Hi Don,

Yes Don, I have learned a lot from you in our time spent together and I am very appreciative of your efforts to help me when you could, but mostly the support you've offered when I needed it the most.

There are no "big fish" anywhere insofar as my thinking about the size of any company or matter of concern. If we become intimidated by the number of staff or the size of a company and they are not operating in the "public's best interest" then they simply must change. I am just one messenger for the "we" in this nation. But if one can make a difference then it's been my pleasure to speak or act on behalf of those who cannot or do not know how. I am and always will be for fairness in treatment of any person or group in this country.

I thought of Jim Berkland the other night and his poem, "The Treasure Of Time." We only have so much time to work on any given topic or issue and so I can only do what I can in the time afforded to me. But I will always acknowledge I could not have accomplished much of it without your help in seeking the information I needed or giving me a sounding board to hear my thoughts about how to resolve problems.

You are a treasure, despite your bad habits. I know inside of you is a perfect person just waiting for his wings to be installed in Heaven. They'll give you golden wings for all of the help you've delivered on this long journey on this Earthly plain.

God loves a workin' man.

Petra