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To: Patricia Trinchero who wrote (124291)	1/29/2001 6:42:37 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Respond to of 769667

Salon?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BTW This is about Enron lobbying back when this psuedo- de- regulation was done. right? . Know I now why you are misinformed. Here the article you quoted--- seems you shold be bitching about Microsoft or ATT more than anyone? salon.com BUT THIS ONE IS BETTER FROM SALON salon.com Gov. Gray Davis, a middle-of-the-roader whose grand political vision begins and ends with the desire to offend no one -- especially anyone with a checkbook -- was found asleep at the wheel while his state careened toward an energy disaster. The interesting question is: What made him so drowsy? Could it be the steady IV drip of soporific campaign cash he received from the two giant utility companies at the center of the current crisis? According to state records, since 1998 Davis has taken in $550,000 from Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric -- his share of the $7 million the companies have doled out to politicians from both parties during that time. One of them, state Sen. Steve Peace, hailed as the "architect of electricity deregulation," received $179,409 between 1994 and 1998. If only the utilities were as good at buying electrical power as they are at buying political power. You are right, I don't need to talk to you. LOL! Bye