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To: Slagle who wrote (5289)	4/4/2006 3:39:01 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218633

Its very likely that Pete Wilson was acting on behalf of Enron in creating the "energy de-regulation" fiasco in California. Its very similar to the way that Ronald Reagan, who lived in a small home, purchased a very large ranch in Santa Barbara for many millions of dollars on his $50k annual salary as Governor of California. $50k would not have paid the interest on even a $1 million loan, let alone the entire purchase price of the ranch. Its amazing how very few people find that odd. But like most very corrupt people, Reagan talked a lot about decency and integrity. He fooled quite a lot of people. In San Diego, "donor corporations" and their chief employees merely made the maximum allowable political contributions to Pete Wilson's re-election campaign as Mayor of San Diego. These limits are far more generous than those allowed for Governor or Federal office. If Pete Wilson had not come knocking on their door suggesting city approvals for certain projects in return for the maximum allowed campaign contribution, the home builder I worked for never would have donated even one cent to his campaign. Most other corporate donors were probably in the same boat. They were all very foolish to give "campaign contributions" to a politician they knew was crooked. Most ended up with nothing in return for their money. .