"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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jim-- wrote:

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Shantytowns Migrate Far North of the Border in Texas
Weak County Laws Tied to the Spread of Squalid Developments

By Sylvia Moreno
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 2, 2004; Page A03

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. -- Far from the Mexican border and just outside
one
of Texas's major tourist destinations, with its popular nearby beach
and
bustling port, a string of shantytowns thrives.

Hidden behind acres of tall grain sorghum live some of the area's
poorest residents. They bought the only piece of the American dream
they
could afford: a patch of land with no running water and no sewage
treatment or wastewater service. Their homes are modest, made of wood
or
vinyl siding. Some live in shacks made of scrap metal or in dilapidated
trailers. The snip

So are you and the other thieves at Ullico donating all the money you
guys
stole from hard working union members to improve the living conditions
of
these folks?



Uh, as a matter of fact, the U.S. labor movement is involved in cleaning
up the colonias, bringing in fresh water and sewage treatment, builidng
modest homes, and so forth, and has been for many, many years. We tried
to get Dubya involved when he was Governor of Texas, and so did others,
but he didn't give a damn.

Sorry, but I don't know of any "thieves" at ULLICO. Earlier this year,
the Republican-dominated Senate committee investigating the company
concluded on Page 4 of its report: "Under O'Sullivan's leadership,
ULLICO Inc.'s new board quickly adopted all of the Thompson Report's
recommendations, sent demand letters seeking repayment of the illicit
profits, and suspended all representational activities of Sidley Austin
Brown and Wood [law firm]. Under O'Sullivan, ULLICO Inc. also fired
[former General Counsel] Joseph Carabillo for cause, froze all
retirement and deferred compensation accounts, and appointed Federal
Judge Abner Mikva to head a special committee of directors to examine
matters of impropriety even beyond those detailed in the Thompson
Report. ULLICO Inc. has sued a number of former officers and directors
over disputed claims to compensation, benefits and profits from these
improper stock transactions.

The company is still shakey, but it is honestly run.

I won't bother to correct the other major factual error in your post. It
serves my purpose to let dumbasses like you remain dumbasses.



Perhaps you can also summarize pages 1-3 of the report? :-)

For those who don't know what I am referring to (Ullico stealing from the
union members they call customers), here are the links:

http://www.labornotes.org/archives/2003/01/c.html

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/au...ulli-a29.shtml

There are plenty of more links to the story if you do a google search of
"Ullico".