Subject: File No. S7-08-09
From: Lawrence Tenan, O.D.

May 9, 2009

THE SEC HAS SHOWN IN THE MADOFF CASE, THAT IT IS WAY TOO SLOW IN DOING DO DILIGENCE IN PROTECTING THE PUBLIC. BY ALLOWING FUNDS TO DO NAKED SHORTING OF STOCKS, YOU ARE AGAIN ALLOWING THE PUBLIC TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF, BY A FEW RASCALS. PLEASE REINSTATE THE UPTICK RULE AND HELP OUT THE MARKET IN GENERAL, AND THE INVESTORS IN PARTICULAR.