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TO Ce BIG BROTHER Almost across the board, Team 100 members or the companies they are with want something from the government. According to the article, many contributed their $100,000 at a time when they had significant business or regulatory matters pending with the fed- eral government, or knew such matters would likely come up dur- ing the Bush Administration. Bush’s Team 100 includes: oil companies or their executives who are interested in opening up offshore drilling in California and Florida; two individuals in real estate who surfaced last year dur- ing investigations at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for allegedly distributing special favors to friends and political supporters; and seven individuals who since have been nominated for ambassadorships by Bush, including two who were criticized by the American Aca-demy of Diplomacy as being unqualified for the posts. Team 100 did not end with the 1988 election. Corporate execu- tives and others on Team 100 are being asked to continue giving big money. ~They’re still giving to the party, it’s not like they dropped off after the presidential year,’’ Mary Matalin, chief of staff of the Republican National Committee, told Common Cause. According to Matalin, Team 100 members are now giving $25,000 a year and in 1992 will give an additional $100,000; so, but the time Bush runs for reelection, donors who stay on Team 100 will have contributed at least $275,000. The ongoing corruption in political campaign financing, as revealed by Common Cause Magazine, indicates that the mass media have yet to fully inform the American people of the scope and impact of this corruption. SOURCE: COMMON CAUSE MAGAZINE, Mar/Apr 1990, “All the President’s Donors, by Jean Cobb, Jeff Denny, Vicki Kemper, and Viveca Novak, pp 21-27, 38. “I'm having trouble with my cash flow.” NEXUS - 45 “I'm having trouble with my cash flow.” JULY/AUGUST 1991 *- YEAR BOOK