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At 01:29 PM 7/6/2008, you wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Article with an interesting
tidbit about Gordon Fox<br><br>
<a href="http://www.projo.com/generalassembly/DemLobby_07-06-08_JRAOP7A_v13.3a3b4b0.html#">
http://www.projo.com/generalassembly/DemLobby_07-06-08_JRAOP7A_v13.3a3b4b0.html#</a>
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"PROVIDENCE — In a meeting of the House environmental committee on
the next-to-last day of the legislative session, all the members had worn
neon yellow stickers publicly declaring their support for companion bills
that would raise maximum fines against industrial polluters from $1,000
to $25,000 a day — without compromise.<br><br>
<font face="Verdana">The committee chairman, wearing his own yellow
sticker, said he was determined to bring one of the identical bills up
for a vote and get it on the House floor, even if it cost him his
chairmanship.<br>
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<font face="Verdana">But the committee vote never
materialized.....</blockquote><br>
The entire article presents a rare look into the real legislative process
but still doesn't answer what is, to my mind, the key question: Why do
lobbyists have such power?<br><br>
Was Goldberg's objection legit, or a convenient excuse to allow Fox &
Co to kill the bill? I don't know.<br><br>
I certainly believe that the full story of Fox's activities related to
the $10,000 ethics fine he paid a few years ago has never been
told.<br><br>
-- Art Norwalk</font></body>
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