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To: James Calladine who wrote (18611)	5/24/2005 6:09:30 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Respond to of 361303

Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t talking. Thanks for posting the article. If I were Arnold Schwarzenegger, and I was running for governor of California in August 2003, there is no way that I would want to talk about being in the same room with Ken Lay - or Mike Milken, for that matter - two and a half years earlier. There were thirty people in that room being lobbied by Ken Lay. Ultimately, it provided no advantage for either Enron or Lay.

To: James Calladine who wrote (18611)	5/24/2005 8:32:59 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361303

Do you realize that Governor Davis took the man (generally recognized as the person) who authored California's Energy Deregulation Plan and appointed him as California's Budget Chief (I think in 2002)? Does the article state that the FERC had set limited (soft) price caps on the price of California wholesale electricity prices in April 2001? Did you realize that from Bush's Inauguration till June 5th, 2001, a majority of the voting members of the FERC (the people who were given the responsibility and power to impose price caps) were Democrats, and all three were Clinton Appointees? The article doesn't mention that the Crisis began in May of 2000. Nor does the article mention that Governor Davis also personally asked for help from President Clinton in the SUMMER OF 2000 (when the Democratic Convention was being held in Los Angeles). It wasn't till June 5, 2001 that President Bush's FERC appointees were approved by the Senate and sworn in. On June 18, 2001; harder caps were placed on wholesale electricity prices. re:"More important, however, Schwarzenegger still won’t respond to questions about why he was at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills two years ago where he, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan and junk bond king Michael Milken, met secretly with former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay..."