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		<title>By: Outside the Perimeter: &#171; kavips</title>
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		<dc:creator>Outside the Perimeter: &#171; kavips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] for the republican candidate for governor? His actions can only remind one of this line from William Blake: &#8220;The invisible [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Nancy Willing</title>
		<link>http://www.delawareliberal.net/2008/01/11/comment-rescue-levins-money-hole/#comment-18860</link>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Willing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Al, You must have been sleeping to not to have seen the upward progression of  stock holder&#039;s power that gained ground in the 80&#039;s that it had never had and has not relinquished since.
Power over the corporate executives and lead staffers was largely seen as stripped away so that the &#039;values&#039; of a, let&#039;s say, &#039;American family friendly business, were caput. 
Loyalty to company and the company&#039;s loyalty to town and employee began to take the second seat to the bottomline of dividend return. 
That is not the corporate face of earlier eras no matter how much you work your mouth to try to make it so.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Al, You must have been sleeping to not to have seen the upward progression of  stock holder&#8217;s power that gained ground in the 80&#8217;s that it had never had and has not relinquished since.<br />
Power over the corporate executives and lead staffers was largely seen as stripped away so that the &#8216;values&#8217; of a, let&#8217;s say, &#8216;American family friendly business, were caput.<br />
Loyalty to company and the company&#8217;s loyalty to town and employee began to take the second seat to the bottomline of dividend return.<br />
That is not the corporate face of earlier eras no matter how much you work your mouth to try to make it so.</p>
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		<title>By: Al Mascitti</title>
		<link>http://www.delawareliberal.net/2008/01/11/comment-rescue-levins-money-hole/#comment-18814</link>
		<dc:creator>Al Mascitti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nancy: HH was private, it didn&#039;t have any stockholders (not public ones, anyway). Either way,pPlease remember than corporations, by charter, must maximize shareholder value. They are not only &quot;guilty&quot; of the thinking you describe, they always have been. 

Once again, a bunch of people whose monikers have never before graced a Delaware blog  show up to tout Mike Protack&#039;s bullshit, and once again the exact same terms are used -- &quot;silver spoon,&quot; etc. And  we&#039;re expected to believe that &quot;Paul,&quot; the union guy, cares at all about whether Protack said anything nice or nasty about the Republican Party.

Tell us, Mike, when are you going to release the names of all your &quot;donors&quot;? I know the law doesn&#039;t require it, but your credibility does. I frankly don&#039;t believe you raised  your money from donors, and unless I see some names I never will.

BTW, when are you going to hold a real fund-raiser -- you know, the kind  where real people show up and pay real money because they support you as a candidate? Let us know. Because until then your campaign is just  what it&#039;s always been -- a novelty act.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nancy: HH was private, it didn&#8217;t have any stockholders (not public ones, anyway). Either way,pPlease remember than corporations, by charter, must maximize shareholder value. They are not only &#8220;guilty&#8221; of the thinking you describe, they always have been. </p>
<p>Once again, a bunch of people whose monikers have never before graced a Delaware blog  show up to tout Mike Protack&#8217;s bullshit, and once again the exact same terms are used &#8212; &#8220;silver spoon,&#8221; etc. And  we&#8217;re expected to believe that &#8220;Paul,&#8221; the union guy, cares at all about whether Protack said anything nice or nasty about the Republican Party.</p>
<p>Tell us, Mike, when are you going to release the names of all your &#8220;donors&#8221;? I know the law doesn&#8217;t require it, but your credibility does. I frankly don&#8217;t believe you raised  your money from donors, and unless I see some names I never will.</p>
<p>BTW, when are you going to hold a real fund-raiser &#8212; you know, the kind  where real people show up and pay real money because they support you as a candidate? Let us know. Because until then your campaign is just  what it&#8217;s always been &#8212; a novelty act.</p>
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		<title>By: Nancy Willing</title>
		<link>http://www.delawareliberal.net/2008/01/11/comment-rescue-levins-money-hole/#comment-18809</link>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Willing</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To deny them the ability to sell the business to whomever they wish and to share the results of this sale with their shareholders and stakeholders, is totally counter to what I believe as an American! 
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Dana&#039;s post had faded from my memory. It was disturbing enough when I read it the first time but the quote above, from the comments section, resounds today. 
Has America become what the GOP has prioritized since Reagan&#039;s time: beholden only to the stockholder bottomline?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To deny them the ability to sell the business to whomever they wish and to share the results of this sale with their shareholders and stakeholders, is totally counter to what I believe as an American!<br />
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<p>Dana&#8217;s post had faded from my memory. It was disturbing enough when I read it the first time but the quote above, from the comments section, resounds today.<br />
Has America become what the GOP has prioritized since Reagan&#8217;s time: beholden only to the stockholder bottomline?</p>
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		<title>By: Dana Garrett</title>
		<link>http://www.delawareliberal.net/2008/01/11/comment-rescue-levins-money-hole/#comment-18803</link>
		<dc:creator>Dana Garrett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 05:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;He made sure they all got to keep their jobs.&quot;

And how many soon quit them because Walgreen&#039;s is atrocious t0 work for?

And did Alan Levin potentially endanger Delawareans by selling HH to Walgreens, a company w/ a notorious history of serious medication errors?

See here:

http://delawarewatch.blogspot.com/2007/08/did-alan-levin-jeopardize-customer.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;He made sure they all got to keep their jobs.&#8221;</p>
<p>And how many soon quit them because Walgreen&#8217;s is atrocious t0 work for?</p>
<p>And did Alan Levin potentially endanger Delawareans by selling HH to Walgreens, a company w/ a notorious history of serious medication errors?</p>
<p>See here:</p>
<p><a href="http://delawarewatch.blogspot.com/2007/08/did-alan-levin-jeopardize-customer.html" rel="nofollow">http://delawarewatch.blogspot.com/2007/08/did-alan-levin-jeopardize-customer.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: FSP</title>
		<link>http://www.delawareliberal.net/2008/01/11/comment-rescue-levins-money-hole/#comment-18802</link>
		<dc:creator>FSP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mike, Jason O and Peter - What is this new slur about my &quot;dismal financial situation?&quot; Do you know something that I don&#039;t?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike, Jason O and Peter &#8211; What is this new slur about my &#8220;dismal financial situation?&#8221; Do you know something that I don&#8217;t?</p>
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		<title>By: UnionPaulMan</title>
		<link>http://www.delawareliberal.net/2008/01/11/comment-rescue-levins-money-hole/#comment-18801</link>
		<dc:creator>UnionPaulMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I attended the A Phillip Randolph Institute meeting today as I did last month. Today the speakers were Jack Markell and Mike Protack. Last month it was Alan Levin who seemed a bit uninformed on some issues, I hope John Carney stops by next month.

Markell and Protack were both on their game today with Markell going first and he talked a lot of policy, almost too much policy as the President had to get him to move one several times but still he had ideas and seemed committed to what he said. I still think of him as a bit of a spoiler against Carney but we will see.
Protack talked policy and numbers but mostly talked about values and experiences in life which were much more like mine. 

I did not know there was  Republican in the state who cared or thought about the little people, it was pretty clear Protack did. He talked about health care and education and the economic slowdown in Delaware with very personal stories and decent solutions in each area.

The best part of his talk was when he was asked twice about the Republican Party in Delaware and their undeniable free fall into obscurity. He could have taken some pot shots at the Republican party but he didn&#039;t... he calmly said he thought the voters had spoken pretty loud and clear and there was no need for him to talk about personalities when the issues and answers were more important.

I hope Mr. Carney will visit us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I attended the A Phillip Randolph Institute meeting today as I did last month. Today the speakers were Jack Markell and Mike Protack. Last month it was Alan Levin who seemed a bit uninformed on some issues, I hope John Carney stops by next month.</p>
<p>Markell and Protack were both on their game today with Markell going first and he talked a lot of policy, almost too much policy as the President had to get him to move one several times but still he had ideas and seemed committed to what he said. I still think of him as a bit of a spoiler against Carney but we will see.<br />
Protack talked policy and numbers but mostly talked about values and experiences in life which were much more like mine. </p>
<p>I did not know there was  Republican in the state who cared or thought about the little people, it was pretty clear Protack did. He talked about health care and education and the economic slowdown in Delaware with very personal stories and decent solutions in each area.</p>
<p>The best part of his talk was when he was asked twice about the Republican Party in Delaware and their undeniable free fall into obscurity. He could have taken some pot shots at the Republican party but he didn&#8217;t&#8230; he calmly said he thought the voters had spoken pretty loud and clear and there was no need for him to talk about personalities when the issues and answers were more important.</p>
<p>I hope Mr. Carney will visit us.</p>
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		<title>By: anon</title>
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		<dc:creator>anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;I know first hand that long time employees got what they deserved.&lt;/i&gt;

Republicans ALWAYS think (non-union) employees get what they deserve.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>I know first hand that long time employees got what they deserved.</i></p>
<p>Republicans ALWAYS think (non-union) employees get what they deserve.</p>
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		<title>By: ken g</title>
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		<dc:creator>ken g</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Levin is a loser before he even begins.
To challenge either Dem candidate Levin has to pony up at least $3-4 million of daddy&#039;s money.
That&#039;s just for a seat at the table.
Then he&#039;s got spend much of that to beat Protack, which I doubt he can.
The days of voting for the super-rich silver-spoon millionaires is gone, at least in the GOP primary.
Protack is battle tested and really wants it.
So say, Levin spends a couple of mil trying to beat Protack, he still loses.
Levin is in a lose, lose proposition and the boys at the country club won&#039;t help out.
No one gives serious money to multi-millionaires like Levin.
Silver lining is that mayble Dave Burris gets some table scraps from Levin to help with his dismal financial situation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Levin is a loser before he even begins.<br />
To challenge either Dem candidate Levin has to pony up at least $3-4 million of daddy&#8217;s money.<br />
That&#8217;s just for a seat at the table.<br />
Then he&#8217;s got spend much of that to beat Protack, which I doubt he can.<br />
The days of voting for the super-rich silver-spoon millionaires is gone, at least in the GOP primary.<br />
Protack is battle tested and really wants it.<br />
So say, Levin spends a couple of mil trying to beat Protack, he still loses.<br />
Levin is in a lose, lose proposition and the boys at the country club won&#8217;t help out.<br />
No one gives serious money to multi-millionaires like Levin.<br />
Silver lining is that mayble Dave Burris gets some table scraps from Levin to help with his dismal financial situation.</p>
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		<title>By: Karen J</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karen J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So let me get this right. After Levin got greedy and sold the stores then Walgreens gave employees a raise? What does that say about Levin- a bit greedy?? It took Walgreens to start paying a good salary. Let&#039;s face it, every voter he would meet will ask or comment about the Happy Harry sale and none of it will be good. He will get killed by either Democrat.

Also, isn&#039;t Levin  the same guy who was going to stop taking Medicare and Medicaid at the pharmacy reimbursable rate was too low? Now there is a man of the people by goodness. 

The state GOP must be brain dead beyond belief.
Too much Happy Harry Happy Hours at the pharmacy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So let me get this right. After Levin got greedy and sold the stores then Walgreens gave employees a raise? What does that say about Levin- a bit greedy?? It took Walgreens to start paying a good salary. Let&#8217;s face it, every voter he would meet will ask or comment about the Happy Harry sale and none of it will be good. He will get killed by either Democrat.</p>
<p>Also, isn&#8217;t Levin  the same guy who was going to stop taking Medicare and Medicaid at the pharmacy reimbursable rate was too low? Now there is a man of the people by goodness. </p>
<p>The state GOP must be brain dead beyond belief.<br />
Too much Happy Harry Happy Hours at the pharmacy.</p>
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		<title>By: RickJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>RickJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How&#039;s your face?   That&#039;s checkmate, bitch!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How&#8217;s your face?   That&#8217;s checkmate, bitch!</p>
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		<title>By: DelawareO</title>
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		<dc:creator>DelawareO</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I disagree Whoever, for Walgreens to come in and replace the frontlines like that would not only be expensive but a waste of time and impossible. The frontlines remained the same and they were trained on how to operate the new walgreens systems(the transition to their systems was the biggest challenge for the stores). The frontlines even got a raise buddy because it was now being run by a mega corp that could pay out.

So i don&#039;t know, maybe at you local HH a couple of teenagers quit and some pharm techs got switched around, but definitely not what you describe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I disagree Whoever, for Walgreens to come in and replace the frontlines like that would not only be expensive but a waste of time and impossible. The frontlines remained the same and they were trained on how to operate the new walgreens systems(the transition to their systems was the biggest challenge for the stores). The frontlines even got a raise buddy because it was now being run by a mega corp that could pay out.</p>
<p>So i don&#8217;t know, maybe at you local HH a couple of teenagers quit and some pharm techs got switched around, but definitely not what you describe.</p>
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		<title>By: Whoever YOU want it to be</title>
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		<dc:creator>Whoever YOU want it to be</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;O&quot;....maybe those in management got some kinda pittance.....but as a (very)frequent customer (12 Meds per mo.)  of HH/Walgreens I can assure you the front line staff DID NOT keep their jobs....stop by your local store and check it out.......or better yet send your wife.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;O&#8221;&#8230;.maybe those in management got some kinda pittance&#8230;..but as a (very)frequent customer (12 Meds per mo.)  of HH/Walgreens I can assure you the front line staff DID NOT keep their jobs&#8230;.stop by your local store and check it out&#8230;&#8230;.or better yet send your wife.</p>
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		<title>By: jason330</title>
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		<dc:creator>jason330</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How&#039;s your face?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How&#8217;s your face?</p>
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		<title>By: DelawareO</title>
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		<dc:creator>DelawareO</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jason, hows life living up markell&#039;s ass?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jason, hows life living up markell&#8217;s ass?</p>
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