[IP] more on Wonder what bonuses SBC management get

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Tim Onosko <tim@onosko.com>
Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 17:51:19 -0500
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] >Wonder what bonuses SBC management get

Dave:

More on the SBC bill that was passed and signed into law really quickly
(within hours) in Illinois.  This Chicago Tribune story is an eye-opener
that discusses William Daley (Chicago Mayor Daley's brother, the new SBC
president), as well as a state legislator whose wife is a paid SBC
lobbyist, the role played by union leaders, and the brand-new Illinois
governor Rod Blagojevich (Blah-goy-a-victch), who raised the possibility of
SBC pulling its corporate business center from the state if the law wasn't
passed, even though SBC itself made no such threat.  Most savvy political
observers have noted that this stinky political mess -- called the most
anti-consumer piece of legislation to be proposed in Illinois in many years
-- is simply proof that Illinois power politics is well and
thriving.  Blagojevich, it should be noted, ran as the reform candidate.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0305100057may10,1,6811803.story

Note: The Trib requires free registration, like the NY Times.

- Tim Onosko



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