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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Purdue is screwing everyone, they're the walmart of the chicken world.  |
Pilgrim Corp takes the cake.
Texas Businessman Hands Out $10,000 Checks in State Senate
AP
Published: July 9, 1989
Bo Pilgrim, Texas millionaire handed out $10,000 checks on the State Senate floor one day this week while legislation that interested him was pending. He says the checks were political contributions, not an attempt to bribe the lawmakers.
Business interests favored the bill, but the Senate rejected it in a vote that was not recorded.
Lonnie (Bo) Pilgrim, an East Texas chicken processor, offered the personal checks, with the payee's name left blank, to nine of the Senate's 31 members Wednesday, two days before the Senate's vote on a House workers' compensation bill.