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The Westar/GOP Memos: The Quid Pro Quo of Politics
BUZZFLASH
READER COMMENTARY
by Dave Collins
Buzz:
Here are some links to the internal memos of Westar Energy, which tell employees how much money to give to which GOP candidates. A pretty sobering insight into how business is done in Tom DeLay's congress.
1)
Memo sent to an employee telling him what his "suggested" share
of
contributions should be, to whom and what for.
[LINK
(PDF)]
2)The
contribution budget plan for Westar's "Washington efforts
regarding
the Federal Energy Bill and its impact on [their] financial restructuring
plan"
[LINK
(PDF)]
3)
List of other candidate's political committees to receive contributions.
[LINK
(PDF)]
4)
Spreadsheet of expected employee donations to the committees listed
in #3.
[LINK
(PDF)]
5)Reply
to memo #1, where employee asks why he is being asked to contribute
so much money to candidates he has never heard of.
[LINK
(PDF)]
Dave Collins
BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY
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