Lowell Weicker Jr. is leaving his cushy post on the corporate board of Vince and Linda McMahon's wrestling empire.
"I'm not standing for re-election," Weicker told Greenwich Time Monday of ending his longtime tenure on the board. "I think that's just a mutual decision."
A former Republican three-term senator who went on to become Connecticut's governor as an independent from 1991 to 1995, Weicker initially would not comment on whether politics precipitated his breakup with WWE.
Weicker, 79, endorsed Democrat Christopher Dodd in last year's Senate race, which was eventually won by Democrat Richard Blumenthal over Republican Linda McMahon after the incumbent opted to forgo re-election.
"The two things are entirely separate," Weicker later answered. "Being on the board and politics are entirely separate matters. I wouldn't sit on its board of directors unless I was proud of the company, and I am."...More?
source: greenwichtime.com
April 18, 2011
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