Francine Carattini Carattini
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
carattin@dpw.com

To Mr. Ken Lay,

I'm writing to urge you to donate the millions of dollars you made from selling Enron stock before the company declared bankruptcy to funds, such as Enron Employee Transition Fund and REACH, that benefit the company's employees, who lost their retirement savings, and provide relief to low-income consumers in California, who can't afford to pay their energy bills.  Enron and you made millions out of the pocketbooks of California consumers and from the efforts of your employees.

Indeed, while you netted well over a $100 million, many of Enron's employees were financially devastated when the company declared bankruptcy and their retirement plans were wiped out.  And Enron made an astronomical profit during the California energy crisis last year.  As a result, there are thousands of consumers who are unable to pay their basic energy bills and the largest utility in the state is bankrupt.

The New York Times reported that you sold $101 million worth of Enron stock while aggressively urging the company's employees to keep buying it.  Please donate this money to the funds set up to help repair the lives of those Americans hurt by Enron's underhanded dealings.

Furthermore, for your wife to appear on the Today Show and state that the house you live in is your only asset is not only a total lie, but also an added insult to the intelligence of the American citizens.  You are the evil, greedy ones.  I hope your ill-gotten gains do not serve you in any good way.  And to think that you would be getting a severance package as well -- this is all too ludicrous to believe.  Do the right thing for once and donate all your assets (other than the house you live in!!) to your employees so that they can get on with their lives and their retirement.

Sincerely,

Francine Carattini

Francine Carattini Carattini