Originally published June 26, 2002

                    A crowd of 500 attended a fund-raiser in Woodlawn last night where
                    state Comptroller William Donald Schaefer announced he would seek a
                    second term.

                    Schaefer was introduced by longtime aide Gene Raynor, state schools
                    Superintendent Nancy S. Grasmick and Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy
                    Townsend.

                    The event raised $200,000, Raynor said. Schaefer, 80, has said that
                    retirement is not an option and that he has more he wants to accomplish in
                    government.

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