<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18828">
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Good evening everyone,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Strange as it may seem, there appears to be some
confusion about which way to vote to repeal the school consolidation law.
The answer is to VOTE YES on QUESTION 3 TO REPEAL THE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION
LAW. I can't make it any plainer than that unless I go to the voting
booths with people, and that is frowned on!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Even at this late date, I want to repeat one
statistic, which I wish I had used frequently. Our friend, Keith Cook,
from Waterville published an article on October 25 in several publications
around the state. He stated that from 1960 to 2003 there were 45 major
studies of 792 school consolidation efforts nationwide. There were
reported savings in only 4 of 792. That is an incredible
statistic. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Representative Ed Finch of Fairfield has been a
stalwart supporter of consolidation from the day it was announced. He is a
retired HS teacher and has a seat on the legislative education committee.
At the School Boards convention on October 23, he stated that he voted YES to
repeal the law because he believed that it was so flawed that it could not be
fixed. </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I thanked him for his intellectual
honesty.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Well, I suspect that we have done just about all
that we can do until people vote on Tuesday. However, please remind people
to vote YES on 3 to REPEAL THE SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION LAW.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thank you to everyone for all your help. It
has been a great effort by the greatest people on the face of this earth-
MAINE RESIDENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Here's to victory for Maine's students and
taxpayers!!!!!!!!!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Skip</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>