From a subscriber:


Sol and 3 amigos are setting themselves up for nice packages by putting
the government in the position to let them go as they don’t like it
downunder. It’s too small for them. The Gov’t can’t sell its shares
without appeasing many parties, the Board and CEO of Telstra are of
least concern. The Nats will have their way!

Alexander Maclennan writes:
Is the Telstra CEO trying to discourage the Government from selling its
share by talking down its results? Would Telstra be in a weaker
position when the Government sells it off completely?

A reader writes:
With the deliberate pushing down of Telstra’s share price has beggin bowl Sol got a buyer lined up?

Kathryn Pollard writes:
It is refreshing to have a CEO of a large institution like Telstra not
as willing as Australians generally are to being pushed into silence by
politicians and their media minders. Bravo Sol Trujillo! People need to
be given the drum about what’s really going on in Telstra. A thorough
and detailed check up with blunt prognosis and prescriptions that will
work should have been done by the Doctor who was chief three years ago.

Charlie Cropper writes:
Is it true that Sol and friends outsmarted Don McGauchie and Co and the
strike prices for their options are determined in Oct 05 ? Is this why
they are blatantly talking down the company?

A subscriber writes:
Sol and his boys step up to ready Telstra for full privatisation. Sol
and his boys do everything they can to drive down the share value of
Telstra. Sol’s US telcomm buddies step up and purchase a lot of very
cheap Telstra shares. Sol and his boys return to the US, a job well
done.

Mal Rosher writes:

Is Sol a Trojan Horse for an overseas competitor?