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Dear President Obama: Yesterday’s Washington Post published a page one article headlined “President Waging A Charm Offensive. Obama woos big donors to help fund early campaign expansion.” Later in the article appears this unseemly behavior by a public servant paid for by public funds: “A key player in the closed-door donor recruitment is White House…

John T. Chambers, CEO Cisco Corporation 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, California, 95134-1706 Dear Mr. Chambers: Cisco share valuation may not be one of your priorities but your owners A little history is instructive. In March 2000 Cisco stock soared above $80 per share. There have been no splits since that time. In the…

NEWS RELEASE In a statement released in Washington, DC today (Friday, June 3) consumer advocate Ralph Nader, responding to growing media coverage and developments in the Atlanta area on the risks posed by water fluoridation, said, “It’s way overdue for this country to have an extended and open scientific and regulatory debate on fluoridation. There…

With today’s 5-4 decision in the AT&T v. Concepcion case, the U.S. Supreme Court undermined the rights of consumers to band together and challenge corporate misdeeds. Justices Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy, Alito and Chief Justice Roberts should be ashamed of themselves for limiting consumer access to the courts. The decision means that in many cases consumers…

The disaster at Chernobyl’s reactor on April 26, 1986 continues to expose humans, flora and fauna to radioactive lethality especially in, but not restricted to, Ukraine and Belarus. Western countries continue to reflect an under-estimation of casualties by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). IAEA’s figures top off at 4000 fatalities since 1986 that is…

April 11, 2011 Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Calls for Investigation of Treasury Department’s Handling of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Conservatorship Nader Says High-ranking Government Officials Made Misleading Statements about the Financial Health of Fannie & Freddie In a here for the full text of the Mr. Nader’s letter.

April 1, 2011 Ivan Seidenberg, CEO Verizon Communications Inc. 140 West Street New York, NY 10007 Dear Mr. Seidenberg, It is very difficult to get through to your offices, as you know. Why are you discontinuing the time and weather numbers that hundreds of thousands of people rely upon? Your employee now comes on the…

Governor John Kasich Riffe Center, 30th Floor 77 South High Street Columbus, Ohio 43215-6617 Dear Governor Kasich: I’ve been reading about how the legislature and you have been pounding the public employee unions but not going after corporate welfare kings with the same focus and intensity. This is surprising because you hosted the first full-fledged…

Dear President Obama: A few days ago, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told some long-time auto safety advocates in his office that the Department wants to see the two bills—the auto safety and the motor coach safety legislation—enacted this session. Last December, all was set for these two bills to be passed—a clear majority in the…

March 28, 2011 Secretary Steven Chu U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 Dear Secretary Chu: Now after several requests spanning two years, will you meet directly with the following environmental groups with solid standing who are critical of nuclear power’s economics, safety and safeguards? You are the President’s chief cabinet…