Author: "Saul Wiezenthal" at Internet Date: 12/14/1999 1:30 PM Subject: S7-24-99 I am using the latest WORD format. I want the SEC to pass a law that prohibits Market Makers from shorting a BB stock without having a place to short it from. They can throw the balance of supply and demand off very badly and do if for their own profit. The consumers or investors have to be protected from them doing this. I think it is unbelievable that Market Makers are still allowed to use naked shorts. It should be illegal for them to do this and they should be monitored and severly punished if they go against the law. Thank you I am a paramedic/fireman. I invest just for myself. Saul Wiezenthal