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Verizon Lobbyist Runs For New York Attorney General As the State Sues FCC Over Net Neutrality Repeal (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A Verizon lobbyist is trying to become the attorney general of New York in the upcoming November election. Verizon executive Leecia Eve is one of four candidates in the Democratic primary for the seat vacated when Eric Schneiderman resigned after assault allegations from four women. If elected, Eve says she would recuse herself from Verizon matters and New York State's appeal of the federal net neutrality repeal. As a Verizon executive, Eve defended the company from the city's allegations. Still, Eve has argued that her Verizon experience will help her prosecute "bad corporate actors" -- but without being so harsh that businesses would stop coming to the state. "Her Verizon experience, Eve contends, is 'extremely helpful: I know how corporations work,' leaving her 'best prepared to go after bad corporate actors,' but 'not to radiate to business not to come to New York,'" news organization City Limits wrote Tuesday after interviewing Eve.
Eve would not be involved in investigating Verizon if she won the election. "Under ethics rules, Eve confirms, she'd recuse herself from cases involving Verizon or other telecom issues, leaving policy decisions to senior staff," City Limits reported. Eve also confirmed that she would recuse herself from the New York attorney general office's ongoing lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission. Along with more than 20 other states, New York has asked a federal court to reverse the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules, a repeal that was supported by Verizon. Here's an excerpt from Eve's bio on her campaign site: "As Vice President for Government Affairs for Verizon for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, Leecia oversees policy and ensures governmental compliance for a company that innovates and invests billions in New York State and puts nearly 20,000 New Yorkers to work every day. She also serves as a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey."
According to Ars, recent polls show that Eve is in last place behind three other Democrats running for the office.
Eve would not be involved in investigating Verizon if she won the election. "Under ethics rules, Eve confirms, she'd recuse herself from cases involving Verizon or other telecom issues, leaving policy decisions to senior staff," City Limits reported. Eve also confirmed that she would recuse herself from the New York attorney general office's ongoing lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission. Along with more than 20 other states, New York has asked a federal court to reverse the FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules, a repeal that was supported by Verizon. Here's an excerpt from Eve's bio on her campaign site: "As Vice President for Government Affairs for Verizon for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, Leecia oversees policy and ensures governmental compliance for a company that innovates and invests billions in New York State and puts nearly 20,000 New Yorkers to work every day. She also serves as a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey."
According to Ars, recent polls show that Eve is in last place behind three other Democrats running for the office.
Obama hired plenty of Goldman Sachs employees and other Wall Street types, and nobody seemed to care then.
While not a Goldman Sachs or other Wall Street type, people here absolutely cared when Tom Wheeler was initially appointed. Yes they later warmed up to him, but not until his actions made him seem like not a bad person.
Maybe this person's actions will do the same should she get elected. But claiming that people only oppose her because R and would have no problem if she were D is a verifiable crock of shit.
There were two people from Goldman Sachs hired by the Obama Administration: Gary Gensler, who chaired the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Phil Murphy, who was made U.S. ambassador to Germany, and in fact progressives did object to them, as well as the few others hired from other Wall Street firms.
But the "plenty of Goldman Sachs employees", if "plenty" is more than two is false.
The accusation of the Obama Administration being loaded with Wall Street types was a popular, and false, line of attack by right-wing propaganda groups! Talk about hypocrisy!
Second class citizen of the New Gilded Age
Well, those two, and also:
Thomas Donilon
William Dudley
Dianna Farrell
Robert Hormats
Neel Kashkari
Emil Michael
Eric Mindich
Mark Patterson
Mark Peterson
Gene Sperling
Adam Storch
Larry Summers
John Thain
Plus the members of a G-S owned and funded 'Think-Tank' that were hired:
Douglas Elmendorf
Jason Furman
Mark Gallogly
Michael Greenstone
Robert Reischauer
That's just Goldman-Sachs, too. To be fair, that's only about 50% more G-S employees than the W Bush Admin hired. But trying to pretend there were only two (especially with excuses like "He didn't work at the White House, he worked at the OEB") is just false.
Yes, hire a former criminal to head up a crime task force, only how do you know they really are reformed or not? Being a lobbyist automatically makes me think the person is badly biased, and also wasn't very good at finding a real job.