Todd Hiivala advocacy changes destructive rule. Bravo!

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Todd Hiivala 363687
GBCI , PO Box 19033
Green Bay, WI 54307 
 
11 27 16 second offering on pdf : small Victories
excellent series of letters and complaints that
succeed in getting a destructive rule changed.

 

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