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Contact: Catherine Lew, Esq.
President & CEO ~ 510/594-0224

For Immediate Release:
6 March 2002

THE LEW EDWARDS GROUP ROCKS FOR BOND & EDUCATION CLIENTS, PASSING OVER $1 BILLION IN BONDS DURING MARCH PRIMARY

OAKLAND, CA — The Lew Edwards Group (LEG) successfully passed $1.072 Billion in education bonds and finance measures on Tuesday, accounting for nearly one fifth of all school bonds passed in the state of California this election cycle. The firm was successful in 92% of its March 2002 campaigns, including efforts conducted on behalf of the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

Successful education campaigns managed by LEG this Tuesday include:

Ventura County Community College District
$356.3 million — SUCCESSFUL

Fremont-Newark Community College District
$150 million—  SUCCESSFUL

Anaheim City School District
$111 million — SUCCESSFUL

Butte-Glenn Community College District
$84.9 million —  SUCCESSFUL

Salinas Union High School District
$52 million — SUCCESSFUL

La Mesa - Spring Valley School District
$44 million — SUCCESSFUL

Saratoga Union School District
$19.9 million — SUCCESSFUL

City of La Habra
$4 million— SUCCESSFUL

(partial listing)

The March cycle follows an equally successful November 2001 cycle, during which the Lew Edwards Group won 100% of its campaigns.

Many thanks to our Lew Edwards Group stakeholders and clients for their hard work and well wishes. Together, we are fostering change and activism at the neighborhood and school level.

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