<html><body><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Colleagues,<br><br>When asked if I would let my name stand as a candidate here I said yes <br>based on the assumption that there would be other candidates, <br>followed by an open dialogue about what was desired as an outcome. <br>I am dismayed by the turn of events and wish to stem the slide toward acrimony.<br><br>In the interests of civility I withdraw my name as a candidate.<br>Let the dialogue return to better ground.<br><br>Sam Lanfranco<br><font face="Tahoma" size="2">----------------------------------------------<br>
Dr Sam Lanfranco (Prof Emeritus & Senior Scholar)<br>
Econ, York U., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3<br>
email: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:Lanfran@Yorku.ca">Lanfran@Yorku.ca</a> Skype: slanfranco<br>
blog: <a target="_blank" href="http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com">http://samlanfranco.blogspot.com</a><br>
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