also knew him in the early days.

Former Lieberman aide lobbied staff of the senator, who now leads Enron investigation

That team included former Clinton White House counsel Jack Quinn, ex-Democratic Louisiana Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, former Al Gore adviser Greg Simon and Republican strategist Ed Gillespie.

Enron Courted Gore

The "Gore 2000 Strategy" memo is dated May 19, 2000, and was prepared by Enron's Washington office with assistance from lobbyists at Fontheim International. Fontheim registered to lobby on behalf of Enron on May 5 of that year.

According to the memo's timeline, beginning in July, Enron lobbyists planned "outreach to key elected officials who are close to the Vice President, including Sen. Evan Bayh [D-Ind.], Sen. Joe Lieberman [D-Conn.], Sen. Bob Graham [D-Fla.], Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-La.], [then Energy] Secretary [Bill] Richardson, [then Housing and Urban Development] Secretary [Andrew] Cuomo, et al."

Lieberman, of course, went on to become Gore's running mate, while Bayh and Graham were considered to be on the short list for the vice presidential nomination. Landrieu has been a strong advocate for the energy industry since being elected to the Senate in 1996.

HOLIER-THAN-THOU-JOE AND ENRON: Ex-Lieberman Aide Lobbied for Enron

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Joseph Lieberman's former top aide, working as an Enron lobbyist, met three times with the senator's staff and tried unsuccessfully to arrange a meeting between Enron's chairman and Lieberman * now leading an investigation of the oil giant.

Lobbyist Michael Lewan served three years as Lieberman's chief of staff and remains a political adviser, but the relationship won't affect the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee inquiry, Lieberman spokesman Dan Gerstein said Wednesday.

The lobbyist and Lieberman talked from time to time "but not about Enron," Gerstein said. "The senator was aware that Enron added him (Lewan) as a client."

The revelation adds to a growing list of Washington politicians whose ties to Enron have come under scrutiny in the aftermath of the jolting financial collapse of one of America's largest companies.

Lieberman, the unsuccessful vice presidential candidate in 2000, was one of the first lawmakers to announce an investigation of Enron after its December bankruptcy.

Mayer, Brown, & Platt

Chicago-based Mayer, Brown, & Platt is one of the city's largest law firms, home to more than 500 lawyers and some 1200 employees in Chicago alone.

Mayer Brown's longtime relationship with now defunct Continential Illinois Bank developed a banking specialty at the firm. Charlotte, NC-based Bank of America, which absorbed Continential, is one of Mayer Brown's largest clients.

The firm also has notable practices in securities law, business, environmental, tax, and intellectual property. Moreover, Mayer Brown's appellate and Supreme Court litigation team is labeled by some as the best in the U.S.

Mayer Brown is also well known for its strong political ties, local and otherwise.

William Daley, brother to Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, son of former Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, Clinton cabinet member and manager of Al Gore's presidential campaign, is a Mayer Brown alum.

Former Democrat Illinois Attorney General Ty Fahner, former Clinton Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor, and current Illinois Republican Party Chairman Richard Williamson are Mayer Brown partners.

The firm has U.S. branch offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Houston, Charlotte (serving Bank of America), and Santa Fe, NM. It has international offices in London, Cologne, France, and Tashkent, Uzbekistan in Central Asia.

Mayer Brown was founded in Chicago in 1881.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Mayer Brown donated $387,075 to federal political candidates in 2000, 53% to Democrats.

Greg Simon

With eleven years of policy development and implementation expertise in the Congress and the White House, Greg Simon has extensive experience with all aspects of the Executive Office of the President, the Office of the Vice President, the U.S. Congress, Cabinet departments, Executive agencies, the European Union (including the governments of many member nations), private corporations and academic institutions. He has experience in and knowledge of domestic and international issues and trends in telecommunications, information technology, education, media, biotechnology, space exploration and research and development policy. Greg also has extensive experience in public presentations and press communications.

Prior to founding Simon Strategies/Mindbeam in 1997, Greg Simon was the Chief Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President Al Gore. In that position, Greg was the Vice President's top advisor on economic, science and technology issues. He represented the Vice President in such policymaking bodies as the National Economic Council, the Domestic Policy Council, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and numerous interagency task forces.

In case you have not figured it out...Democrats do!


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Free Republic; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: democrats; enronlist; enronscandal
Please visit Enrongate: a Democrat Scandal
1 posted on 08/25/2002 10:15:57 AM PDT by Republican_Strategist
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2 posted on 08/25/2002 10:16:55 AM PDT by Republican_Strategist
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To: Republican_Strategist
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3 posted on 08/25/2002 10:18:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Republican_Strategist
Of course the dems were on the Enron dole - just like the repos. I have never yet seen a "meadow muffin" that only attracted flies from one side of the field. The political flies were swarming all over this Enron Meadow Muffin. Only the short sighted or the involved would not see something is gravely wrong with our political system, which is so openly and completely funded with legalized bribes.
4 posted on 08/25/2002 10:50:31 AM PDT by ghostrider
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To: ghostrider
this is one "well duh" for the books, im just glad someone finally said it.... just wish the mainstream media would catch on to the thought that maybe, just maybe... (both sides being as close to equal in numbers as they are) that support from both sides is required to have something opporate. i guarantee if all the dems or all us right-wingers stopped buying from microsoft (either one would do) then Microsoft's American market wouldnt be worth Bill Gate's effort. blaming politics for corruption in private business is like blaming the mother of a convicted 30 year old murderer... its just stupid, the people responsible are the ones responsible, but the dems hold on to the belief that the government has to be to blame because its there to "take care of them, and only them" because they're all "victims". makes me sick
5 posted on 08/25/2002 11:12:41 AM PDT by MacDorcha
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To: Republican_Strategist; Fracas; Vidalia; Shermy; weikel; Rodney King; Phillip Augustus; Imal; ...
Excellent. The Harvard connection to Enron:

Robert Belfer
Harvard affiliation: JD, Harvard; Patron of Harvard's Belfer Center for International and Strategic Affairs; Harvard Committee on University Resources (1982-1989); Member of Visiting Board of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government
Enron affiliation: Enron's largest stockholder, Enron Director since 1985

Sanjay Bhatnagar
Harvard affiliation: MBA, Harvard
Enron affiliation: CEO of Enron India

Peter Fisher
Harvard affiliation: JD, Harvard
Enron affiliation: Undesecretary of the Treasury; implicated in Enron scandal Citgroup Chairman Robert Rubin (see below) called Mr. Fisher to inquire about the possibility of Federal intervention in support of Enron. The New York Times reports:

It was Fisher's role as the administration's liaison to the markets that led Robert E. Rubin, the former Treasury secretary who is now chairman of the executive committee at Citigroup, one of Enron's two main lenders, to call him about the situation.

It also made Mr. Fisher a natural point of contact for Enron itself. Whether simply to keep the government informed of financial problems at the dominant player in the burgeoning business of trading energy, as Enron says it was doing, or seeking assistance as it fought to survive, as the administration has suggested twice in recent days was the case, Mr. Fisher was clearly the go-to guy.

In a government filing, Fisher recently disclosed that he owns at least 10,000 shares of Enron stock.

Pankaj Ghemawat
Harvard affiliation: Professor, Harvard Business School; MBA, Harvard
Enron affiliation: Member, Enron advisory council

William Hogan
Harvard affiliation: Professor, Kennedy School of Government; Director, Harvard Electric Policy Group (HEPG)
Enron affiliation: HEPG receives Enron funding

Jonathon Jacobson
Harvard affiliation: AB, MBA, Harvard; currently manages in excess of $2 billion of Harvard's endowment through Highfields Capital
Enron affiliation: Highfields Capital, and Harvard in-turn, short-sold nearly 3 million Enron shares just prior to the collapse of the stock

Lawrence Lindsey
Harvard affiliation: MA and Ph. D, Harvard; former Harvard faculty, Department of Economics
Enron affiliation: Chief White House economist; Enron advisory board; Citigroup consultant Lindsey's proximity to the president place him at the center of inquiry regarding Enron's relationship to the White House before and after the company's collapse. The New York Times reports, "Before he became the president's top economic counselor, Lawrence B. Lindsey was a paid adviser to Enron." Lindsey's position at Enron and consulting for Citigroup, Enron's banker, will continue to raise questions about the White House's relationship to the Enron scandal.

Rebecca Mark
Harvard affiliation: MBA, Harvard
Enron affiliation: Former Chairman of Enron International, Former CEO of Enron subsidiary Azurix

Once lauded by the business press, Mark took the fall for Enron's failed effort to privatize the world's water supply through its Azurix subsidiary.

Ms. Mark is named as a defendant in the most prominent lawsuit against Enron. She executed insider trades of 1.4 million shares, pocketing $79.4 million before the company collapsed.

John Mendelsohn
Harvard affiliation: AB, MD, Harvard
Enron affiliation: Enron Director The New York Times reports, "Also on the board is Dr. John Mendelsohn, president of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, one of Houston's most prestigious institutions. Enron has donated more than $600,000 to the center in the last five years."

Mr. Mendelsohn's ability to serve as a director while receiving large donations from the company has been questioned.

Paulo V. Ferraz Pereira
Harvard affiliation: MBA, Harvard
Enron affiliation: Enron director; Former President and CEO, State Bank of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

William C. Powers, Jr.
Harvard affiliation: JD, Harvard
Enron affiliation: Enron director

Robert Rubin
Harvard affiliation: AB, Harvard, 1966; Honorary Doctorate, 2001; former Director, Harvard Management Company;
Enron affiliation: Chairman of the Board, Citigroup (Enron's largest creditor)

John M. Seidl
Harvard affiliation: MPP and Ph. D, Harvard
Enron affiliation: Former Enron COO and director Marc Shapiro Harvard affiliation: AB, Harvard Enron affiliation: Vice Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank (major Enron creditor) In recent profiles, both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have focused on Shapiro's awkward position as Chase's conduit with Enron, its major creditor.

Jeffrey Skilling
Harvard affiliation: MBA, Harvard
Enron affiliation: Former Enron CEO; former Enron Director Perhaps the pivotal figure in the Enron scandal, Skilling is considered the architect of Enron's high-risk trading system.

The New York Times reports that Skilling, "received $66.9 million for 1.1 million shares. Beginning in December 2000, Mr. Skilling began to sell his holdings at a pace of 10,000 shares about every seven days. He still owns about 600,000 shares and options, according to public filings."

While at McKinsey in the 1980s, Skilling reported to Harvard Corporation member and Harvard Treasurer D. Ronald Daniel.

John B. Wing
Harvard affiliation: MBA, Harvard
Enron affiliation: Former Chairman, Enron Power Group and Enron Cogeneration Co. (owner)

Herbert "Pug" Winokur
Harvard affiliation: A. B., Ph. D, Harvard; Member of Harvard Corporation; Director, Harvard Management Company
Enron affiliation: Enron Director since 1985; Chair, Enron Finance Committee; Former Chairman, Azurix Corporation (Enron subsidiary)

Robert B. Zoellick
Harvard affiliation: J. D., MPP, Harvard; former director and faculty member of Harvard's Belfer Center
Enron affiliation: U. S. Trade Representative; Enron Advisory Board; board member of Alliance Capital, major Enron shareholder

Source:Trading Truth: Harvard's Enron Entanglements summary and recommendations
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~skomarov/harvardwatch/trading_truth_summary.pdf

Full report:
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~skomarov/harvardwatch/trading_truth_full.pdf

Home Page (some HTML):
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~skomarov/harvardwatch/

Rubin appointed to Harvard Corporation
By Associated Press,
4/7/2002

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin was appointed to Harvard University's executive governing board, the university announced Sunday.

Rubin, who served as President Clinton's Treasury Secretary from 1995 to 1999, will join the Harvard Corporation on July 1, 2002. . .

As one of the board's seven members, Rubin will work closely with university President Lawrence Summers, who served as deputy in Rubin's Treasury Department. Summers was appointed to the top post in 1999 when Rubin left to become chairman of the executive committee of financial giant Citigroup. . .

Rubin's appointment came two days after the resignation of another Harvard Corporation fellow, Herbert Winokur, head of the finance committee on Enron's board of directors, announced Friday that he would step down from the Harvard board, citing concerns that his connection to the bankrupt energy giant had become a distraction. . .MORE



Many similarities between the way Fastow busted out Enron and the way Harvard participated in the privitization ( mafia looting) of Russia

June 27, 2002

US Seeking $102M From Harvard, Pair

By THANASSIS CAMBANIS,
The Boston Globe

After settlement negotiations with Harvard University broke down, the US Department of Justice yesterday asked a federal judge to order Harvard and the two men who ran an economic reform program in Russia to repay the government $102 million, contending they mismanaged the development project.

The 130-page motion filed in US District Court, along with hundreds of pages of memos and depositions, chronicles in extraordinary detail the government's allegations against Harvard, economics professor Andrei Shleifer, and his former deputy at the Harvard Institute for International Development, Jonathan Hay, including charges they invested in companies directly affected by advice they gave the government. . . .
Full article


6 posted on 08/25/2002 11:30:29 AM PDT by LarryLied
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To: LarryLied
quite a list.
7 posted on 08/25/2002 11:58:45 AM PDT by Rodney King
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To: Rodney King; kcvl; ASDFGHJK; Grampa Dave; aristeides; bribriagain; Hostage; groanup; ladyjane
Wonder what the end game was supposed to be. Surely not what it is. The smartest people in the whole wide world must have had something in mind.
8 posted on 08/25/2002 12:35:16 PM PDT by LarryLied
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To: LarryLied
Jeepers! Thanks for all the information and the heads up!
9 posted on 08/25/2002 12:38:49 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Republican_Strategist
bump
10 posted on 08/25/2002 12:46:25 PM PDT by VOA
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To: Republican_Strategist; All
You've seen this?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/737753/posts
GORE AND ENRON
Various Media Outlets Found in Research and Referenced | 22 August 2002 | Freeper Research
"Hope every freeper sends this out to all their local media, friends, enemies, family members, etc. This is what FR is all about - getting the job done..."
 

11 posted on 08/25/2002 1:23:37 PM PDT by backhoe
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To: LarryLied
Re your post #6 - Very interesting. Thanks for the ping.
12 posted on 08/25/2002 1:57:28 PM PDT by summer
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To: ghostrider
Of course the dems were on the Enron dole - just like the repos. I have never yet seen a "meadow muffin" that only attracted flies from one side of the field.
As on so many things, I think Ann Coulter has the right slant on the "pox on both their houses" approach. If journalism is unbiased, then when you read the paper or watch the news you are getting a fair representation of the virtues and defects of the two predominant parties and of their candidates/elected officials. But the idea that journalism is objective should be viewed as a hypothesis to be tested before being accepted.

If you weigh the evidence on both sides of that ledger, you find that hypothesis is supported by three things:

First and foremost, journalists say that they are objective. They create editorial pages of frank opinion which has the effect of suggesting that the rest of the paper is not mere opinion.

Secondly, Democrats and Republicans complain that journalism is stacked against them. That suggests that the truth might lie somewhere in between. And,

both Democrats and republicans make regular appearances on TV public affairs programs, and partisans are presented to balance each other.

On the other hand, you find support for the idea that the hypothesis is untrue:
First, there is a revolving door between the (by hypothesis objective) news reporters (as opposed to "analysts" whose opinions are not positioned as being objecitve) and only one of the parties.

Second, the First Amendment is not predicated on the idea that journalism will be objective or even that journalism (as distinguished for example from books) is, by itself, "the press." There is in fact a logical presumption that a book will tend to be more valid than a newspaper article simply because of the added time available to the author and editor to fact-check and so forth. But even for books--never mind journalism--the First Amendment implies "let the reader beware" and not its opposite.

And speaking of books, Coulter's Slander has 35 pages of footnotes. In order even to begin the Sisyphusen task of proving the negative of "no bias in journalism" one would have to show that all of them are tendentious or irrelevant.

The argument in favor of accepting journalism as objective boils down to laziness and intellectual sloppiness.

13 posted on 08/25/2002 3:42:34 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion
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To: Fracas; MJY1288; Vidalia; Tailgunner Joe; Libertarianize the GOP; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
TIMELINE OF HARVARD-ENRON INVOLVEMENT IN DEREGULATION SCHEMES

1993
Harvard establishes the Enron-funded Harvard Electricity Policy Group (HEPG) at its Kennedy School of Government (KSG). This is during the period when Robert Belfer, long-time Enron director and the company's largest shareholder, sits on the KSG's Visiting Board overseeing the school. HEPG begins producing and promoting what now total 1,000 reports on electricity deregulation, with at least 70 focusing specifically on California.

1994
Jan, Sept:
Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling presents two proposals for energy deregulation in California and elsewhere at HEPG events.

Aug:
HEPG's research director, William Hogan, urges the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to deregulate its electricity market according to what he calls the "Enron model" — precisely the model that Enron had already used to deregulate and manipulate the gas market.

Skilling endorses Hogan's suggestion to the CPUC, helping to consolidate a consensus.

New England utilities hire Hogan to participate in industry planning talks. Hogan steers the talks toward a deregulation agenda, and publicly announces that "About the only thing that won't change over time is that when you flip the switch the lights will still go on."

1995
July:
Hogan endorses the CPUC plan.
Dec:
CPUC votes to deregulate the electricity market.

1996
Aug:
Hogan leads a delegation to FERC's conference in Washington, D. C. to push for California deregulation.

Sept:
Hogan tells California's elected officials, "If it comes down to a take-it-or-leave- it decision, then my advice is to take it." ° California's Governor Pete Wilson signs deregulation legislation.

1997
Enron launches a national advertising campaign to promote electricity deregulation. Hogan advises Congress not to pass legislation restricting deregulation. HEPG Executive Director Ashley Hogan complains to the Boston Globe that New England deregulation is not moving quickly enough.

1998
California deregulation takes effect, as utilities divest of generating plants. Consumer prices remain capped until this process continues; it is expected to finish by 2002.

Sept:
HEGP produces the first of two reports hailing California for providing "reliability through markets."
Hogan advocates deregulation in Montana, a state where electricity prices are already so low that MIT economist Paul Joskow admits, "I don't know of anyone that can provide power cheaper." Montana's deregulation scheme eventually sends wholesale prices to ten times their former levels and causes 1,000 workers to lose their jobs.

1999
Summer:
San Diego Gas and Electric becomes the first major utility company to lift consumer price caps. Over the next year, as wholesale prices climb, San Diego consumers see their electric bills triple.

Nov:
HEGP produces the second of two reports hailing California for providing "reliability through markets."

2000
May:
California's electricity crisis begins. Recent memos released indicate that Enron was manipulating the market to increase its profit, and in the process exacerbating the crisis for the public.

July:
Hogan and Skilling publicly oppose price caps to protect consumers.
Oct:
HEPG Executive Director Ashley Brown testifies with Enron's Director of Government Affairs for the Americas to the Vermont Public Service Board, which oversees electricity policy for the state.

2001
Jan:
Hogan tells the Los Angeles Times that he opposes long-term energy contracts in California which would insulate against the volatility of prices and services delivered by the deregulated market.

March:
Hogan testifies on Enron's behalf to the Texas Public Utilities Commission to guide that state's deregulatory process.

March:
HEPG and Enron present on privatization and deregulation at the Brazil Energy 2001 Conference.

June:
Hogan opposes price caps for California in June testimony to Congress.

Enron leads energy producers and marketers in campaign contributions and lobbying expenses for elections in California, spending $645 million (http:// www. commoncause. org/ publications/ may01/ castudy. htm). The company would stand to lose if price caps and other re-regulatory measures were introduced. California introduces price caps, and prices fall.

Questions about Enron's finances emerge, and Enron declares bankruptcy.

William Hogan
Harvard affiliation:
Professor, Kennedy School of Government; Research Director, Harvard Electric Policy Group (HEPG)

Enron affiliation:
HEPG receives Enron funding; HEPG has promoted proposals for deregulation in California and elsewhere by Enron's Jeffrey Skilling; Hogan has testified for Enron to state regulatory boards; Hogan worked closely with Enron to design and promote deregulatory schemes in California and elsewhere.

Robert Rubin
Harvard affiliation:
AB, Harvard, 1966; Honorary Doctorate, 2001; former Director, Harvard Management Company; most recent addition to Harvard Corporation.

Enron affiliation:
Chairman of the Board, Citigroup (Enron's largest creditor); Established relationship with Enron CEO Kenneth Lay in late 1980s while at Goldman, Sachs, a major Enron financier; Lay offered Rubin a position on Enron's board; as Enron collapsed, Rubin asked a former employee at the Treasury Department to intercede to maintain the corporation's credit ratings; involved in CA deregulation crisis as an advisor to Governor Gray Davis.

Lawrence Summers
Harvard Affiliation:
Ph. D., Harvard, 1982; Harvard Professor, 1983-1991; Harvard University President and member of the Harvard Corporation.

Enron Affiliation:
As U. S. Treasury Secretary, promised Enron CEO Kenneth Lay that "I'll keep my eye on power deregulation and energy-market infrastructure issues." Consulted with Goldman, Sachs when the firm was becoming a major Enron financier; it is unknown whether he provided research or advice on Goldman's Enron account.

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~skomarov/harvardwatch/deregulation_deception_appendices.pdf


14 posted on 08/25/2002 7:16:09 PM PDT by LarryLied
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To: Republican_Strategist
bttt
15 posted on 08/25/2002 8:32:57 PM PDT by TheEaglehasLanded
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To: Republican_Strategist; PhiKapMom
This thread may come in useful as the situation unfolds.
16 posted on 08/26/2002 8:57:57 AM PDT by LarryLied
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To: LarryLied
Keep up the good work.
17 posted on 08/27/2002 4:25:07 AM PDT by groanup
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion
I have never yet seen a "meadow muffin" that only attracted flies from one side of the field.

We came to a similiar conclusion, but my "country boy" logic got there in one short sentence. Your "college boy" logic took 32 lines. Hehe - sitting there on that sack of seed.

18 posted on 08/27/2002 3:53:45 PM PDT by ghostrider
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To: ghostrider
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19 posted on 08/27/2002 3:56:58 PM PDT by ghostrider
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To: ghostrider
You understand that journalism is biased, well enough that you discount that bias and say, "both sides do it about the same," even though I'm only hearing about the misdeeds of one side.

My point is that in fact the parties are in fact very different, and in the opposite way to that portrayed by journalism. The party which consistently gets a free pass from journalism is able to get away with falsely accusing the other side, and even if the accused can clear itself, the accuser pays no price and can just throw another accusation, and then another.

The upshot is that the party which looks the worst (in the light cast by journalism) actually is the best. It has to be, because its sins will be shown up by journalism. The party that journalism tries to make look the best, doesn't have to be much good at all--and consequently is rotten to the core.

"Both sides do it" is therefore granting the biggest liar half of what he asked for. And if he knows he'll get half of what he asked for, all he has to do is ask for twice what he hopes to get. Honest judgement requires more than a dismissive "both sides do it." And the biggest liar only needs to fool the laziest half the people, the ones who won't really scrutinize the facts.

20 posted on 08/27/2002 5:59:04 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion
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