Stop ODOD Abuse

Columbus (April 8, 2009) - Leader Technologies (Leader) and the Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) today reached a settlement of their long standing dispute regarding 2003 financing incentives and jobs. Leader wishes to thank its many supporters and shareholders whose emails, letters, faxes and telephone calls to ODOD and Governor Stickland for equitable treatment and fair resolution clearly made the difference. Leader also wishes to thank the new Interim Director of the ODOD, Mark Barbash, for breaking the logjams that had prevented earlier resolution. Mr. Barbash did not create these problems, but he certainly provided a steady hand in resolving them.

Staggering business interference revealed

During these negotiations, new revelations of substantial interference in Leader's business relationship with ODOD from 2005 to the present emerged from Leader's public records request. The extent of the interference is staggering; so much so that Leader shareholders' interests are best served by showing the extent of the interference. The interference was orchestrated by the former corporate legal counsel to the company, Benjamin S. Zacks, and carried out by a former consultant and shareholder, Edward B. Detwiler.

Mr. Zacks and Mr. Detwiler flagrantly abused the Ohio Public Records law to interfere in Leader's business under the ostensible guise of public records requests. Go to Edward B. Detwiler et al: A Case Study in Business Interference.

Thank you again to all those who cared enough to make a phone call, write a letter, send a fax or email on our behalf. You made the difference. (Our need for action continues with regard to Attorney Zacks and Mr. Detwiler as you will read in the blog linked above.)

Yours sincerely,

Michael T. McKibben
Chairman & Founder
Leader Technologies Incorporated
www.leader.com