Who Has A Dog in The Fight?
Bob Henderson & Al Brooks
Representative Zach Wamp has
been a player in the DOE Oak Ridge Contractor's pension problem. He has given
it more attention and done more than any other local legislator but no
substantive progress has been made. Questions naturally arise about who are the
other possible players that would be prejudiced against elder retirees.
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McDermott International |
$48,450 |
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UT-Battelle |
$18,624 |
|
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$14,750 |
|
McKee Foods Corp |
$13,800 |
|
UT Battelle |
$13,250 |
|
PMA Group |
$12,900 |
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Okies Pharmacy |
$11,800 |
|
Bechtel Group |
$11,500 |
|
Restoration Services Inc |
$11,500 |
|
SunTrust Banks |
$10,650 |
|
City of |
$10,500 |
|
CBL & Assoc |
$10,300 |
|
Jones Management Services |
$10,200 |
|
$10,000 |
|
|
$10,000 |
|
|
$10,000 |
|
|
$10,000 |
|
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Northrop Grumman |
$10,000 |
|
Card-Monroe Corp |
$9,350 |
|
Lawler-Wood Inc |
$9,350 |
The table adjacent contains a
list of the top contributors to Rep. Zach Wamp,(R/TN).
It represents money passed from the corporation to its Political Action
Committee and then to Wamp. UT/Battelle is the second largest contributor to
Zach giving a total of $31,874. It is clear that they are an important player.
While this is probably all legal,
it is a little disturbing to find that one of the outspoken antagonists to the
retiree's requests is the second largest contributor to the political war chest
of the retiree's best hope for legislation intervention.
This should not be taken as a
criticism of Zach for it is the way our government is run. The retirees would
be less than human if they did not wonder if the playing field is level. It may
suggest that the mode of operation should be revised.
The immediate problem is: how
do the retirees deal with it. We suggest that it is by more letter
writing to as many places as might do some good.
Source: http://www.opensecrets.org:80/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00003159