Thursday, April 17, 2008

Citadel Broadcasting, 2008

Class II directors are up for reelection:

Michael J. Regan has been a Director of the Company since 2007. Mr. Regan (age 65) is a former Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer of KPMG LLP and was the lead audit partner for many Fortune 500 companies during his 40 year tenure with KPMG. Mr. Regan is a member of the board of managers of Allied Security Holdings LLC and serves on its audit committee. He also is a director of Scientific Games Corporation and serves on its audit committee. Mr. Regan is a member of the Board of Trustees of Manhattan College.

Hard to narrow down on OpenSecrets, since it's a popular name. Approve.

Thomas V. Reifenheiser has been a Director since 2007. Mr. Reifenheiser (age 72) served as Managing Director and Group Executive for the Global Media and Telecom Group of Chase Securities Inc. (“Chase”) from 1977 until 2000. He joined Chase in 1963 and was the Global Media and Telecom Group Executive since 1977. Mr. Reifenheiser is a member of the board of directors and also serves as a member of the audit committee of Lamar Advertising Company, Mediacom Communications Corporation and Cablevision Systems Corporation.

Donates to Republicans. Deny

Herbert J. Siegel has been a Director since 2003. Mr. Siegel (age 79) was Chairman of the Board and President of Chris-Craft Industries, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of BHC Communications, Inc. until July 2001, when the two companies were acquired by The News Corporation Limited. Mr. Siegel was a senior advisor to The News Corporation Limited. He is currently a consultant to News America, Inc. Mr. Siegel is also a
director of IMG Worldwide Holdings Inc.

Donates to Republicans. Deny

Deloitte & Touche LLP: Approve

Saturday, April 12, 2008

3M Proxy Votes

2008 3M COMPANY Annual Meeting of Stockholders
MEETING DATE: May 13, 2008
For Holders as of: March 14, 2008

Research on OpenSecrets.org shows the following:

Linda G. Alvarado - Gives to mostly Democrats - Approve

George W. Buckley - 3M Co PAC only - Approve

Vance D. Coffman - Mixed, but Rep Senatorial Committee stands out. - Deny

Michael L. Eskew - All Republicans - Deny

W. James Farrell - Mixed. Ted Stevens and Dick Durbin? Interesting combination... - Deny

Herbert L. Henkel - 15K to RNC. - Deny

Edward M. Liddy - Donates to Hillary - Approve

Robert S. Morrison - Donated to Mark Kennedy (R) - Deny

Aulana L. Peters - Mixed, mostly D - Approve

Robert J. Ulrich - Massive Republican Donor - Deny

Mr Ulrich is a new nominee, and was the CEO of Target. I'm not interested in rewarding that anyway, but he has given 176 times, nearly all to Republicans and Republican PAC's for a total of $201,827. No thank you.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditor - Approve

Long-Term Incentive Plan - Approve