FC: Should the Valley normalize relations with DC? --Cato event

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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[TJ Rodgers is a fascinating fellow, but the question he poses is so very 
'90s. Silicon Valley has *already* normalized relations with DC. Check out 
the CEO list at today's summit in the DC area (internetsummit.org), for 
starters. --Declan]

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> From: "Solveig Singleton" <solveig () cato org>
> To: <declan () well com>
> Subject: Relations between Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.?
> Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 12:27:59 -0500
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300
>
> Declan, I thought your readers might be interested in this event.
> Registration info is at the bottom.  Contact Steve Moore at Cato with
> questions.
>
> *********
> Should Silicon Valley Normalize  Relations with Washington?
>
>        POLICY FORUM
>        Wednesday, March 15, 2000
>        12:00 p.m. (Luncheon to follow)
>
>        Featuring T.J. Rodgers, President and CEO, Cypress Semiconductor
> Corporation, and  Michael Maibach, Vice President, Government Relations,
> Intel Corporation, at
>
>        The Cato Institute's F.A. Hayek Auditorium
>        1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
>        Washington, DC 20001
>
> In a new Cato Institute study, T. J. Rodgers says: "Silicon Valley could
> make no bigger mistake than to normalize relations with Congress and the
> White House. The political scene in Washington is antithetical to the core
> values that drive our successes in the international marketplace and risks
> converting entrepreneurs into statist businessmen." Michael Maibach will
> present a less hostile attitude toward the relationship between Washington
> and the high-tech community.
>
>        To register for this event, please fill out the form below and click
> submit or call Christie  Raniszewski by 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, 2000,
> at (202) 789-5229, fax her at (202) 371-0841, or e-mail to
> christier () cato org.

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