WASHINGTON POST - Ms. Palfrey’s business, which operated from 1993 to
2006, had 15,000 customers and a pool of 130 or so escorts, ranging in
age from 23 to 55, who worked as independent contractors, she said in
one court filing. "Best selection and availability before 9 p.m. each
evening," one advertisement she ran said. Over the six years before the
business shut down, she collected more than $750,000 from the escorts,
with whom she split fees for each call, federal officials said in court
filings.
AMY SCHATZ, WALL STREET JOURNAL - ABC News reported on one of its blogs
that men on the list include "a Bush administration economist, the head
of a conservative think tank, a prominent CEO, several lobbyists and a
handful of military officials."
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/
ABC NEWS BLOTTER - Even call girls get performance reviews, at least the
ones who worked for Jeane Palfrey's Washington, D.C., escort service.
"Without being overtly vulgar, a pair of tits and an ass, without
accompanying brains, sophistication, LOOKS and carriage, just won't cut
it in this business or at least, not with this particular agency!!"
wrote Palfrey in a monthly newsletter sent to the women who worked for
her. . . In a January 1994 newsletter, she wrote, "Congress is back in
session. This always helps to boost business."
In another edition, she complained, "That damn Monday night
football...ruines [sic] business every single Monday night!". . .
"Organization and efficiency need to be, No, must be the bedrock from
which the on-call escort service operates," reads one passage from 1993.
In that particular article, Palfrey encouraged her employees ("girls,"
as she called them) to invest in cellular phones. "Searching for pay
phones in strange places and driving in circles when lost are
extraordinarily exasperating and frustrating experiences, which need not
be," Palfrey counseled. . . In one issue, Palfrey even gave a product
endorsement. "Victoria's Secret," she wrote, "is the only place a Pamela
Martin girl shops."
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WASHINGTON POST - [Palfrey] also revealed herself to be an expert stock
picker. Moments after dismissing the lawyer who was defending her in a
federal racketeering case, she rose to ask U.S. District Judge Gladys
Kessler a question. The defendant, in high heels and bright-red
lipstick, told the judge she holds 5,000 shares of Dolby Laboratories in
her Schwab account. "The stock has increased in value approximately $13
a share" -- to $37 -- "since this particular asset was seized," she
explained after a brief struggle to operate the courtroom microphone. "I
really do believe it's at its peak. I'd like the court to order this
stock be sold as soon as possible." The judge declined to play portfolio
manager. "At this point, I cannot do that," Kessler said. . . Shares of
Dolby Laboratories fell 2.07 points, to 35.42, on the New York Stock
Exchange.
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2006, had 15,000 customers and a pool of 130 or so escorts, ranging in
age from 23 to 55, who worked as independent contractors, she said in
one court filing. "Best selection and availability before 9 p.m. each
evening," one advertisement she ran said. Over the six years before the
business shut down, she collected more than $750,000 from the escorts,
with whom she split fees for each call, federal officials said in court
filings.
AMY SCHATZ, WALL STREET JOURNAL - ABC News reported on one of its blogs
that men on the list include "a Bush administration economist, the head
of a conservative think tank, a prominent CEO, several lobbyists and a
handful of military officials."
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/
ABC NEWS BLOTTER - Even call girls get performance reviews, at least the
ones who worked for Jeane Palfrey's Washington, D.C., escort service.
"Without being overtly vulgar, a pair of tits and an ass, without
accompanying brains, sophistication, LOOKS and carriage, just won't cut
it in this business or at least, not with this particular agency!!"
wrote Palfrey in a monthly newsletter sent to the women who worked for
her. . . In a January 1994 newsletter, she wrote, "Congress is back in
session. This always helps to boost business."
In another edition, she complained, "That damn Monday night
football...ruines [sic] business every single Monday night!". . .
"Organization and efficiency need to be, No, must be the bedrock from
which the on-call escort service operates," reads one passage from 1993.
In that particular article, Palfrey encouraged her employees ("girls,"
as she called them) to invest in cellular phones. "Searching for pay
phones in strange places and driving in circles when lost are
extraordinarily exasperating and frustrating experiences, which need not
be," Palfrey counseled. . . In one issue, Palfrey even gave a product
endorsement. "Victoria's Secret," she wrote, "is the only place a Pamela
Martin girl shops."
MORE INSTRUCTIONS
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/
WASHINGTON POST - [Palfrey] also revealed herself to be an expert stock
picker. Moments after dismissing the lawyer who was defending her in a
federal racketeering case, she rose to ask U.S. District Judge Gladys
Kessler a question. The defendant, in high heels and bright-red
lipstick, told the judge she holds 5,000 shares of Dolby Laboratories in
her Schwab account. "The stock has increased in value approximately $13
a share" -- to $37 -- "since this particular asset was seized," she
explained after a brief struggle to operate the courtroom microphone. "I
really do believe it's at its peak. I'd like the court to order this
stock be sold as soon as possible." The judge declined to play portfolio
manager. "At this point, I cannot do that," Kessler said. . . Shares of
Dolby Laboratories fell 2.07 points, to 35.42, on the New York Stock
Exchange.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2007/04/30/AR2007043001547.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
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