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To: Joe NYC who wrote (118037)	11/16/2000 12:25:41 AM
From: Barry Grossman	Respond to of 186894

Intel co-founder gives $5 billion for new foundation bayarea.com Posted at 5:54 p.m. PST Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Intel co-founder Gordon Moore plans to donate about $5 billion of his own Intel stock to establish a new family foundation focusing on education, scientific research and the environment. Moore's personal fortune of $26 billion ranked him fifth among the nation's wealthiest people in the most recent such survey done by Forbes magazine. Creation of the Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation, which will be based in San Francisco, was announced Wednesday. Lewis Coleman, who will leave his post as chairman of Banc of America Securities to become president of the foundation, said the organization will spend most of next year hiring 50-100 people and could be ready to begin giving out grants in late 2001. Coleman said the foundation, which will be among the nation's richest, will try to focus on ``scientific research and worthy projects that wouldn't normally be funded by the government.'' ``I think on the environment we're probably going to have more of a biodiversity focus as opposed to a cleaner air or cleaner water focus,'' said Coleman, who will begin work at the new foundation early next year. Moore also is one of the principal financiers behind SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, but Coleman said such research will not be the focus of the Moore Foundation

To: Joe NYC who wrote (118037)	11/16/2000 12:43:53 AM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Well, I'm against Bush's current position and think he will lose ultimately in the courts. I am in total agreement with the Republicans that the manual recount, in current form, (with criteria defined locally by the party in charge in that county) is inherently unfair. I would have thought a plea to set up a non partisan commission with fair uniform criteria to administer a fair statewide recount would have found wide spread bipartisan support. Perhaps Bush thinks he will lose such a fair recount. If so, he deserves to lose. Perhaps he feels a fair recount is not possible in the current political environment. This might very well be true. However, I think he has to take that chance and put some trust in the system. Perhaps he thinks he can only win in the courts. Perhaps, I care too much about this stuff. I've come to actively dislike ALL politicians. Is this healthy??? I think not. THE WATSONYOUTH

To: Joe NYC who wrote (118037)	11/16/2000 7:12:12 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Some info on Katherine Harris State GOP turns back on Harris Only one state senator has visited Katherine Harris during the impasse. By DIANE RADO, ADAM C. SMITH and BILL ADAIR © St. Petersburg Times, published November 16, 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALLAHASSEE -- Holed up in her Capitol office with the national media encamped outside, Secretary of State Katherine Harris was happy to greet a friend this week from her old days in the Florida Senate -- Sen. Tom Lee, R-Brandon. What she revealed behind closed doors made Lee angry: Harris told Lee she was frustrated that no one in the Republican Party was speaking up for her as she faces enormous pressure over the fate of the presidential election and an onslaught of criticism from Democrats. "I think she's feeling a little alone," Lee said Wednesday. "Very honestly, I'm concerned our party may be throwing her to the wolves. She doesn't deserve that." Harris has become the bull's-eye as the nation takes aim at Florida -- and her elections office -- for failing to deliver an answer to a seemingly simple question: Who won the presidential race? Celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz called her a crook on CNN. A Democratic political strategist said she looked like "Cruella De Vil coming to steal the puppies." Supporters of Vice President Al Gore have painted her as a political crony because she served as co-chairwoman of Gov. George W. Bush's presidential campaign in Florida. They say she can't be impartial as Florida tries to sort out who got the most votes in the presidential election. "She communicated to me some frustration that so much is being said that is inaccurate that has not been met with a (Republican) response," said Lee, who met with Harris Tuesday night as well as at lunch on Wednesday. "I just don't see a whole lot of leadership out of our party. We need to be sure we support people under attack," said Lee, a moderate Republican known for speaking his mind. He is expected to be Senate rules chairman in the upcoming legislative session, one of the most powerful roles in the Legislature. In addition to her attorneys, including the outside law firm of Steel, Hector & Davis, Harris is relying on advice from J.M. "Mac" Stipanovich, a prominent lawyer and lobbyist who served as campaign manager and chief of staff to former Republican Gov. Bob Martinez. In Washington on Wednesday, Republicans in Florida's congressional delegation stepped up to defend Harris at a Capitol Hill news conference. Said Rep. Dave Weldon, R-Melbourne: "Katherine Harris is a fine lady, and they should lay off of her." Rep. Porter Goss, R-Sanibel, complained that Harris was being unfairly maligned because the election dispute in Florida "has gotten to be a blood sport." But in Florida, there has been no orchestrated effort by Republicans to come to Harris' defense, and she has been ignored by members of her own party. Harris told Lee he was the only state senator to pay her a visit, and no state House members have come by her office. When contacted by the Times, the executive director of the Florida Republican Party, as well as some Republican state lawmakers did speak in support of Harris. "She's trying to do her job, and if I know Katherine she's trying to do it correctly. I think she's conducted herself quite admirably," said incoming Republican state Senate President John McKay of Bradenton. Harris, 43, is less than two years into her job as Florida's secretary of state, an elected state Cabinet position that oversees elections, libraries and Florida's arts, cultural and historical resources. The elected secretary of state's job will be eliminated in 2002 because of a change in the state Constitution. Harris took office in 1999 after serving four years representing Sarasota in the state Senate. There, she served as chairwoman of the Senate's Commerce and Economic Opportunities committee. She is not an expert in state elections and has not focused on that part of her portfolio since taking over as secretary. Instead she has concentrated on an international mission. Her master's degree in public administration from Harvard focused on international trade. The Times reported last month that she has amassed more than $106,000 in travel bills -- more than any Cabinet officer and the governor -- visiting eight countries on 10 foreign trips. She has stayed at luxury hotels at taxpayer expense, while seeking reimbursement for expenses as little as $2.32 from the state. The granddaughter of the late Ben Hill Griffin Jr., a Florida citrus and cattle tycoon, Harris has a net worth of more than $6.5-million. She has faced controversy before: During her campaign for secretary of state, Harris was identified as one of the public officials who accepted illegal campaign contributions from the Sarasota-based Riscorp insurance company. She was not charged with any crime. But federal court records showed close links between Riscorp and Harris' 1994 state Senate campaign. Prosecutors listed her campaign manager as a co-conspirator in the effort to hide the true identity of campaign contributors on campaign finance reports. Harris has stayed largely behind closed doors as lawyers try to sort through a maze of election laws and lawsuits that will ultimately determine who will be the next president of the United States. Harris' attorneys don't want her in front of the cameras too often, fearful that her every word can be used as evidence in the court cases. Her practice is to read a written statement and take no questions, as she did late Wednesday in announcing she would not accept amended election returns from counties conducting hand recounts. People around the country are showing Harris some support: Her office in the Capitol is filled with beautiful floral arrangements that came with words of thanks and encouragement. "Thank you for being a great stateswoman," wrote Carol Everett of Texas. "We support you," wrote the Alabama Forestry Association. And this message was on flowers from Vicki McLean and Evelyn Clardy (who didn't say where they were from): "You Go Girl."