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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>Good morning everyone,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>We are pleased to announce that we
shall be filing our petition to repeal the school consolidation law on Friday,
October 17, 2008 with the Secretary of State at 10 AM on the
north side of the Burton Cross State Office Building. Anyone who wishes to
join us is encouraged and most welcome to do so.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>This has been an incredible effort by
many people from all over the State of Maine. We thank you for all the
hard work. We trust and hope that this wrok will result in the repeal of
the school consolidation law by members of the 124th Legislature.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>As of this writing, we will
submit 59485 certified signatures. The minimum requirement is 55087
signatures.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>We regret that we could not file the
petition on a Saturday when more people could attend, but of course, state
government is not open on Sat-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>urday. If you are able to
attend, please do so.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>Thank you to everyone for all the
incredibly hard work, which has made the filing of the petition
possible.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#008000 size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
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