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...money (and friendship) with this White House. A seat at the table for Dick Cheney's energy-policy formulations - OK, six seats - and the grace of the Enron-friendly energy policy that resulted. Possibly veto power over the head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - former chief Curtis Hebert Jr. says Bush replaced him not long after Hebert declined Lay's demand for a friendlier stance toward energy deregulation. And a very big black book...
...whether they will have to hire lawyers because they attended meetings in which Enron issues were discussed. Answer: probably not-but the question shows the level of concern. Though there has been no evidence of anything illegal, Enron enjoyed considerable influence from the start of the Bush Administration. Curtis Hebert Jr., the former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, told the New York Times that Lay offered to support Hebert's continuing in that role if Hebert would take a friendlier view toward energy deregulation. Hebert declined, and the Bush Administration replaced him. Lay and other Enron officials...
...This one's a little more explosive. First, the calendar: Wagner has seven days to submit his formal report to Chairman Curt L. Hebert, a Bush appointee, and the rest of the five-man FERC board. Three more of whom are Bush appointees. If, as seems likely, the FERC bosses take Wagner's advice about getting a better class of advice and holds the hearing, that's another 60 days on top of that. At which point the FERC can start think about offering a decision...
...next day, I read a critique of my speech by parents Raymond and Kristine Hebert in the Palo Alto Weekly's letters section: "Any mature adult, chosen at random and speaking extemporaneously...would have likely had a more positive effect on the audience than Mr. Stein." Mr. Stein. That sounded cool...
...next day, I read a critique of my speech by parents Raymond and Kristine Hebert in the Palo Alto Weekly's letters section: "Any mature adult, chosen at random and speaking extemporaneously ...would have likely had a more positive effect on the audience than Mr. Stein." Mr. Stein. That sounded cool...