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Scott Wyant
scott_wyant at loop.com
Wed Jun 12 12:43:51 CDT 1996
Steelhead wrote --
<<BtW, those titans of liberalisms, Spielberg-Geffin-Katzenberg-P. Allen-Bill
Gates, are planning to construct the DreamWorks Studio on the largest
wetlands in Los Angeles--perhaps SoCal. And these humble billionaires are
threatening local enviros with SLAPP suits (strategic lawsuits to limit
public participation.) Quite a bunch of guys. Not.>>
And the star-struck city council's giving them something on the order of
$480 million, with only one dissenting voice - from poverty stricken South
Central.
On a somewhat Pynchonesque note, Spielberg ordered a crane delivered to the
site, and had himself hoisted up to the exact height where his planned
office would be, so he could check out the view. My spy tells me he
evidently approved.
Scott Wyant
Spinoza Ltd.
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