Re: RE: Re: Re: say it ain't so, Paul

["Carl Remick" <carlremick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>
>
> Alan asks:>Did PK _return_ the $50K or did he just pocket it and then
> criticize?<
>
> Jim Devine: I doubt it, since he gets a lot of payments from corporations
> (as indicated by the letter below, in today's Los Angeles TIMES) and he
> seems to see them as payments for specific services rendered:
>
> [to the editors of the L.A. TIMES, 1/24/02:]...
>
> Enron paid members of its advisory board $50,000 for attendance and
> presentations at two meetings (one of mine was canceled at the last
> minute),
> each spanning two business days. This payment, as a daily rate [!], was if
> anything somewhat less [!!] than I was regularly receiving [!!!] for
> presentations to
> other companies: At the time, as an expert on international financial
> crises, I was in high demand as a speaker.

Oh, that's OK then.  I'll stop my carping and let PK continue his tireless
task of speaking truth to power.

Carl

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