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Old November 24th 04, 02:23 AM
harvey
 
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"Steveo" wrote in message
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| "Leland C. Scott" wrote:
| "Twistedhed" wrote in message
| ...
| The large corporations continue to do business as usual while the
| feds pacify insignificants with smoke and mirrors (fines).
|
| Except when the "go to jail" part of the penalty comes up for repeated
| violations. Also don't overlook that some of those Pilot Travel centers
| may be wholly own franchises where the owner has to pay the fine if they
| get busted. The real fine is having to go to court to fight the FCC, and
| that sounds like what may happen. When it does it could cost them much
| more than the $125K fine depending on how far they want to take the
fight
| up the legal ladder. This would be the case to watch.
|
| I think you can bankrupt on that one.

when you check out what the fine is for a gas spill from the EPA , the fine
thats being paid for the radios isnt even pocket change...they wont sweat it
and they are all company operated centers, none are franchised...
harv