Well, actually, joe and his bro-in-law, Scott martin own almost 50% of the A's and as all know, the A's control qasp.
But, vigil has been the figurehead of qasp, with joes blessing, for well over a year.
And, during her tenure, the OS has ballooned by more than 2 billion shares.
These are incontrovertible facts.
As to the WSJ picking up the PR, it costs them nothing to add a PR with their disclaimer.
Just like you can look at all of deans PR's on bloombergs website - most financial websites pick up PR's from public, and some private, companies.
Certainly not a feather in Q's cap.
The law is the law and vigil should have known and possibly did.
But didn't stop her from PR'ing the deal.
But the potential revs of that horrible company were touted by insiders and management.
And most likely stickied as well.