>JEFF ST. CLAIR:
>
>"It turns out that Linda Lay's weepy interview with Lisa Meyers of NBC News
>this week was as phony as an Enron stock prospectus. The tears shed by Lay's
>latest trophy wife were scripted by public relations mavens from the
>powerhouse firm Hill and Knowlton...
>
>Now the Lays face poverty and deserve pity, not jail time. "We're broke,"
>Linda moaned. "We're selling everything we own." The tears streamed...
>
>According to a review of the Lay's real estate holdings in the Houston metro
>area, they still own over a dozen properties valued at more than $10 million.
>None of them are on the market. Then there's that $14 million "vacation" home
>in Aspen."
Ah, but poor Mrs Lay said they were "fighting for liquidity." It's tough when your assets are tied up in real estate and you can't come up with the scratch to cover the weekend supply of Roederer and Beluga.
Doug