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To: Sam who wrote (790)8/2/2001 1:48:00 PM
From: Daniel G. DeBusschere  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1715
 
<<if someone held a gun to your head >>
I did not see any gun held to anyone's head. If Davis was smart he could have held a gun to the generator's head. Consider the following dialog just when the state got involved in the purchase of power:
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Guys, the utilities are on their ass and I am the only one that can pay you anything for your shit, so if you quote me a price that is over double what I paid last year, you can keep your crap and I will consider grabbing your plants for prices based on last year's valuations.
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What do you think would have happened? Noone really knows but it was stupid for Davis to not try it first. I think he figured it would help his campaign fund more if he was nice to "pirates". What do you think?