text_combined: state lockyer fires earthy attack energy exec original message djcustomclips djinteractive com enron mailto imceanotes djcustomclips 40 djinteractive 2 ecom 40 enron enron com sent wednesday may 23 2001 5 37 168842 mailman enron com subject rahil jafry state lockyer fires earthy attack energy exec california metro desk state lockyer fires earthy attack energy exec jenifer warren 05 23 2001 los angeles times home edition b 7 copyright 2001 times mirror company sacramento dramatic escalation energy crisis rhetoric california atty gen bill lockyer week suggested chairman houston based power company locked prison cell amorous tattooed inmate named spike lockyer investigating whether energy firms manipulated prices wholesale electricity market made comment interview wall street journal appeared tuesday would love personally escort enron corp chairman kenneth lay 8 10 cell could share tattooed dude says hi name spike honey lockyer said enron spokesman mark palmer called comment counterproductive rhetoric merit response industry representatives denounced remark outrageous especially neither lockyer office investigative panel filed charges enron companies expect state chief legal counsel would file charges first make public statements second said gary ackerman western power trading forum association energy producers traders disappointed choice words exactly fit profile office interview tuesday lockyer said decided ratchet commentary put energy companies notice afraid prosecute trying let economic buccaneers understand catch going prosecuted lockyer said multimillionaires run big corporations provide immunity attorney general investigating whether power company officials tried maximize profits illegal manipulation prices wholesale energy market several panels including state senate committee california public utilities commission conducting similar probes tuesday lockyer announced three power companies agreed turn documents subpoenaed months ago investigators attorney general went court obtain documents companies failed meet march 19 deadline hand lockyer said forthcoming documents would help office sifts mountains evidence search possible violations antitrust unfair business practice laws evidence accumulating certainly infers illegal activity lockyer said need make sure compelling clear enough convince jury lockyer said singled enron chairman houston company world largest energy trader least one observer found lockyer comments refreshingly candid harry snyder senior advocate consumers union said let lockyer lockyer times staff writer dan morain contributed story folder name rahil jafry relevance score scale 100 82 review revise folder visit http www djinteractive com contact dow jones customer service e mail custom news bis dowjones com phone 800 369 7466 outside u canada call 609 452 1511 contact local sales representative copyright c 2001 dow jones company inc rights reserved