but, where the heck is the text?
washingtonpost.com
Police Release Enron Suicide Note
The Associated Press
Thursday, April 11, 2002; 12:55 PM
SUGAR LAND, Texas ?? A note left behind by a former Enron Corp. executive who killed himself in January makes no specific mention of the former energy giant's collapse.
The police department in this Houston suburb released the five-sentence note from John Clifford Baxter immediately after the Texas attorney general's office issued an opinion that the document was a public record.
Baxter, who resigned as vice chairman in May 2001, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Jan. 25. His family had opposed release of his handwritten note, citing privacy issues.
The attorney general's office had until Friday to make a decision. It turned aside arguments that the note might embarrass or invade the privacy of Baxter's family, "given the substantial public interest in the causes of Enron's failure and its far-reaching consequences."
The opinion also determined that Baxter became a public figure. He had been a defendant in investor lawsuits because of Enron stock sales that netted him about $35 million before the energy giant's stock price began falling last year.
washingtonpost.com
Police Release Enron Suicide Note
The Associated Press
Thursday, April 11, 2002; 12:55 PM
SUGAR LAND, Texas ?? A note left behind by a former Enron Corp. executive who killed himself in January makes no specific mention of the former energy giant's collapse.
The police department in this Houston suburb released the five-sentence note from John Clifford Baxter immediately after the Texas attorney general's office issued an opinion that the document was a public record.
Baxter, who resigned as vice chairman in May 2001, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Jan. 25. His family had opposed release of his handwritten note, citing privacy issues.
The attorney general's office had until Friday to make a decision. It turned aside arguments that the note might embarrass or invade the privacy of Baxter's family, "given the substantial public interest in the causes of Enron's failure and its far-reaching consequences."
The opinion also determined that Baxter became a public figure. He had been a defendant in investor lawsuits because of Enron stock sales that netted him about $35 million before the energy giant's stock price began falling last year.
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