Dear Fellow Hellenes:

This is your chance to help Athens again place first in the world -- by making Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis World Mayor 2005.  Mayor Bakoyannis is one of only 65 mayors, out of 550, in the finals.
 
Please act now.  Voting ends October 26, 2005. 
 
Please:
 
    1.  [MOST IMPORTANT] Forward this email to any and all lists of Hellenes you have;
 
    2.  Click on the following link: http://www.worldmayor.com/voting05/voting2005.html
 
       A. scroll down to thered (Europe) section;
       B. clickthe empty circle next to Mayor Bakoyannis name (15th down);
       C. insert in the rectangle at the bottom of thered section the reason(s) for your vote;
           [IMPORTANT:  Winner determined by the number of votesAND the quality and passion of comments.
       D. click on the Submit tab at the bottom;
Suggested ideas for your insert into the rectangle (in your own words, please):
οΏ½ She successfully hosted what many are calling the most well-run Olympics in modern history;
οΏ½ She is the first woman to serve as mayor of a city hosting the Olympic Games;
οΏ½ She is the first woman chosen to lead Europe s oldest city, Athens, in its 3,500-year history;
οΏ½  She is the most popular politician in her country (71% nation-wide approval rating), having been elected to office by a larger majority than any Athens mayor in the history of modern Greece;
οΏ½  She has spearheaded the public fight against terrorism in Greece, having lost her husband to terrorists in 1989 and herself surviving an assassination attempt in December 2002. 
Your fellow Hellenes thank you for participating.