In case anyone is interested in a resolution stemming from the ENRON debacle that can be presented at caucuses tonight, here is the one I am planning on putting forward:
WHEREAS the scandal involving ENRON Inc. and it�s affiliates has caused scores of employees to lose their life savings and WHEREAS the situation has been exacerbated by essentially false financial reporting by ENRON Inc. and WHEREAS the company responsible for auditing the Corporation was apparently unable to uncover the irregularities and WHEREAS Government oversight and regulation is necessary to ensure that this tragedy for ENRON Inc. employees past and present and working families in general THEN BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that this body go on record in support of H.R. 3795 currently proposed by Dennis Kucininch, U.S. Representative from Ohio, calling for the establishment of a Federal Bureau of Audits operating within the Securities and Exchange Commission responsible for auditing publicly traded companies and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this body call upon the Federal government to fully fund such a department through the additional taxation of the corporations that would be subject to this Bureau's audits enabling the creation of the department to remain cost-neutral for taxpayers and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this body request that the current representative from Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, Hon. Martin Olav Sabo sign on as a co-sponsor of this bill. Bob Velez Shingle Creek Ward 4-1 _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
