From: Steve Branca [mailto:sbranca@johnsonfdn.org]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 10:53 AM
To: Comments
Subject: Community Reinvestment -- RIN 3064-AC50
To the FDIC,
I strongly opposed the provision of "Community Reinvestment
12 CFR Part 345" allowing banks with assets greater than $250
million to be treated as small banks with regard to their CRA audits.
This change would seriously curtail the effectiveness of CRA in
the communities it is designed to serve and make things continually
worse for low income people.
Do not change the size limits for CRA audits.
Thank you.
Steven T Branca
Program Officer - Sustainable Development and the Environment
The Johnson Foundation - Wingspread