I posted this at midnight last night and have only gotten one response. I still can't believe this story hasn't broken in any of the CA outlets. People need to know about Arnold's connection with Enron and his role in the recall effort. Damn, this whole recall is based around the energy crisis and scandal! Arnold is a part of covering it up and making Californians pay the price instead of passing it back to Enron and making THEM pay! If they only knew that the current administration is trying to fix the problem and that Arnold will only exacerbate it, they would vote NO on the recall.
Did I look up these LA Times people and their email addresses for nothing? C'mon DU'ers, all you have to do is cut and paste and hit send. Please help with this. It'll only take you a few minutes. If anyone has the contact info handy for the other major CA papers, please post them on DU as well so we can get the info out to all major outlets.
One HUGE question I've been asking the last 24 hours is, why the HELL haven't Davis and Bustamante been talking about this? Even if they didn't make the Arnold-Enron allegation, at the very LEAST they could have told Californians that Bustamante filed the lawsuit against Enron. They act like they WANT to lose or something!!!!! I'm so frustrated.
TO: Los Angeles Times
John S. Carroll, Editor
Dean Baquet, Managing Editor
Jim Newton, Editor, Politics Section
Sam Enriquez, Editor, California Section
Richard Connell, Investigative Writer, California Section
Robert Lopez, Investigative Writer, California Section
Ted Rohrlich, Investigative Writer, California Section
Scott Kraft, Editor, National Section
Ron Brownstein, Political Correspondent, National Section
Tracy Weber, Times Staff Writer
Sue Fox, Times Staff Writer
Megan Garvey, Times Staff Writer
Gary Cohn, Times Staff Writer
Carla Hall, Times Staff Writer
Robert W. Welkos, Times Staff Writer
http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=282&row=1http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/utilities/pr/pr003708.php3http://newsreview.com/issues/sacto/2003-08-28/essay.asphttp://www.hermes-press.com/recall2.htmhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/05/26/MN209410.DTLhttp://www.ltg.ca.gov/newsroom/pressreleases/2002/nov/pr112202.aspAre you aware that the California gubernatorial recall is the byproduct of backroom deals which originated in May, 2001? Did you know that during Calfornia's rolling blackouts Schwarzenegger met with Enron executives at California's Peninsula Hotel after Enron failed to cut a deal with Gray Davis to back off of a lawsuit to recover $9 billion pillaged by energy companies from California's treasury? Davis refused the deal which would have allowed Enron and other energy companies to pay back 2 cents on the dollar for the $9 billion owed and the recall was initiated.
The link above provides all the details of this travesty. We are hearing that Schwarzenegger is a sexual offender and that he admires Hitler because of his ability to get people to follow him. It seems that Arnold's willingness to go forward as a candidate under these conditions only bears out the latest stories proving just how power hungry he really is.
In the interest of fairness, it is important that your readers be told the truth about the CA recall.
HERE ARE THE EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR THE KEY PEOPLE ABOVE:
John.Carroll@latimes.com, Dean.Baquet@latimes.com, Jim.Newton@latimes.com, Sam.Enriquez@latimes.com, Rich.Connell@latimes.com, Robert.Lopez@latimes.com, Ted.Rohrlich@latimes.com, Scott.Kraft@latimes.com, Ronald.Brownstein@latimes.com, Tracy.Weber@latimes.com, Sue.Fox@latimes.com, Megan.Garvey@latimes.com, Gary.Cohn@latimes.com, Carla.Hall@latimes.com, Robert.Welkos@latimes.com