Warren Bryant (CEO-Chair) Longs Drug Corporation 141 North Civic Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Mr. W. Bryant:
Field updates: Chris Messineo, Capt, USMC Annapolis – U.S. Naval Academy Economics Department 589 McNair Road, Annapolis, MD 21402-5030
Thank you for asking me to contract with you. In connection with that, I noticed that you asked me to buy from you units that you are currently selling for: $51.09 per unit, last sale at 4:22PM ET on 12/19/07.1 That sounds like what you all call, “hot [Sherman Act] commodity.” I noted the 52 week range that you have sold, per unit, your paper, with your ink: $40.76 - $59.20. Next, I appreciate your saying, e.g.: A. A. A. A) *[My private] stock prices change due to supply & demand; *IF MORE WANT TO BUY THAN SELL, PRICE GOES UP; & *IN THE LONG RUN, [My] PRICE TENDS TO REFLECT VALUE.2 * [I] … COULD [SELL IT] … AT ANY PRICE. … [TODAY it’s] … $43…. 3
Now, given your background in counting, & credentials, which I always check up on before contracting, I might take you up on that offer. Here is some of your bio I share: Hired in 2002 to Longs, former Kroger VP from 1999 to 2002. 1996 to 1999 CEO of Kroger Subsidiary, Dillon. Also a director of Office Max, Inc. Bryant is currently 61 & makes over five & a half million a year. Bryant succeeds Robert M. Long, chairman of the board since 1991, who will remain on the board as its chairman emeritus.4 Now, before contracting, can you tell me exactly what you compensate a retired man that you call “emeritus,” who remains on what you call “the board.” See, if I deposit some of my Cash with you, I want to make sure that the extra, which you say you want to share with me for coming on board, is as much as possible, meaning that you all aren’t paying someone a salary for doing nothing. Stated another way, why is Mr. Long on the payroll & what exactly does he do for being on the payroll? I also noted your emeritus Safeway connection, which makes me feel a little safer depositing with you: Longs Drugs is a chain [with Rite Aid] in Calif./ West Territory, founded in 1938 by brothers Joseph Long (son-in-law of M. Skaggs, of Safeway Inc.). Shifting, I had a question that one of your staff (Bradley O’Husky) suggested I get advise (help) on. See, he signed verified that he alone owned a piece of property, encumbrance free, a which he knew was untrue; he did that to secure control over about $150,000 of mine, parking it in his own account, not a dual signature required account, so that he could draw on it without my consent, which he did, spending most of it. Do you thing I should have him criminally prosecuted for that? That, so you know, is part of the fund I might use to block stock contract.5 Thank you for your offer,
Date: 12-19-07
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By: ______________________ Gary Joseph Bonas II
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ldg The Wall Street Jungle, by Richard Ney, page 20. 3 Id., at pages 19-20. 4 http://investor.shareholder.com/longs/releaseDetail.cfm?releaseid=116534 5 See My Bradley O’Husky File, containing verified direct signature proof plus!
/ / Notes to S elf From a 1986 case, verbatim: “Have the field watched closely & report any movement”.6
Contacts7 Investor Contact: Phyllis J. Proffer 925-979-3979 Media Contact: Farra Levin 925-979-3975 All Other Inquiries 1-800-865-6647
Founded 1938 (Oakland, California) Headquarters Walnut Creek, California, USA Warren Bryant, President, Chairman & Key people CEO Industry Pharmacy Products Retail-Pharmacy-Photo $4.62 billion USD (FY 2006) Revenue Employees approx. 22,000 sales@RxAmerica.com marketing@RxAmerica.com clinical@RxAmerica.com networks@RxAmerica.com customer.service@RxAmerica.com hr@RxAmerica.com
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In Re Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation, 656 F.Supp.1296, at 1301 (1986). http://investor.shareholder.com/longs/index.cfm