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To: TigerPaw who wrote (33516)4/6/2000 1:07:00 PM
From: Zoltan!  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 77400
 
>>Wasn't Texas one of the states that sued MSFT?
Yes, but that was before Gov. Bush saw the light, or saw the compaign contributions.
TP


LOL. Wrong as usual.

The anti-Microsoft Texas AG was a Dem, Dan Morales. He reportedly tried to change positions, apparently because of Dell and Compaq:
zdnet.com
idg.net

But he sided with his friends after the temporizing:
zdnet.com

Morales left office for "personal reasons" and in 1999 Texans got a Republican AG.

Dem Morales is now under Federal investigation regarding tobacco litigation fees - billions - that went to his friends, the trial lawyers:

Wednesday, June 2, 1999

Report: Texas AG's records subpoenaed by prosecutors

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records from the Texas attorney general's office on a private lawyer's claim to millions of dollars in fees for the state's tobacco settlement.

The subpoena is the first confirmation that federal officials are investigating efforts by former Attorney General Dan Morales to have attorney Marc D. Murr, his former law partner, paid for his role in Texas' $17.3 billion settlement with the tobacco industry.

The subpoena was issued May 20 and obtained today by The Associated Press.

newstribune.com