Date:    04/20/2000  4:29 PM

Subject: Unlrestricted Acccess To Corporate Information 

I have to tell you up front that I'm not a big invester, or even believer, 
in the stock market. Why? Mostly because of regulations like the one your 
office is proposing to do away with. It doesn't seem right that a small 
number of well-connected people have access to potentially valuable 
corporate information that these same companies do not have to share with 
me. The Wall Street boys (and girls) will have you believe that I'm not 
experienced enough to use this information wisely. True. But their analysts 
have no vested interest in my finacial well-being, and are thus disqualified 
from telling me what to do. Case in point: How many of them correctly 
predicted the recent 600+ point DJIA correction? And how many times have I 
had to hear "What can investors do right now?" on the Cable TV shows these 
analysts love to appear on? The correct answer, of course, is research and 
calculation. But that's not what I typically hear from these analysts. So 
please do open the flow of corporate information to the little guys. And let 
us make our own assumptions about what to do with our money. I will anyway.
     
Sincerely,
Tim Weigard