From: mcjordan1@attbi.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 2:34 PM
To: rule-comments@sec.gov
Subject: Re: File No. S7-36-02



SEC Secretary Mr. Jonathan G. Katz
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549

Dear SEC Secretary Mr. Jonathan G. Katz,

Re: File No. S7-36-02 

Dear Mr. Katz: 

re: SEC rule (S7-36-02) (proposed) 

As I understand it, this rule would make mutual funds
to tell how they voted their proxy shares. The rule
change would help us better see how mutual fund companies
are acting and what sorts of agreements they might
strike in the molding of corporate governance. To allow
the current opacity to continue is not a "pro-business"
position at all, although some might try to couch it
so. "Pro-business" means setting up a system of checks,
balances, and public knowledge that provides stability.

I want to know how my mutual fund contributes or doesn't
contribute to the system that reins in excesses and
acts of narrow self-interest by the top echelon of
corporate hierarchies. I want to know how my mutual
fund company votes, and if any mutual fund company
says I don't care, know them for liars.  

As an investor and a citizen, I haven't felt protected
by the SEC in recent years. Harvey Pitt and the Webster
fiasco eroded my confidence further. Please hearten
me. Pass this rule change. Require transparency. Show
that you, as a regulator, are a watchdog and not a
lapdog. 

Thanks for listening. Please. Act with strength and
vision. I am trusting in you. 

Mike Jordan 39 Oxford Street Hartford, Connecticut



Sincerely,

Michael C Jordan
39 Oxford Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105