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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sea_biscuit who wrote (79019)	8/22/2006 3:25:09 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Of course he would have contacts. That still doesn't make him being a regulator the same as the industry being in charge. He's more likely to be sympathetic to the industries concerns but that isn't automatically a bad thing. And yes he may owe favors to current industry execs but 1 - So might other nominees for the position who never worked in the industry, and 2 - that idea is already covered by my mention of possible conflicts of interest. Such possible conflicts are not limited to former industry execs, anyone who was ever part of any organization that had an interest or an agenda that relates to the area regulated (say a former member of the an environmental group) would also have possible conflicts of interest, certainly they would at least be far more likely to be sympathetic to one side of some of the controversies they will help resolve. It can be hard to find highly qualified candidates that have no possible conflicts or perceived conflicts. You just have to weed out those with import active conflicts, and try to appoint people of integrity. Perhaps this appointee doesn't have integrity but you haven't even argued that to be the case, let alone supported any argument along those lines.