Jake Horton/Gulf Power subsidiary of Sourthern Company

http://www.gregpalast.com/enron-not-the-only-bad-apple/
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You want to cry for a power industry exec who came to an early, violent, end? Then let me suggest to you Jake Horton, late senior vice-president of Gulf power, a subsidiary of Southern Company. (Southern is one of Enron's cohort in that fixed casino called the US electricity market.)
Horton apparently knew about some of his company's less-than-kosher accounting practices; and he had no doubt about its illegal campaign contributions to Florida politicans - he'd made the payments himself.
But unlike Baxter, who took the money and ran, in April 1989, Horton decided to blow the whistle, confront his bosses and go to state officials.
He demanded and received use of the company's jet to go and confront Southern's board of directors. Ten minutes after take-off, the jet exploded.
While the investigation into the plane crash was inconclusive, the company's CEO believed his death was suicide. He told the BBC: "I guess poor Jake saw no other way out."

. The speculation was fueled by a telephone call made to the local sheriff's office three hours after the plane went down. "You can stop investigating Gulf Power now," said an anonymous caller. "We took care of that for them this afternoon."
Horton's death was only one of a series of unsolved mysteries that have embroiled Gulf Power. Last December Ray Howell, a Pensacola graphic artist who worked for Gulf, traveled to Atlanta but disappeared prior to a scheduled appearance before the grand jury. A month later, former Gulf Power director Robert McRae and his wife were found shot to death at their home in Graceville, Fla. In the weeks since the crash, three dead yellow birds -- which Levin believes are Mafia-style warnings not to divulge the substance of his last conversation with Horton -- have been deposited outside the attorney's home and office, and there have been threats on his life. Last week, in the company of five security guards, Levin traveled to Atlanta and appeared before the grand jury.

http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_body_count.html
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Jake Horton

He was the senior vice-president of Gulf Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, a cohort of Enron in the energy industry, and a major contributer to the Bush agenda. According to reporter <http://www.guardian.co.uk/enron/story/0,11337,643422,00.html>Gregory Palast, Horton knew of the company's appalling accounting practices, and "... had no doubt about its illegal campaign contributions to Florida politicans - he'd made the payments himself. In April of 1989 Horton decided to come clean with state officials, and reserved the company jet to go confront company officials. Ten minutes after takeoff the jet exploded.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,957704,00.html
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The speculation was fueled by a telephone call made to the local sheriff's office three hours after the plane went down. "You can stop investigating Gulf Power now," said an anonymous caller. "We took care of that for them this afternoon."
Horton's death was only one of a series of unsolved mysteries that have embroiled Gulf Power. Last December Ray Howell, a Pensacola graphic artist who worked for Gulf, traveled to Atlanta but disappeared prior to a scheduled appearance before the grand jury. A month later, former Gulf Power director Robert McRae and his wife were found shot to death at their home in Graceville, Fla. In the weeks since the crash, three dead yellow birds -- which Levin believes are Mafia-style warnings not to divulge the substance of his last conversation with Horton -- have been deposited outside the attorney's home and office, and there have been threats on his life. Last week, in the company of five security guards, Levin traveled to Atlanta and appeared before the grand jury.
Levin has accused Gulf Power of "trying to make the public believe Jake set the plane on fire" by telling only their side of the story behind Horton's imminent dismissal. Executives of Gulf Power and Southern have clammed up, refusing to give more information until authorities determine the cause of the mishap. One thing is sure: no matter what the investigation turns up, many people in Pensacola will insist that the crash that killed Jake Horton was no accident.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gulf_Power
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Contact details

Gulf Power
One Energy Place
Pensacola, FL 32520
Phone: (800) 225-5797
Website: http://www.gulfpower.com/

http://www.southerncompany.com/aboutus/ceo.aspx
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While at Gulf Power, Fanning was active in the state arena. He worked closely with Governor Jeb Bush to develop state government policy, served on the Governor's Transition Policy Team, and in 2003 was appointed by Governor Bush to co-chair the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Advisory Committee.

http://www.diversitycareers.com/articles/pro/11-junjul/sd_southern_vulcan.html
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Teresa Magnus, Vulcan CEO, started with the company in 2008. She has a 1999 accounting degree from Miami University (Oxford, OH) and a 2008 law degree from Sanford University (Birmingham, AL), but her working background is in construction.

Before joining Vulcan she was construction contract strategy manager for Southern Company, and before that she worked for Arthur Andersen and Price Waterhouse in construction consulting.

"I can't think of a better industry for someone who loves tangible results! I love knowing I am part of this," says Magnus.