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PDeuth: Thank you, for the clarification in comprehensible terms. I am relieve to understand that CEO's cannot and should not make large political donations to polical projects without vetting it with stockholders.

Do you know what is consequences of Supreme Court ruling that Corporations have rights similar to humans?

Again, thanks for your comments!

What can we do to help stop this trend?

As a former downtown retivalization specialist, managing downtown associations and setting them up in communities that did not have or had an organization that had fallen off track - I frequently found myself battling the local Chamber of Commerce.

I served as an Executive Director of a Chamber of Commerce and was recognized by the US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE for the creation of the Xenia Chamber of Commerce charge card, which was one of (or the first) private label creidt card for a downtown association (XMA).

However, I quickly determined that the local chamber can be the local business mafia providing special favors to some businesses and punishing others. Privately, I referred to Chambers as the CHURCH of Business.

Chambers, like any organizations, due provide a lot of benefits to their members, but, they are not receptacle to change and are frequently part of the problem rather than part of the solution.