{"id":5775,"date":"2011-09-17T15:13:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T19:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=5775"},"modified":"2011-09-17T15:13:20","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T19:13:20","slug":"elections-matter-ask-the-executives-at-solyndra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=5775","title":{"rendered":"Elections Matter–Ask The Executives At Solyndra"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed Morrissey at Hot Air<\/a>\u00a0reported today that the executives at Solyndra were putting heavy pressure on the Bush White House in as late as January 2009 to approve a government loan for the company.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

On Jan. 12, 2009, Solyndra CEO Chris Gronet sent an Energy Department official an email marked \u201curgent\u201d expressing outrage that Bush officials had decided a few days earlier that while the loan application had \u201cmerit\u201d it needed further study before officials could move forward with a taxpayer-financed loan.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI was appalled to learn on Friday that our application is being delayed yet again,\u201d Gronet wrote to Energy official Steve Isakowitz, writing there had been \u201ccountless communications\u201d back and forth suggesting the application would be reviewed Jan. 15.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The delay was a decision by the Bush administration to wait for an independent market analysis on January 9, 2009, before giving aid to the company.<\/p>\n

The article further reports:<\/p>\n

The next day, Jan. 13, 2009, [Bush DoE official Lachlan] Seward sent his email to Energy Department colleagues saying it was time to stop engaging with Solyndra officials.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There were no outside influences in this decision, and when the Bush administration looked at the loan request, it simply did not look like a good investment of taxpayer money.<\/p>\n

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