Message-ID: <17589980.1075858742063.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 06:33:34 -0800 (PST) From: richard.shapiro@enron.com To: pat.shortridge@enron.com Subject: RE: Friday's call Cc: linda.robertson@enron.com, e-mail <.kean@enron.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bcc: linda.robertson@enron.com, e-mail <.kean@enron.com> X-From: Shapiro, Richard X-To: Shortridge, Pat X-cc: Robertson, Linda , Kean (E-mail) <8889069761@skytel.com> X-bcc: X-Folder: \RSHAPIRO (Non-Privileged)\Shapiro, Richard\Deleted Items X-Origin: Shapiro-R X-FileName: RSHAPIRO (Non-Privileged).pst I'll forward to Kean for his use. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: Shortridge, Pat Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 8:15 AM To: Shapiro, Richard Cc: Robertson, Linda Subject: Friday's call On Friday's call, one thing in particular troubled me that I wanted to mention privately. You said, I believe, that senior management doesn't see a role for government affairs in the SEC/partnership issue. I think that's a fundamental error. I know I haven't been here as long as others, but after five months one things is crystal clear to me: There are people out there who really hate us, commercial competitors, politicians, interest group types, etc. I fully anticipate they will use recent events as a way to try and do us further harm in the political, regulatory, public perception arenas. I would hate for our senior management to think that this will play out in a nice orderly legal proceeding where everything is dealt with in terms of facts and reason and law. I believe this episode will play out more along the lines of CA, though on a smaller scale, where demagogues use this for their own advantages. I believe gov't affairs needs to play an important role sooner rather than later.