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Demand for the resignation of Assemblyman PETER J. BIONDI [R-NJ] Office of the Governor PO Box 001 Trenton, NJ 08625 609-292-6000 http://www.state.nj.us/ Contact the Governor Governor Corzine welcomes the opportunity to consider your thoughts, concerns, ideas, and questions. http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail.html Assemblyman Peter J. Biondi (R) (Republican Conference Leader) DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS: 1 East High St. Somerville, NJ 08876 PHONE NUMBER: (908) 252-0800 http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/biondi.asp http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=10741 New Jersey Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums Assembly, No. 1327 State of New Jersey 212th Legislature Pre-filed for Introduction in the 2006 Session "The operator of any interactive computer service or an Internet service provider shall establish, maintain and enforce a policy to require any information content provider who posts written messages on a public forum website either to be identified by a legal name and address, or to register a legal name and address with the operator of the interactive computer service or the Internet service provider through which the information content provider gains access to the interactive computer service or Internet, as appropriate."

Demand for the resignation of Assemblyman PETER J. BIONDI [R-NJ] Office of the Governor PO Box 001 Trenton, NJ 08625 609-292-6000 http://www.state.nj.us/ Contact the Governor Governor Corzine welcomes the opportunity to consider your thoughts, concerns, ideas, and questions. http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail.html Assemblyman Peter J. Biondi (R) (Republican Conference Leader) DISTRICT OFFICE ADDRESS: 1 East High St. Somerville, NJ 08876 PHONE NUMBER: (908) 252-0800 http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/biondi.asp http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?t=10741 New Jersey Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums Assembly, No. 1327 State of New Jersey 212th Legislature Pre-filed for Introduction in the 2006 Session "The operator of any interactive computer service or an Internet service provider shall establish, maintain and enforce a policy to require any information content provider who posts written messages on a public forum website either to be identified by a legal name and address, or to register a legal name and address with the operator of the interactive computer service or the Internet service provider through which the information content provider gains access to the interactive computer service or Internet, as appropriate."

The link posted w/ the summary 404's, so I did a bit of digging and found it here: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A1500/1327 _I2.HTM.

Well what would you like us to do? Blow up Parliament?

I've already contacted my Assemblymen.

Seriously. They read the crap you send them. They might not heed any advice, but at least they read it and add it to the different piles of "yay" or "nay" emails regarding different subjects. You have a voice, use it! Here's the "honorable" legislators email page: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/RepEmail.asp

"And "false" information is not necessarily defamatory. Maybe if the bill said "False and defamatory" it'd stand a chance, because truth is an affirmative defense against charges of libel/slander."

It can be false and defamatory without causing harm. Currently, the burden is on the person seeking the information to demonstrate that they suffered damages as a result of the information. This bill aims to circumvent that, so that no judge or panel of judges would have to be consulted.

You can bet that the bill was intentionally worded poorly and vaguely -- it allows for:

(1) Enforcement to be wide open to interpretation, so that it can be used by those in power or running for office effectively;
(2) The court to establish the boundaries of the law after it has been passed, if it passes in current form (which, as you say, is highly unlikely).

It's a common tactic in NJ -- write a bill that overreaches in scope, hope it gets through, and then allow the courts to restrict the law. You know, see what you can get away with. Also, by overreaching they establish a 'middle ground' which is what they wanted in the first place, and get credit for compromising to reach that middle ground.

Biondi's a bit of a [insert slanderous term here], anyway -- .

Of note, he sponsored a bill to extend implied consent to blood testing for illegal substances -- and allow reasonable force to get that test if the suspect was involved in an accident causing serious bodily harm.

http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/toysrus/index.htm

The Constitution doesn't say that I can use a web browser, does that mean I need to wait for an amendment before I read /. ? I'm still having trouble believing you were modded +2, Insightful.

Your mileage may vary from state-to-state, but this, along with the online Open Public Records Act form are good starts to making information more accessable, at least upon request.

As an aside, I don't look even remotely under 21, but I consider that nearly irrelevant to the bigger issue - The law doesn't say a store needs to ID me, just that I can't buy before turning 21.

Now the part I've never completely understood is that a 16 year old can sell cigarettes, and an 18 year old can transport alcohol, but neither can purchase said the respective products.

the standard sensors (as used in toll booths) require you to slow right down to register

I don't think that would be a good idea *grin*. In addition to being explosive, I think that Hydrazine, one of the main components of Astrolite, is highly corrosive. While there is no MSDS for Astrolite that I know of, it is a mix of two chemicals that I personally wouldn't want to consume :-) Here is the MSDS for Hydrazine. Note that it is highly toxic, corrosive, flamable, and probably carcinogenic in humans (it's known to cause cancer in lab animals).

And poor people tend to spend their money poorly, like lottery tickets,

Do you know where lotto money goes? In New Jersey, it is split 36/56 between a mostly educational fund and the prize pool (The other 8% is overhead). Some of the money is spent by other government services, but only education or health services can be funded through the lottery. The NJ Lottery sent almost $400 million dollars to New Jersey's public universities and colleges in FY03. Is that really a bad way to spend money?

The law says it is, regardless of how vociferously you object. Legally speaking it is theft, or to be more specific, theft of services, and is a felony in many states, usually depending on the dollar value of the services that have been stolen. New Jersey law. Pennsylvania law. Kentucky law. And so forth.

I don't remember osmium tetroxide being dangerous. I remember reading some things about it in high school chemistry; it was a very amusing chemical, because its fumes temporarily stained your eyeballs black. We were planning on starting a black-eyed cult of death-worshipping super-chemists, but our plans were stalled because our teacher wouldn't order us any.

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apparently, putting sex offenders and deadbeat dads in the stocks isn't easy with long hair, an unwaxed head, non-perfect teeth and a suit that costs less than three grand.

of course, it's a different game once you get down into NJ. That dude looks like Herbert Kornfeld.

$500 million, so what...NJ makes about $400 million in toll revenue each year and about 230 million cars or trucks pass through the booths each year. (From the most recent budget report I could find)

Do away with tolls and that $400 Million comes from taxpayers instead. Doing away with tolls also increases congestion because the people who drive back roads to avoid paying will start driving on what are toll roads now.

I don't have a number for the initial construction expense, but removing the tolls means spending additional money on the task and would probably cause more congestion due to the construction needed to get rid of them.

Also, the $400 million a year in toll revenue does more than pay off the roads and cover operating expenses, it helps pay for construction projects and state police.

It seems like a lot, but it makes sense given how densely populated the area is.

Here is an example from New Jersey.

You have the right to say and read anything you want, but that doesn't mean that the goverment has to provide the means to do it.

True, but once the government chooses to subsidize the right to say and read things, they have to do so in a way which is content-neutral.

You don't have a constitutional right to access the internet from a library.

True, but again, once the government provides access to the internet from a library, they must do so in a way which is content-neutral.

It's not the govenment's responsibility to provide this information to you, and it is their responsibility to protect kids.

No, it's the parent's responsibility to protect kids [from porn].

There may be a way around this ruling at the state level. Libraries act as a state governmental agency, which means they have to follow the state constitutions. If any libraries in New Jersey choose to follow this law (and receive the additional funding), they would be in violation of the New Jersey Constitution, Article I, Clause 6 (as it would be interpreted by our liberal Supreme Court justices). Since we would be relying solely on our State Constitution, the decision could not be appealed to the Supreme Court. If enough states did this, pressure could be placed on Congress to repeal the CIPA.

I don't know about everyone else, but I only use cruise control on the highway when I'm traveling 70+ mph. If I'm traveling at that speed on any particular highway then there had better not be any sharp curves!

Both curve radius and elevation are taken into account when determining speed limit. Here's a calculator. So this alone should make tracking a vehicle in front of you a bit easier.

This bill sets a dangerous precedent where laws are being passed for technology that doesn't even exist yet. Proponents of the bill say that this will saves the lives of children who are killed in gun accidents involving their parent's guns. Well, what if I don't have any children in my house? And what if I keep my guns in a safe? Why should I be punished for the acts of a miniscule number of irresponsible parents? In the years 1998, and 1999, (the two most recent years that data is available for) there were ZERO childern killed accidentally by their parents handguns.

I am not against gun safety, but this law will not help anyone. This technology has so far proven to be very ineffective. If there is a 1 in a million chance that my gun will not fire when I need it to - that's 1 time too many. And, what if I am not home when an intruder enters my home? My wife will be left with an unusable gun since the gun can only be fired by my hand. This law will not prevent criminals from using guns as they don't buy their guns legally in the first place.

It's funny how police officers will be exempt from this law. Why? Do they not have childern in their homes? Or is it that the technology is so flawed that it is not reliable enough for law-enforcement to use? So, why should it be reliable enough for me to protect myself and my family in my own home?

And what about gun stores? Gun store owners will be devestated by the fact that they will only be allowed to sell one or two models of handguns in the first couple of years that this law is in effect.

This is the same state that recently passed a law limiting G forces on roller coasters even though the medical community does not agree that G force is a cause of brain injuries.

My advice to anyone thinking about moving to the state of New Jersey... DON'T DO IT! Besides being overcrowded, this state has more laws on the books than you can think of, more toll roads than most states, more pollution, and the highest auto insurance rates in the nation.

I encourage all residents of the state of NJ to contact Governor McGreevey and voice your opinions.

Governor Jim McGreevey
125 W State St PO Box 001
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: (609) 292-6000
Fax: (609) 292-3454
http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail.html

I know if *I* lived in NJ I would want to move elsewhere as soon as possible!

You fail to mention however, what's so frikkin' terrific about where you live! And this comment gets modded up! I'm not a liberator, just a meta-moderator! ;)

Any hare-brain can take a crack at the garden state. That's easy. It is the home to much industrial pollution, Frank Sinatra and Joe Piscopo. And it is the most populated state in the union which is why auto insurance is so overpriced and almost impossible to get; even if you have a perfect driving record, and even then it's no guarantee!

But one thing to consider in the fact that NJ is the most poulated state in the US is how diverse its population is. It is also has a large population of extremely wealthy people (including Ex-Presidents and CEOs of multinational corporations) who would ostensibly have enough money to live anywhere they choose.

People drive down the NJ Turnpike and think they have a sense of what the whole state is about. But if you venture out of Edison NJ you'd realize that NJ has some of the best beaches in the country. The ONLY state in US that has better beachesis Hawaii. I've been to many California beaches, including Newport Beach, Balboa and Dayna Point but I haven't found a single one that I would consider to be better than Long Beach Island.

One thing to understand about NJ is that it is almost a miniature representation of the entire United States. The north is densely populated, industrial and with a diverse ethnic population. The south is primarily agricultural, rural and tourism oriented. NJ is in almost as important a farming state as anywhere in the midwest, and has a larger population (per capita) of horses than Montana!

So you and all you ignorant ass moderators who modded this comment UP can put that THAT in your crack-pipes and smoke it!

YO! COWBOY NEAL! WHERE THE FREAKIN' HELL ARE MY MODERATOR POINTS WHEN I NEED THEM!!!!

If you think the rule is made up do the following. Call up any FBI field office nearest you. Complain that you had your walkman stolen by someone on ebay who didn't pay up. The crime occured across state lines. I'll bet the field officer tells you to go fill out a report at your local police station thank you and have a nice day. I wonder if your "fraud" case involved other people that had likewise been defrauded. I wonder what the total amount was? I wonder if it was over 10,000? Hmmmm.......

Proof by example? Even if your thought experiment turned out to be true, a single instance does not prove anything. Now if I had complained to them about a $9,999 theft maybe it would prove a little bit more.

In every post I have said that spam is bad, and that spam needs to be eliminated. Nowhere did I ever say that I spammed, allowed spam, or thought spam might be justified in some special case. You seem to be missing this point repeatedly.

No, I never said you spammed. I never said you liked spam.

You seem to be implying that "my business" is a spam haven. I have said in every single post that the opposite is the case and wished I had stronger laws to help me pursue legal remedies for those that violate our AUP. I'm not really sure where you got the idea that I have anything to do with a "spam haven". Is english your second laguage ?

I was really referring to a hypothetical ISP which does not collect any fine from spammers who break their AUP. You may or may not run such an ISP.

Since I don't spam, and I don't allow spam, what is blocking my e-mail going to do?

If you don't punish spammers who spam using your network, then you do allow spam. Anyone can say they don't allow spam. Talk is cheap.

The point of many previous posts is that spammers often use innocent third parties to send spam.

I assume you're talking about open relays? That happens sometimes, but from the spam I receive I've found it doesn't happen very often.

There will always be innocent third parties UNLESS there are REAL consequences for sending spam.

Exactly. That's why ISPs need to start enforcing their AUPs. They're the only ones who can do it. They're the ones who are being paid by the spammers. They're the ones who have a contractual agreement with the spammers. They're the ones who have the proof of the identity of the spammers.

That would be because your ignorant of the laws where I live. Unless the total dollar amount for the damages is over 5,000 USD, small claims court is your only legal avenue for recourse in a civil matter. Many states are the same in this regard.

That's very interesting (I'm not being sarcastic). Do you have any way to back up that claim? I thought small claims court was optional. I also thought that there was a limit to how many small claims court cases one could make per year. Of course, I looked it up, and I could find no such limitation.

Me: Then get a deposit, or do a credit check.

See previous posts regarding that

You said you had to be competitive. That's fine, but just remember you're not only competing for who is going to sign up for your service. You're also competing for who is going to accept mail from you.

You seem unclear on the concept. A spam clean up fee is charged to any user that spams. This fee is in the AUP and the moneis are used to cover the adminsitrative costs of removing the spammers, and any mail he/she may have sent that is still in the queue.

So you add it to your profits.

Now looking at your second bizzare suggestion, since we aren't the spammers, and we don't send the spam how would we identify the spammed? If we can't collect the clean up fee (see first post) then how would we distribute these imaginary moneis?

Here I was talking about a hypothetical situation where fees were collected.

For every 500 customers we get, perhaps 1 will try to spam. Do the f*cking math. Who is going to put down a 500 deposit for a 19.95 dial up?

Where did you get the $500 deposit figure from? As for who is willing to put down the deposit, the answer is simple. Those who need to be allowed to send more than just a few emails a day.

Would you? (yeah right!).

As long as we earned interest, my business would certainly be willing to do that. As for my personal account, I'd be willing to be limited to sending only 5 emails per day.

Why don't you start by black listing the following providers who have the same policy. MSN, AOL, earthlink, mindspring, verizon, bellsouth, southwest bell, time warner, shaw cable, cox cable, UUnet, Sprint, Level Three, The university system of NY state (SUNY). Let me know if it helps.

Show me these policies. AOL (and time warner which is the same company) I am certain sues spammers.

See previous paragraph, and let me again remind you of the age old saying bullshit

I don't understand then. You say that ISPs don't have the right to pursue spammers, but they clearly have a right to pursue those who break their contracts. What more do you want?

The only thing I want my govt to do is give me the legal right to pursue people for theft of services and resources (which spamming is) or allow me to break the spammers knee caps.

Theft of services and resources is already illegal, isn't it?

Ahh, I see, Let me ask you, what exactly are you asking ISP's to do?

Enforce their AUPs and/or give permission and information to the spammed to enforce them for them.

Ahh wait I get it, you are saying "ISP's that harbor them", and "ISPs that profit from spammers". I get it. You don't mean me.

Perhaps I don't.

I'm not picking on you, but shouldn't that be 'configurationize'?

...Okay, maybe this point is a little subtle, but there is a difference between the way English is spoken over here vs. over there. (Since i live in New Jersey as opposed to Jersey I will refer to the US as 'here' and UK as 'there').

Here, we say 'confugure', there they say 'configurate'. Here we say 'commercial'. There, they say 'advert'. Here, we say 'color', there they say 'colour'. Here we say 'street sign'. There, they say 'street furniture'. Have some respect for cultural diversity, why don't you? ;)

And we should probably expect a lot of British posters on this topic, as it seems that Amiga was always a lot more popular in England and the rest of Europe than the US.

The only sector of the market they seemed to have sewn up in the US for a while was the video production market because of the platform's awesome level of integreation with video and sound (very advanced for the time).

But you've gotta love the names of those old AV DSPs...Paula? Agnes? Denise? Fun 5tuph. Wonder why they had such odd names...

I didn't realize that there was internet access down there yet :)

I thought something looked odd there, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Of course, activist judges don't always make politically motivated decisions, and that's not really what I meant to say. They are prone to, however. The most recent notorious example that springs to mind is the New Jersey Supreme Court opinion in The New Jersey Democratic Party, Inc., et al. v. Hon. David Samson, et al. where they decided to out-and-out ignore the plain language of the election code (19:13-20) which only allows political parties to nominate substitute candidates before the 51st day prior to an election. This was so that the Democrats could run the popular, but heretofore retired, Frank Lautenberg in place of Robert Toricelli, who had dropped out of the race amidst a cloud of scandal. This could not have been anything other than a political decision.

As for Bork "working for" Netscape at the time he evaluated the case against MS, I think you'll find it's pretty much always customary to pay a lawyer when you're asking for his legal opinion. It's his job, you know. Significantly, perhaps, he did not advocate breaking MS up as you might have expected him to if we was merely acting as Netscape's mouthpiece. And long after he dropped off the payroll, he continued to write against MS in publications like National Review even though his opinion on this subject is unpopular to the political right.

The East Coast is prone to earthquakes as well. Even New Jersey and New York. Have a look here. There are regions on the East Coast that are even more susceptible, and unlike the West Coast, the East Coast is almost completely unprepared for even a moderate earthquake.

Uh, scuze me but most (if not all) states put the burden of paying sales tax on sellers, not buyers, and whether they are liable for a tax bill depends on the extent to which they do business in a given state.

If you purchase taxable merchandise from an out-of-state mail order business and no New Jersey sales tax is collected, you owe 6% use tax on the purchase price of the goods. Use tax is due within twenty days after the merchandise is delivered into New Jersey. Shipping charges separately listed on the bill are exempt from tax. NJ

Q. How are out-of-state purchases/sales taxed?
A. In Pennsylvania, the responsibility to pay Sales Tax is ultimately placed on the consumer. When a resident purchases a taxable item outside of Pennsylvania and does not pay Sales Tax at the time of purchase, the tax is then due to Pennsylvania in the form of Use Tax at the same 6 percent rate. The Use Tax is due and payable when the item is brought to or received in Pennsylvania, and it is up to the purchaser to remit the tax to the Department. Out of state sales are not subject to Pennsylvania Sales Tax when the item is shipped directly to an out of state location. PA Tax

(B) From Other States -- When Sales Tax Does Not Apply. Sales tax does not apply when the order is sent by the purchaser directly to the retailer at a point outside this state, or to an agent of the retailer in this state, and the property is shipped to the purchaser, pursuant to the contract of sale, from a point outside this state directly to the purchaser in this state, or to the retailer's agent in this state for delivery to the purchaser in this state, provided there is no participation whatever in the transaction by any local branch, office, outlet or other place of business of the retailer or by any agent of the retailer having any connection with such branch, office, outlet, or place of business. CA Tax [Note: in this case there is no tax]

Are sales over the Internet taxable? Sales made over the Internet are subject to the same sales tax application as mail order sales. If the seller is required to be registered to collect Maine Sales Tax, then the seller should collect the tax on the sale. If the seller is not required to be registered, then the seller is not required to collect tax on the sale. The purchaser, however, would still owe a Maine Use Tax, payable directly to Maine Revenue Services, based on the sale price of the goods. Most Maine taxpayers report this use tax liability on their Maine 1040. Maine Tax

I can see both sides of this one, and you can tell which of the posters smokes dope. For the record: I smoke dope. OK, on to the post:

The argument that the argument that self-injuring practices are not illegal is stupid. Most states have helmet laws for bikers, and a little known fact is that suicide is illegal in many states, assisted or not. The State inacts laws to protect people from themselves all the time, this is no exception.

Pot is probably somewhat a gateway drug. My experience is that a lot of pot users have tried other drugs, at least once. I know I have. Has anyone ever gone straight from cigarettes to crack? Probably not. This might be because one illegal drug isn't much different than another in the eyes of the law, especially with the ridiculous "Zero Tolerance" policies a lot of states/communities/schools have.

However, pot dealers/users are a pretty tame bunch. You don't need to buy a gun to sell pot, unlike coke or heroin. Pot users don't get all ramped up and rob a liquor store after 2 days without sleep. They get hungry, then they take a nap.

Yes, pot is a drug. No, I don't think it should be legalized. I think possession should be summons-able, like public intoxication or speeding.

Here's a state directory of the district. Principal Mayer was mentioned in the article, as was Superintendent Fitzsimons.

Here's the WWP Web Site which is running IIS on Windows 2000. What do you suppose the administrative computers are using?

My sister lives in New Jersey, and racial profiling by the state police is the main reason why she refuses to get a drivers license.

After reading your post, I used The Power of the Internet to find some pictures.

• Here is a picture of the Nazi SS, circa 1934.
• Here is a NJSP photo, circa 1920s.

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Many highways you travel on have cameras that go back to the Department of Transportation, where TV stations, etc., get their live feeds for their news shows. In fact, states like New Jersey are starting to put these camera online. I believe Atlanta and a few other cities have extensive survailence networks; one tiny piece of New York City has so many public and private cameras it isn't funny.

Now IANAL, but I belive the laws in the United States at the moment do *not* cover video survailance. Prosecutions of people spying on other people are normally because someone performed *audio* survailence (i.e., left the microphone running on the camera). There was a case where landlord put a camcorder in a couple's bedroom behind a two-way mirror. The landlord would have actually been within his rights to put a camera there except for the fact he left the microphone attached.

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Governor Angus King, Jr. State House Station 1 Augusta, Maine 04333 United States of America phone 1-207-287-3531, fax 1-207-287-1034 e-mail page http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ gov_form.htm webpage http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ homepage.htm

Governor Parris Glendening State House Annapolis, Maryland 21401 United States of America phone 1-410-974-3901, fax 1-410-974-3275 e-mail governor@gov.state.md.us webpage http://www.gov.state.md.us/

Governor Paul Cellucci State House, Room 360 Boston, Massachusetts 02133 United States of America phone 1-617-727-6250, fax 1-617-727-9725 e-mail goffice@state.ma.us webpage http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/gov/gov.htm

Governor John Engler State Capitol, PO Box 30013 Lansing, Michigan 48909 United States of America phone 1-517-335-7858, fax 1-517-335-6863 email page http://www.state.mi.us/MIGOV/ gov/ContactGovernor.shtm webpage http://www.state.mi.us/migov/

Governor Jesse Ventura 130 State Capitol, 75 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 United States of America phone 1-651-296-3391, fax 1-651-296-2089 e-mail Governor.JesseVentura@state.mn.us webpage http://www.mainserver.state.mn.us/gover nor/

Governor Kirk Fordice P.O. Box 139 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 United States of America phone 1-601-737-9540, fax 1-601-737-9507 e-mail governor@govoff.state.ms.us webpage http://www.state.ms.us/

Governor Mel Carnahan Missouri Capitol Building, P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0720 United States of America phone 1-573-751-3222, fax 1-573-751-1495 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.mo.us/guest.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.mo.us/

Governor Marc Racicot State Capitol Helena, Montana 59620 United States of America webpage http://www.mt.gov/governor/governor.htm

Governor Mike Johanns State Capitol, Executive Suite, PO Box 94848 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4848 United States of America phone 1-402-471-2244, fax 1-402-471-6031 e-mail jodee@mail.state.ne.us webpage http://www.state.ne.us/

Governor Kenny Guinn State Capitol Carson City, Nevada 89710 United States of America phone 1-702-687-5670, fax 1-702-687-4486 webpage http://www.state.nv.us/

Governor Jeanne Shaheen State House Concord, New Hampshire 03301-4990 United States of America phone 1-603-271-2121, fax 1-603-271-2130 e-mail nhgov@nh.com webpage http://www.state.nh.us/

Governor Christine Todd Whitman Office of the Governor State House, 125 West State St., CN-001 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0001 United States of America phone 1-609-292-6000, fax 1-609-292-5212 e-mail page http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.nj.us/governor/officeo .htm

Governor Gary Johnson State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 United States of America phone 1-505-827-3000, fax 1-505-827-3026 e-mail gov@gov.state.nm.us webpage http://www.state.nm.us/

Governor George Pataki State Capitol Albany, New York 12224 United States of America phone 1-518-474-8390, fax 1-518-474-1513 e-mail gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us webpage http://www.state.ny.us/governor

Governor James Hunt, Jr. State Capitol Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 United States of America phone 1-919-733-4240, fax 1-919-733-2120 webpage http://www.sips.state.nc.us/

Governor Edward Schafer 600 E. Blvd, State Capitol, Fl. 1 Bismark, North Dakota 58505 United States of America phone 1-701-328-2200, fax 1-701-328-2205 webpage http://www.ehs.health.stat e.nd.us/gov/governor/index.htm

Governor Bob Taft State House Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States of America phone 1-614-466-3555, 1-614-466-9354 webpage http://www.state.oh.us/gov/

Governor Frank Keating State Capitol Bldg., Rm. 212 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 United States of America phone 1-405-521-2342, fax 1-405-521-3353 e-mail governor@oklaosf.state.ok.us webpage http://www.state.ok.us/

Governor John Kitzhaber State Capitol Salem, Oregon 97310 United States of America phone 1-503-378-4582, fax 1-503-378-4863 webpage http://www.governor.state.or.us/

Governor Tom Ridge 225 Main Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 United States of America phone 1-717-787-2500, fax 1-717-772-8284 e-mail governor@state.pa.us webpage http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exe c/Governor/overview.html

Governor of the Commonwealth Commonwealth of Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 United States of America webpage http://fortaleza.govpr.org

Governor Lincoln Almond State House Providence, Rhode Island 02903 United States of America phone 1-401-277-2080, fax 1-401-273-5729 webpage http://www.doa.state.ri.us/info/exec.htm

Governor James Hodges State House, PO Box 11369 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 United States of America phone 1-803-737-9540, fax 1-803-737-9507 webpage http://www.state.sc.us/

Governor William Janklow State Capitol, 500 East Capitol Ave Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070 United States of America phone 1-605-773-3212, fax 1-605-773-5844 e-mail sdgov@gov.state.sd.us webpage http://www.state.sd.us /state/executive/governor/governor.htm

Governor Don Sundquist State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee 37243 United States of America phone 1-615-741-2001, fax 1-615-532-9711 e-mail dsundquist@mail.state.tn.us webpage http://www.state.tn.us/governor/

Governor George W. Bush State Capitol, P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711 United States of America phone 1-512-463-2000, fax 1-512-463-1849 webpage http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

Governor Michael Leavitt 210 State Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 United States of America phone 1-801-538-1000, fax 1-801-538-1528 e-mail governor@state.ut.us webpage http://www.governor.state.ut.us/

Governor Howard Dean 109 State St. Montpelier, Vermont 05609 United States of America phone 1-802-828-3333, fax 1-802-828-3339 e-mail governor@state.vt.us webpage http://www.state.vt.us/

Governor Jim Gilmore State Capitol Richmond, Virginia 23219 United States of America phone 1-804-786-2211, fax 1-804-371-6351 e-mail page http://www.state.va.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.va.us/governor/

Governor Gary Locke State Capitol, P.O. Box 40002 Olympia, Washington 98504-0002 United States of America phone 1-360-902-4111, fax 1-360-753-4110 e-mail governor.locke@governor.wa.gov webpage http://www.wa.gov/governor

Governor Cecil Underwood State Capitol Charleston, West Virginia 25305 United States of America phone 1-304-558-2000, fax 1-304-342-7025 e-mail governor@state.wv.us webpage http://www.state.wi.us/governor/default .htm

Governor Tommy Thompson State Capitol, Room 115 East Madison, Wisconsin 53707 United States of America phone 1-608-266-1212, fax 1-608-267-8983 e-mail wisgov@mail.state.wi.us webpage http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/

Governor Jim Geringer State Capitol Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 United States of America phone 1-307-777-7434, fax 1-307-632-3909 e-mail governor@missc.state.wy.us webpage http://www.state.wy.us/gove rnor/text_governor_home.html

William Clinton President The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, District of Columbia 20500 United States of America phone 1-202-456-1414 fax 1-202-456-2886 or 1-202-456-2461 (busy, keep trying) e-mail president@whitehouse.gov webpage http://www.whitehouse.gov/

House Majority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

House Minority Leader House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Speaker, House of Representatives House of Representatives Washington, District of Columbia 20515 United States of America webpage http://www.house.gov/

Senate Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Senate Minority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, District of Columbia 20510 United States of America webpage http://www.senate.gov/

Governor Don Seigelman State Capitol, 600 Dexter Ave. Montgomery, Alabama 36130 United States of America phone 1-334-242-7100, fax 1-334-242-4541 webpage http://www.state.al.us/

Governor Tony Knowles P.O. Box A Juneau, Alaska 99811 United States of America phone 1-907-465-3500, fax 1-907-465-3532 e-mail office_of_the_governor@gov.state.ak.u s webpage http://www.gov.state.ak.us/

Governor Jane Dee Hull State House Phoenix, Arizona 85007 United States of America phone 1-602-542-4331, fax 1-602-542-7601 webpage http://www.state.az.us/

Governor Mike Huckabee 250 State Capitol Bldg. Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 United States of America phone 1-501-682-2345, fax 1-501-682-1382 e-mail mike.huckabee@state.ar.us webpage http://www.state.ar.us/governor/gover nor.html

Governor Gray Davis State Capitol Sacramento, California 95814 United States of America phone 1-916-445-2841, fax 1-916-445-4633 e-mail hometeam@ca.gov webpage http://www.ca.gov/s/

Governor Bill Owens 136 State Capitol Denver, Colorado 80203-1792 United States of America phone 1-303-866-2471, fax 1-303-866-2003 webpage http://www.state.co.us/

Governor John Rowland State Capitol, 210 Capitol Ave Hartford, Connecticut 06106 United States of America phone 1-860-566-4840, fax 1-203-524-7396 e-mail governor.rowland@po.state.ct.us webpage http://www.state.ct.us/governor/

Governor Thomas Carper Legislative Hall Dover, Delaware 19901 United States of America phone 1-302-739-4101, fax 1-302-577-3118 e-mail ssnyder@state.de.us webpage http://www.state.de.us/governor/index.htm

Governor Jeb Bush State Capitol Tallahassee, Florida 32399 United States of America phone 1-850-488-4441, fax 1-850-487-0801 e-mail page http://www.state.fl.us/eog/govmailform. html webpage http://fcn.state.fl.us/gsd/

Governor Roy Barnes State Capitol Building, Room 203 Atlanta, Georgia 30334 United States of America phone 1-404-656-1776, fax 1-404-657-7332 e-mail governor@gov.state.ga.us webpage http://www.state.ga.us/

Governor Benjamin Cayetano State Capitol, Executive Chambers Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 United States of America phone 1-808-586-0034, fax 1-808-586-0006 e-mail gov@gov.state.hi.us webpage http://gov.state.hi.us

Governor Dirk Kempthorne State Capitol PO Box 83720, 700 West Jefferson, Fl. 2 Boise, Idaho 83720-0034 United States of America phone 1-208-334-2100, fax 1-208-334-2175 e-mail governor@gov.state.id.us webpage http://www.state.id.us/gov/govhmpg.htm

Governor George Ryan 207 Statehouse Springfield, Illinois 62706 United States of America phone 1-217-782-0244, fax 1-217-524-4049 e-mail governor@state.il.us webpage http://www.state.il.us/gov/

Governor Frank O'Bannon Statehouse, Rm. 206 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 United States of America phone 1-317-232-4567, fax 1-317-232-3443 e-mail page http://www.ai.org/gov/gov_mail.html webpage http://www.ai.org/gov/index.html

Governor Thomas Vilsack State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa 50319 United States of America phone 1-515-281-5211, fax 1-515-281-6611 e-mail general.office@igov.state.ia.us webpage http://www.iowaccess.org/

Governor Bill Graves State House Topeka, Kansas 66612 United States of America phone 1-913-296-6240, fax 1-913-296-7973 e-mail page http://www.state.ks.us/public/g overnor/comment.html webpage http://www.state.ks.us/public/governor/

Governor Paul Patton State Capitol, 700 Capitol Ave. Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 United States of America phone 1-502-564-2611, fax 1-502-564-2517 e-mail governor@mail.state.ky.us webpage http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/go v/govmenu6.htm

Governor Murphy Foster, Jr. State Capitol, P.O. Box 94004 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 United States of America phone 1-504-342-7015, fax 1-504-342-7099 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.la.us/governo r/contact2.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.la.us/

Governor Angus King, Jr. State House Station 1 Augusta, Maine 04333 United States of America phone 1-207-287-3531, fax 1-207-287-1034 e-mail page http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ gov_form.htm webpage http://janus.state.me.us/govoffice/ homepage.htm

Governor Parris Glendening State House Annapolis, Maryland 21401 United States of America phone 1-410-974-3901, fax 1-410-974-3275 e-mail governor@gov.state.md.us webpage http://www.gov.state.md.us/

Governor Paul Cellucci State House, Room 360 Boston, Massachusetts 02133 United States of America phone 1-617-727-6250, fax 1-617-727-9725 e-mail goffice@state.ma.us webpage http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/gov/gov.htm

Governor John Engler State Capitol, PO Box 30013 Lansing, Michigan 48909 United States of America phone 1-517-335-7858, fax 1-517-335-6863 email page http://www.state.mi.us/MIGOV/ gov/ContactGovernor.shtm webpage http://www.state.mi.us/migov/

Governor Jesse Ventura 130 State Capitol, 75 Constitution Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 United States of America phone 1-651-296-3391, fax 1-651-296-2089 e-mail Governor.JesseVentura@state.mn.us webpage http://www.mainserver.state.mn.us/gover nor/

Governor Kirk Fordice P.O. Box 139 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 United States of America phone 1-601-737-9540, fax 1-601-737-9507 e-mail governor@govoff.state.ms.us webpage http://www.state.ms.us/

Governor Mel Carnahan Missouri Capitol Building, P.O. Box 720 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102-0720 United States of America phone 1-573-751-3222, fax 1-573-751-1495 e-mail page http://www.gov.state.mo.us/guest.htm webpage http://www.gov.state.mo.us/

Governor Marc Racicot State Capitol Helena, Montana 59620 United States of America webpage http://www.mt.gov/governor/governor.htm

Governor Mike Johanns State Capitol, Executive Suite, PO Box 94848 Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4848 United States of America phone 1-402-471-2244, fax 1-402-471-6031 e-mail jodee@mail.state.ne.us webpage http://www.state.ne.us/

Governor Kenny Guinn State Capitol Carson City, Nevada 89710 United States of America phone 1-702-687-5670, fax 1-702-687-4486 webpage http://www.state.nv.us/

Governor Jeanne Shaheen State House Concord, New Hampshire 03301-4990 United States of America phone 1-603-271-2121, fax 1-603-271-2130 e-mail nhgov@nh.com webpage http://www.state.nh.us/

Governor Christine Todd Whitman Office of the Governor State House, 125 West State St., CN-001 Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0001 United States of America phone 1-609-292-6000, fax 1-609-292-5212 e-mail page http://www.state.nj.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.nj.us/governor/officeo .htm

Governor Gary Johnson State Capitol Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503 United States of America phone 1-505-827-3000, fax 1-505-827-3026 e-mail gov@gov.state.nm.us webpage http://www.state.nm.us/

Governor George Pataki State Capitol Albany, New York 12224 United States of America phone 1-518-474-8390, fax 1-518-474-1513 e-mail gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us webpage http://www.state.ny.us/governor

Governor James Hunt, Jr. State Capitol Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 United States of America phone 1-919-733-4240, fax 1-919-733-2120 webpage http://www.sips.state.nc.us/

Governor Edward Schafer 600 E. Blvd, State Capitol, Fl. 1 Bismark, North Dakota 58505 United States of America phone 1-701-328-2200, fax 1-701-328-2205 webpage http://www.ehs.health.stat e.nd.us/gov/governor/index.htm

Governor Bob Taft State House Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States of America phone 1-614-466-3555, 1-614-466-9354 webpage http://www.state.oh.us/gov/

Governor Frank Keating State Capitol Bldg., Rm. 212 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 United States of America phone 1-405-521-2342, fax 1-405-521-3353 e-mail governor@oklaosf.state.ok.us webpage http://www.state.ok.us/

Governor John Kitzhaber State Capitol Salem, Oregon 97310 United States of America phone 1-503-378-4582, fax 1-503-378-4863 webpage http://www.governor.state.or.us/

Governor Tom Ridge 225 Main Capitol Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 United States of America phone 1-717-787-2500, fax 1-717-772-8284 e-mail governor@state.pa.us webpage http://www.state.pa.us/PA_Exe c/Governor/overview.html

Governor of the Commonwealth Commonwealth of Puerto Rico San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936 United States of America webpage http://fortaleza.govpr.org

Governor Lincoln Almond State House Providence, Rhode Island 02903 United States of America phone 1-401-277-2080, fax 1-401-273-5729 webpage http://www.doa.state.ri.us/info/exec.htm

Governor James Hodges State House, PO Box 11369 Columbia, South Carolina 29211 United States of America phone 1-803-737-9540, fax 1-803-737-9507 webpage http://www.state.sc.us/

Governor William Janklow State Capitol, 500 East Capitol Ave Pierre, South Dakota 57501-5070 United States of America phone 1-605-773-3212, fax 1-605-773-5844 e-mail sdgov@gov.state.sd.us webpage http://www.state.sd.us /state/executive/governor/governor.htm

Governor Don Sundquist State Capitol Nashville, Tennessee 37243 United States of America phone 1-615-741-2001, fax 1-615-532-9711 e-mail dsundquist@mail.state.tn.us webpage http://www.state.tn.us/governor/

Governor George W. Bush State Capitol, P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711 United States of America phone 1-512-463-2000, fax 1-512-463-1849 webpage http://www.governor.state.tx.us/

Governor Michael Leavitt 210 State Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah 84114 United States of America phone 1-801-538-1000, fax 1-801-538-1528 e-mail governor@state.ut.us webpage http://www.governor.state.ut.us/

Governor Howard Dean 109 State St. Montpelier, Vermont 05609 United States of America phone 1-802-828-3333, fax 1-802-828-3339 e-mail governor@state.vt.us webpage http://www.state.vt.us/

Governor Jim Gilmore State Capitol Richmond, Virginia 23219 United States of America phone 1-804-786-2211, fax 1-804-371-6351 e-mail page http://www.state.va.us/governor/govmail .htm webpage http://www.state.va.us/governor/

Governor Gary Locke State Capitol, P.O. Box 40002 Olympia, Washington 98504-0002 United States of America phone 1-360-902-4111, fax 1-360-753-4110 e-mail governor.locke@governor.wa.gov webpage http://www.wa.gov/governor

Governor Cecil Underwood State Capitol Charleston, West Virginia 25305 United States of America phone 1-304-558-2000, fax 1-304-342-7025 e-mail governor@state.wv.us webpage http://www.state.wi.us/governor/default .htm

Governor Tommy Thompson State Capitol, Room 115 East Madison, Wisconsin 53707 United States of America phone 1-608-266-1212, fax 1-608-267-8983 e-mail wisgov@mail.state.wi.us webpage http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/

Governor Jim Geringer State Capitol Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002 United States of America phone 1-307-777-7434, fax 1-307-632-3909 e-mail governor@missc.state.wy.us webpage http://www.state.wy.us/gove rnor/text_governor_home.html