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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Dan Wood</st1:PersonName>
[mailto:dwood@wsfb.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 25, 2006
7:15 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> rod@sage1.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> ACTION NEEDED: Opposition
Buys UW "Study"</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=navy face="Arial Black"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'>Please forward to
all lists!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=navy face="Arial Black"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'>To:
Yes on I-933 Grassroots Leaders & Supporters<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=navy face="Arial Black"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'>Fr:
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Dan Wood</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=navy face="Arial Black"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'>Re: UW
to Release Anti-933 Study Tomorrow<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black";color:navy'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:navy'>RIGHT TO THE POINT:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Action Step #1. SEND
LETTERS TO NEWSPAPERS.<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:navy'>Write to local and regional newspapers <u>today</u> and tell
them what you think about this bogus study that was bought and paid for by the
opposition to the Property Fairness Initiative. Here are some thoughts:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=3
color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The foundations
sponsoring this study are run by the same super-rich backers funding the
opposition to the Property Fairness Initiative. They want to buy the
election, and buying credibility from the UW is part of their strategy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=3
color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>These millionaire
and billionaire activists live by difference rules than the rest of
us. They build their mega-mansions on the waterfront and use their
property in ways that regular people cannot. Then they contribute
hundreds of thousands of dollars (pocket change for them) to organizations
that want more government control over the rest of us.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=3
color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The opposition is
using taxpayer resources (the University) for political campaign
purposes. It’s flat out wrong, just like state agencies and
local governments have spent taxpayer resources to campaign against I-933,
which will hold them accountable for the cost and affect of their unfair
regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=3
color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This is the same
campaign tactic as last time. Use taxpayer resources and opposition
funding to try to convince voters that there is legitimacy to the
opposition message. We won’t buy it this time. Fool me
once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=3
color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>When the same
people, led by the same person (Glen Pascall) did this before, they were
discredited as “bordering on fraud.” Taxpayer resources
should not be used for fraudulent political campaign messages.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=3
color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Visit PropertyFairness.com
to read the initiative for yourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:navy;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><font size=3
color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>, not a dime has been paid in
compensation, yet that does not show up in this so-called
“study.” The result in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> is that government is
considering the cost of their actions and working with property
owners. We should have the same fair treatment in our state.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><u><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Action Step 2: Contribute</span></font></u></b><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:navy'>We need to have the funding to run our own
advertising. Polling shows that we will win if we get our message
out. Please go to <a href="http://www.propertyfairness.com/">www.PropertyFairness.com</a>
today to make a contribution to the campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
“study” on I-933 will be released at a news conference tomorrow
(Tuesday, September 26) at 10:30.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>You can expect it to
repeat the same rhetoric and distortions that we’ve seen from the
opposition campaign – after all, the opposition paid for it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>The opposition is into
staging events to try to buy credibility.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Just look at the
“farmer” TV ad they’re running (which will be answered soon,
be assured).<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Does a real farmer have a
hillside of observers, a helicopter flying overhead, a camera crew filming
every move? Does anyone really believe there is a connection between a
wheat field in the Palouse and a field in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Skagit</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>It’s all staged by
environmental activists and their millionaire/billionaire backers who want to
create an image and credibility that only money can buy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>… but I digress
… back to the “study.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Last week, we filed a
public records request demanding that the University come clean with documents
relating to this study. We have received no response to our request for
records. Failure to respond will be yet another violation of state law.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>You can read about the
request and the bogus study below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Please, when you are done
reading, send a letter to your local paper and visit <a
href="http://www.propertyfairness.com/">www.PropertyFairness.com</a> to make a
generous contribution.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>And, remember to forward
this message to your lists.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Our grassroots campaign
can beat back their attempt to buy this election.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>Farm Bureau Demands Documents from
University<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>“Study” Funded by
Opposition Groups<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>OLYMPIA</span></font></st1:City> – Washington
Farm Bureau today filed a public records request with the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>,
asking for public records related to a planned “study” on
Initiative 933.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“We
want them to reveal who is behind the study, who is directing the study, and
what the connections are with the special interests that are funding the
anti-fairness campaign,” said <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Dan Wood</st1:PersonName>,
government relations director for Washington Farm Bureau.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“This
study is paid for by the same environmental extremist organizations that are
backing the campaign against the Property Fairness Initiative,” said
Wood. “They are trying to buy credibility from the University and they
are using public resources to do it.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Because
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> is a state
agency, it is required to provide public documents, whether on paper or in
electronic form, under the state Public Records Act (RCW 42.56).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“It’s
an abuse of public trust for any agency to engage in these types of campaign
activities,” Wood said. “Under the law, they will need to come
clean with the connections to the anti-fairness campaign and they will need to
show who is buying this so-called study.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Northwest</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Livable Communities, a
division of the University, is coordinating the study on behalf of the Bullitt
Foundation, Brainerd Foundation, Wilburforce Foundation and others.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>These
same foundations funded a <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
“study” in 1995, released lat in the Fall campaign. In that
year, a similar measure, Referendum 48, sought to address excessive regulations
that treated property owners unfairly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Wood said
the late release of the so-called study was a death blow to the referendum, and
that opponents hope to repeat the scenario in 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“They’re
planning another ‘October Surprise’ for this year,” said
Wood. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“This
time, the voters aren’t going to be taken in by their tactics.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In 1995,
the University of Washington administration sent two letters to the
anti-property rights campaign, telling them to “immediately refrain from
the use of the phrase ‘University of Washington’” in their
ads against referendum 48. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In
similar communication, University Associate Vice President Norman Arkans told
the No on 48 campaign that their “wording is misleading in that it
suggests that the University commissioned the study when it was paid for by
private foundation grants.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>An
earlier letter from Arkans told the campaign that, “under state law, the
University may not be involved in any way in the promotion of or opposition to
a ballot proposition.” He concluded by telling the campaign that
“you are not authorized to use the University of Washington name,
trademarks, symbols or logos in any material opposing ballot proposition
48.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“We
hope the University still holds the same values of abiding by the law and not
being used for political purposes,” said Wood.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
purchased study in 1995, led by Glenn Pascall, was met with harsh criticism.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The
Washington Institute for Policy Studies, which included Pascall on its board of
advisors, wrote to Pascall and told him that the study “leaves us with
grave concern.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Cost
estimates were based upon “pure analytical fabrication” and the
study contained “rhetoric and conjecture without any supportive
analysis.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Meanwhile,
the Washington Research Council labeled the study as “bordering on
fraud” and pointed out that there was no peer review of the 1995 study.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“This
is an example of academic opinions for sale,” said Wood. “Voters
were fooled once by this tactic, but they won’t be fooled again.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“Unfortunately,
the University’s credibility will be the biggest price paid for this
study. But the anti-fairness campaign is only concerned about buying a
campaign message.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“We’re
looking forward to the University complying with the public disclosure law and
coming clean about who is buying the study,” said Wood<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman"'><br clear=all style='page-break-before:always'>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>WHO ARE THE MAIN CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE CAMPAIGN OPPOSING
I-933?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Big
surprise. A bunch of super-rich <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City></st1:place>
elitists who think they know better than you how you should use your
land. People like Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Harriet Bullitt and a group
called Futurewise.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Future-who?
They used to be “1000 Friends of Washington” but after the public
started figuring out who they are they changed their name. After the
Growth Management Act was rejected by voters it was 1000 Friends who convinced
the legislature to pass it anyway and got the governor to sign it. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You
might think that Gates doesn’t believe in property rights. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But
he does. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Boy
does he. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Just
not yours. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>There
are two recent issues with Microsoft that demonstrate that Gates is certainly
for property rights. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>When MS products were being illegally copied,
packaged and sold overseas he was justly upset that he was not being paid
for the pirated copies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0in' start=2 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6'><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Gates also complained when courts were
threatening to require him to reveal a segment of the Windows code so
other software makers could more easily meld their internet browser with
Windows. He won. <o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>It would have been a unique form of justice had Mr.
Gates been told: “Look, Mr. Gates, we’re not taking all of your
program, just a part of it. You get to use the rest of it.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Few
can match Bill Gates wealth. The $50,000 he has already given to the No
campaign is but pocket change to him. We need you, our grassroots leaders
to spread this message far and wide. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>And
we need you to contribute to the Property Fairness Coalition right now.
Go to <a href="http://www.propertyfairness.com/">www.propertyfairness.com</a>
to make a generous contribution. If you prefer to send a check the
address is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Property
Fairness Coalition<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on"><font size=3
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>P. O. Box</span></font></st1:Street>
2446</st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Olympia</span></font></st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">WA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">98507</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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