verizon looked at the idea and rejected it as not economical, and there is no indication of any undue influence- after all, the deal fell through.
On 10/17/08, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The SS request happened well after Cindy McCain's request, and after Verizon > spent thousands of dollars on preliminary work, filing papers with the local > county and state authorities. It really does look like a case of special > consideration. if it had been just a regular citizen, Verizon would have > laughed in his or her face. But hey the McCains are not "little people". > > As I said this seems pretty egregious. > >>Lets see.. It wasn't just McCain's wife that was asking... It was also the >>secret service. Having adequate cellular coverage is a matter of security >>for them. I guess you think that the security of the presidential nominees >>is of no importance then. I'm sure that if this was Obama needing >>additional cell coverage it would be completely within the norms... Nothing >>to see here... Move along... >> >> >>So lets see, the senator is on the committee that regulates >>telecommunications. The senator's wife want's cell access on a ranch they >>have in a very unpopulated part of a sparsely populated state. The senator >>has received almost 2 million in campaign contributions from Verizon alone >>and almost that much from other telecom companies. The campaign staff has >>telecom lobbyists in many important positions. >> >>And Cindy McCain asks for better cell access. So Verizon and ATT spend >>literally hundreds of thousands on getting the cell tower in place before >>giving it up as far too expensive to justify even that favour for the >>politician. They deliver temporary towers that are intended for emergencies >>and disasters. >> >>And you find this egregious attempt to be a waste of space. You've >>complained about political corruption often enough, yet when its McCain, I >>guess its OK he deserves another pass. Special circumstances and all that. >> >>What hypocrisy. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:275201 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
