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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Scorned Mistress of Married Obama Adviser Posts Billboards Nationwide
2010-01-22
On first glance, it could be the ultimate Valentine's Day card -- a gigantic billboard that towers over New York's Times Square, featuring a happy couple with the text: "You are my soulmate forever, Charles & YaVaughnie."

But as every scorned lover knows, looks can be deceiving. This billboard -- which also has gone up in Atlanta and San Francisco -- is the ultimate act of revenge -- a very public retaliation by a dumped mistress aimed at a very wealthy, and married, businessman who is an adviser to President Obama.

YaVaughnie Wilkins posted the signs after she learned that her lover, Charles E. Phillips — president and director of the tech conglomerate Oracle Corporation and a member of Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board — had reconciled with his wife, the New York Post reported.

The billboards -- there are three in New York and one apiece in Atlanta and San Francisco, where Phillips lives -- may have cost Wilkins up to $250,000, at an estimated $50,000 each.

After the billboards surfaced, Phillips fessed up to his longtime affair through a spokesman on Thursday.

"I had an 8-and-a-half-year serious relationship with YaVaughnie Wilkins. The relationship with Ms. Wilkins has since ended, and we both wish each other well," he said.

The billboards also feature a URL of the Web site www.charlesphillipsandyavaughniewilkins.com, which features photos of Phillips' and Wilkins' lengthy relationship.

In an Oracle newsletter from 2006, Phillips was described as an ex-marine and "family man" who has a wife and 10-year-old son, Chas, the New York Times reported.
Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC

#15  Well, those billboards will come down eventually...but broken kneecaps last forever.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-01-22 23:16  

#14  Look what the (silicon) Valley Wag has to say about this catty incident Ellison-Envy
Posted by: 3dc   2010-01-22 22:58  

#13  GirlThursday there is even a book about his boss:
Title: The Difference between God and Larry Ellison: God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison
Posted by: 3dc   2010-01-22 22:51  

#12  Girl Thursday - Its kind of toned down Oracle corporate success motif.
Search for stuff on Larry Ellison's (Oracle's founder) life style... then consider what yours would need to be to even visit Larry's parties.

cough cough cough...
Washington post was very tame using Ellison in this defense of Clinton's scandal:

Sexual involvement with a subordinate can add to an executive's mystique. One of the most envied men in Silicon Valley is Larry Ellison, 54, chief executive of Oracle Corp., one of the richest men in California. He's the thrice-married Lothario of the pocket-protector set, frequently attending business events with a beautiful young subordinate on his arm. Some of his relationships have been with recent Stanford University alumnae in their first real jobs.

In his 1997 book, "The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison (God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison)," St. Petersburg Times reporter Mike Wilson described Ellison conducting simultaneous romantic relationships with as many as three female employees. That sometimes created confusion -- Ellison openly described to Wilson an incident in which a woman employee arrived at the executive's house one night, only to find another girlfriend-employee there.

Ellison's most notorious romance ended up in court. A relationship bloomed when a junior-level marketing employee named Adelyn Lee encountered the boss in the elevator and asked him for a ride in his Ferrari, according to court testimony. Ellison offered, via e-mail, to let her drive. After 18 months, the relationship soured. Lee was then fired. She sued the company for wrongful termination and obtained a settlement, but was later jailed over allegations that she doctored e-mail messages she had used to bolster her claims.

Ellison has suffered no apparent repercussions from his behavior, and remains widely respected for his innovations in the computer industry. Oracle representatives declined to comment.

Posted by: 3dc   2010-01-22 22:46  

#11  LOL. I stand corrected.
Posted by: GirlThursday   2010-01-22 22:15  

#10  #6 And its interesting that most of the commenters reflexively started critiquing her.

He's a Democrat, we already assume he is a scumbag. But I repeat myself.
Posted by: Don Vito Uleash   2010-01-22 22:08  

#9  I kind of like it. Ya got to at least admire her pluck doing for the billboards, even if ya can't admire her fiscal sense. /Sarc
Posted by: GirlThursday   2010-01-22 21:42  

#8  YaVaughnie? What the hell kind of name is that?

The Ebonics version of Yvonne, I'm guessing.
Posted by: SteveS   2010-01-22 21:37  

#7  BTW, i am in the aforementioned category of ripping on her, then I stopped, and thought, wait a minute? ya know, as a matter of fact...
Posted by: GirlThursday   2010-01-22 20:39  

#6  And its interesting that most of the commenters reflexively started critiquing her. Don't get me started on him. cheat cheeat chhheeeeeeeting scoundrel. Unless he had an open marriage (which you can surmise he didn't), he is the worse of the two if you ask me, being that he's a Dad, CEO, and Veteran. Uh hum.
Posted by: GirlThursday   2010-01-22 20:38  

#5   And she put in eight something years on the job? Wow, did she think that earned her job security or like a partial pension plan or something?
Posted by: GirlThursday   2010-01-22 20:32  

#4  YaVaughnie? What the hell kind of name is that?
Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie   2010-01-22 20:27  

#3  250 G's? Would've been a helluva lot cheaper to hire some goon to break his kneecaps. Wish I had money like that to flush down the toilet.
Posted by: tu3031   2010-01-22 19:16  

#2  "we both wish each other well"

Ha! She wishes you something.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-01-22 19:11  

#1  We ain't got nothin' down here that beats YaVaughnie in the fury department.
Posted by: The Devil   2010-01-22 18:38  

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