Bush Pioneers, Andersen Consulting, and Enron

January 16, 2002

Dear BuzzFlash,

Your recent articles got me thinking about this and I just wanted to pass this along for your research and review.

D. Stephen Goddard, managing partner of Arthur Andersen's Houston Office (who was fired today as a result of Enron's audits and destroyed documents http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/business/15CND-ENRON.html) is a Bush "pioneer" who raised over $100,000 for the 2000 campaign:

D. Stephen Goddard, Jr., Bush Pioneer
http://www.tpj.org/pioneers/d_goddard.html

And three members of Venson & Elkins- Enron's law firm that Ken Lay asked them to investigated the charges of Sharron Watkins" August letter-were also Bush Pioneers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/15/business/15ENRO.html

They are:

Joe B. Allen, Bush Pioneer
http://www.tpj.org/pioneers/joe_allen.html

Thomas P. Marinis Jr., Bush Pioneer
http://www.tpj.org/pioneers/thomas_marinis.html

Robert H. Whilden, Jr., Bush Pioneer
http://www.tpj.org/pioneers/robert_whilden.html

And of course so was Ken Lay of Enron:

Ken Lay, Bush Pioneer
http://www.tpj.org/pioneers/kenneth_lay.html

Maybe Mr. Bush did not faint over a pretzel...

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Contributed by BuzzFlash Reader Dennis F. Greenia