Word: techs
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...battle over Proposition 211 is already the most expensive ballot initiative in history. Nearly $46 million has been spent so far, the bulk coming from opponents, including the Big Six accounting firms and high-tech firms from Apple to Xilinx. The Yes on 211 side is being funded by Lerach's firm and dozens of other law firms, from New York to California. The out-of-state interest resides in the fact that under the measure companies with even one California shareholder could be sued and tried in California...
...worried as executives of the high-tech corridor in Silicon Valley. The computer whizzes have never been very active in politics, but now, in addition to sounding their alarm about 211, they are forming a lobbying group to head off future threats. Says Intel's senior vice president, Leslie Vadasz: "We need to be more proactive and make sure our story is heard early in the debate." Someone must be listening. Earlier this year, voters indicated a preference for Prop 211; more recent polls show that the lawyers are losing...
Gejdenson faces a rematch with Edward Munster, who almost won in 1994. He represents a district that has grown from quaint Yankee workshops to high-tech industry: the Electric Boat Co., maker of the Sea Wolf nuclear submarine, provides many of its jobs. Gejdenson is against the recently proposed Medicare reform, saying it cuts spending to pay for G.O.P. tax cuts for the wealthy. He also supports mandatory life sentences for third-time violent felons...
...State, famous for potatoes, continuous snow in winter, and Ruby Ridge, sometimes seems like two states in one: the southern section, with its flourishing high-tech industries and conservative Republican politics, influenced by the substantial Mormon population that migrated north from Utah in the 1860s, and the more remote northern areas, filled with Idaho's notorious militias and survivalists. At some level, resentment of government seems to unite the Idaho population, probably because the Feds own 65% of the state's land, including national forest and wilderness areas; and this year's hot-button issue is the huge Idaho National...
BORN: April 6, 1964, Muncie EDUCATION: Ivy Tech State College, A.A., 1990 FAMILY: Husband, Daniel; four children RELIGION: Pentecostal MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Credit and loan adviser POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 11715 Fox Road, Suite 400-202, Indianapolis...