I think this just about explains everything...

Posted on the SIRI yahoo board....titled..."unbelievable!"

CHAIRMAN MARTIN IS ON THE BOARD OF A VENTURE CAPITAL FUND WITH ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER WHO IS LOBBYING FOR GEORGETOWN PARTNERS. :eek:
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May 22, 2008
Notice of Ex Parte filed by Georgetown Partners
http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retri...
This is to notify you on behalf of Georgetown Partners, Michael Meece of the Meece Group L.L.C., had a telephone conversation with Christina Pauze, Legal Advisor to Commissioner Michael McDowell, on May 21, 2008.

TDF
http://www.tdfund.com/about/
About TDF
TDF is a specialized venture capital fund, focused on seed, early stage and select later stage investments in communications.

TDF
http://www.tdfund.com/about/board.asp#ma...
Board Members:
Kevin J. Martin
Michael E. Meece :scared:

Michael E. Meece
http://www.tdfund.com/about/board.asp#ma...
President of Meece Group LLC
Mike Meece is President of The Meece Group LLC, a Washington D.C. consulting firm. Clients of the firm include the world�s largest beverage company, the largest cable broadband provider in the United States, the world�s most innovative wireless telecommunications company, and the primary trade associations for both the biotechnology and the outdoor apparel industries, among others. Meece has held senior government positions in the White House and at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Before entering public service, he was a litigator with the firm of King & Spalding and co-founded Axiom Legal, a successful venture-backed staffing company headquartered in New York. Earlier in his career, Meece served as a policy advisor to the Governor of Texas and for the Chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Meece is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, earning a B.A. in 1990 and a J.D. in 1996. He currently resides in Maryland with his wife and two daughters