Nothing New about Bayh Income from Corporate Boards; Sylvia Smith Wrote 2007 Story

Nothing new regarding The Bayh's relationship with corporate boards. On December 15, 2007 the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette published the following about the article the JG's then Washington Bureau Chief Sylvia wrote for the December 16, 2007 edition:

Susan Bayh was Indiana’s first lady from January 1989 until January 1997.

Since then she has raked in millions of dollars in cash, stock and options as a professional board member for pharmaceutical, communications, insurance and other companies.

With husband Evan Bayh now representing Indiana in the U.S. Senate, critics of this boardroom-Capitol Hill couple see an inevitable conflict of interest – that Susan Bayh’s business interests will affect her husband’s actions in Washington. The senator insists that is not the case.

Ms.Smith had just been elected two days before the publication as the 101st President of the venerable Washington Press Club.

 

The Journal Gazette does not have a current link to the December 16th story on its website.  Presumably, the JG editorial board didn't consult its own archives when deciding endorsements in the 2016 US Senate race.