Initial proposals and takeover plans were rejected due to a number of issues surrounding political tensions.
And do you think a lawyer who misses a takeover plan against his client deserves it?
Then in 1995, state lawmakers approved a takeover plan.
The takeover plan calls for reducing the nine-member board to six members, and then installing new people.
The government retains a golden share that it can use to veto any takeover plans.
They traded as high as $34.08 earlier this year, after Microsoft went public with its takeover plans.
The takeover plan, Ellison recently revealed, was nearly complete.
In part because of such concerns, the administration is looking at more limited takeover plans, Pataki aides said.
There are two versions of the takeover plan awaiting committee action in the Legislature.
In the old takeover plan, the manager would be appointed by the state.