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I wish the United States had a similar measure:
From
Think Progress: Voters in Switzerland overwhelmingly approved new measures to
clamp down on executive pay. Under the approved referendum — which means that
the new provisions will be added to the Swiss constitution — shareholders will
have the ability to veto executive pay packages, so-called "golden parachutes"
will be outlawed, and executives who defy the rules could see jail time.
A computer crash and a death in the family have kept me away for quite awhile. I hope to get back in the political swing of things shortly.My estranged husband, who was still my best friend, passed away on September 2. Rather than go into all the details, I wrote about him on my primary blog Irish Eyes. Click here to read the entry. I've been helping his brother with arrangements and other details, so the last week has been like a blur and quite difficult.The day before my birthday last month, my computer literally sizzled inside the tower and gave up the ghost. There was no reviving it, I'm afraid. I dragged out my old computer (Windows XP, last updates from 2007), and managed to work with that for a short time. I now have a newer system. Just yesterday I finished re-loading all my essential software programs and documents. I hope everything holds out until I strike it rich! ;)Today I will be spending some time watching the commemoration events for 9/11 victims. It's hard to believe ten years have passed by so quickly, yet the memories are still fresh. In fact, it was right around this time ten years ago that Wilbert and I began to date.Today is sad for many reasons.
Since last October, I've received multiple publishing contracts for books written under one of my fiction monikers Deidre Dalton. Needless to say, I'm over the moon about my good fortune. I've worked long and hard for many years on my writing. To receive one publishing contract is incredible, but to have six in hand is a dream come true.However, it leaves little time for anything else at the moment. Editing and finalizing several books for release in 2011 requires a great deal of focus, and it's where my head has to be for the foreseeable future.I'll try to "political blog" as often as I can, which might not be much in the coming weeks.
