MARK M ALDRIDGE - Advertiser on notice            a.userlink { color: #000000; } a.userlink:visited { color: #25120d; } a.userlink:hover { color: #25120d; } font[size="1"] { font-size:10px; } font[size="2"] { font-size:13px; } font[size="3"] { font-size:16px; } font[size="4"] { font-size:18px; } font[size="5"] { font-size:24px; } font[size="6"] { font-size:32px; } font[size="7"] { font-size:48px; } .GuestBookMessage { font-family: Times New Roman; color: #25120d; font-size: 13px; } .GuestBookMessageRow { font-family: Times New Roman; color: #25120d; font-size: 12px; } .GuestBookHeader { font-family: Times New Roman; color: #25120d; font-size: 12px; }                                                                        Urgent Notice to the Advertiser News Group Editor and Lauren NovakI hereby formally demand you do not include my details in your up and coming article, which I assume will be headed rabble of Independents and Minor players, or some such term.I find your coverage, or should I say lack of coverage of the Independents and minor players offensive, and shows your true disregard for open and honest democracy, and lack of compassion for the electorate of South Australia you purport to serve.I have spent some 9 years trying to become informed enough to represent the people of my beloved state, I am the first to admit I have come a long way since my initial very uninformed candidacy in 2002.The last 18 months of my life has seen me sacrifice huge amounts of income to give it my very best at this election, I have met with dozens of groups, hundreds of people, and undertake a huge series of investigations, so as to put forward an educated view in the hope of attracting public support.I have submitted over 200 media releases, on a huge variety of issues to do with our governance, and undertaken several investigations, that have been well received by the media, except of course the Advertiser, I have held several of the largest awareness rallies seen this year, on important issues like children in need, disability funding, child abuse issues, and spoken at many more, in every case your reporting has been nothing less than substandard, if not totally ignorant of the very important public messages raised.I refuse to be included in an article that will only serve to demoralize the hard work and sacrifice of so many budding representatives including that of myself and my wife, and having studied the advertisers reporting of state elections for over a decade, I am more than certain of your intentions for this article.I will list the many issues I have studied and submitted articles on, even though I very much doubt you will read down this far, they include;My self and my passions, motor sports initiatives, patriotism, democracy and our voting system, the many failings of our supposed minister for justice, SOCCA, law and order, our system of justice, or lack of, the forgotten Australians, Families SA, WorkCover, Our rights and Liberties by way of Legislative Change, ICAC, Disability and mental health funding and initiatives, gun ownership and licensing, water and our underground resources, Aquifers and storm water harvesting, Aboriginal sovereignty, Housing trust sell of and lack of water infrastructure, road safety V’s Revenue, the Northern expressway and their many corrupt practices, the ongoing RAH debate, on line security, the Taxi industry, Mike Rann’s secret pipelines, the Wellington weir debacle, the list is long and arduous.Before you say it, I have not been simply sprouting popularist mantra, in every case I have met with the heads of departments, lobby groups and industry workers, and conducted on-line research so I have not only a firm understanding of the issues, but also have the right connections should I need to call on them, if I had to police legislative change.I assure you of this, your ability to dictate electoral information is coming to an end, I must admit your online services is a little more open to free speech, but still has a long way to go, The Independent Weekly, many of the country media outlets, radio talk back and online talk back and mediums like face book and the like, are showing your bias for what it is, so I leave you with my catch cry of “Change is Necessary”Mark M AldridgeIndependent Candidate for the Legislative Council“Change is Necessary”                       Website provided by Vistaprint