From: ronbae@bellsouth.net Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 6:30 PM To: rule-comments@sec.gov Subject: S7-19-03 Allowing the investor to have a say as to who is on the proxy ballot, paid for by the shareholders, should be one of the benefits of being a shareholder. Just saying "no" to the only candidate on the ballot means nothing and perpetuates the "good old boy" system. Ron Baessler