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Fact-checking should be a sport. Now, I'm not sure that this bill is benign. But I've done a little bit of fact-checking, and I think the story is incorrect. My understanding of the bill is that wind and solar will continue to remain eligible generating resources, as defined by the bill. Following links and looking around Wyoming's legislative website, I've found two documents: 1. A PDF of the bill in question. See page 3 for a definition of "Eligible generating resource": http://legisweb.state.wy.us/20... 2. Title 37: Public utilities: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LS... (scroll down to find Title 37). Now, note that on page 3 in the bill, it lists coal, oil and those sorts of things. Okay, you won't find solar and wind in there... but, in (D), this is included "Net metering system, as defined by W.S.37-16-101(a)(viii)". Now, here's something for news hunters to realize. A lot of well-meaning reporters jump to conclusions like the rest of us. Even though that may seem like an intimidating thing, it's actually quite simple. Those numbers mean something. They're an address. They will help you find more information. Now, the 37 clearly means Title 37. So grab Title 37, which is distributed in .docx format, and see that at the top, you have the string "371101". Now, look for "3716101" (37-16-101 without dashes), it'll be called: "Definitions." - interesting, right? You'll find (a) right below, which lists a bunch of things, so find (viii) as per the reference in the bill. It'll say: "(viii)"Net metering system" means a facility for the production of electrical energy that: (A)Uses as its fuel either solar, wind, biomass or hydropower; (B)Has a generating capacity of not more than twentyfive (25) kilowatts; (C)Is located on the customergenerator's premises; (D)Operates in parallel with the electric utility's transmission and distribution facilities; and (E)Is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customergenerator's requirements for electricity." Note that (A) says: "Uses as its fuel either solar, wind, biomass or hydropower;" Now, I don't know enough about the subject matter to really give an opinion on B-E, but it seems clear to me that solar and wind power, as defined in existing Wyoming law, IS INCLUDED in the definition of an eligible generating resource in this new bill which the story revolves around.

Fact-checking should be a sport. Now, I'm not sure that this bill is benign. But I've done a little bit of fact-checking, and I think the story is incorrect. My understanding of the bill is that wind and solar will continue to remain eligible generating resources, as defined by the bill. Following links and looking around Wyoming's legislative website, I've found two documents: 1. A PDF of the bill in question. See page 3 for a definition of "Eligible generating resource": http://legisweb.state.wy.us/20... 2. Title 37: Public utilities: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LS... (scroll down to find Title 37). Now, note that on page 3 in the bill, it lists coal, oil and those sorts of things. Okay, you won't find solar and wind in there... but, in (D), this is included "Net metering system, as defined by W.S.37-16-101(a)(viii)". Now, here's something for news hunters to realize. A lot of well-meaning reporters jump to conclusions like the rest of us. Even though that may seem like an intimidating thing, it's actually quite simple. Those numbers mean something. They're an address. They will help you find more information. Now, the 37 clearly means Title 37. So grab Title 37, which is distributed in .docx format, and see that at the top, you have the string "371101". Now, look for "3716101" (37-16-101 without dashes), it'll be called: "Definitions." - interesting, right? You'll find (a) right below, which lists a bunch of things, so find (viii) as per the reference in the bill. It'll say: "(viii)"Net metering system" means a facility for the production of electrical energy that: (A)Uses as its fuel either solar, wind, biomass or hydropower; (B)Has a generating capacity of not more than twentyfive (25) kilowatts; (C)Is located on the customergenerator's premises; (D)Operates in parallel with the electric utility's transmission and distribution facilities; and (E)Is intended primarily to offset part or all of the customergenerator's requirements for electricity." Note that (A) says: "Uses as its fuel either solar, wind, biomass or hydropower;" Now, I don't know enough about the subject matter to really give an opinion on B-E, but it seems clear to me that solar and wind power, as defined in existing Wyoming law, IS INCLUDED in the definition of an eligible generating resource in this new bill which the story revolves around.

Actually yes we are and should.

What is the alternative? Sit back and do nothing and then act shocked when it passes? How do you think stupid laws get passed? Conversely how do you think stupid laws get don't get stopped? The answer to both question is, by doing nothing.

As for the sources and motivations ... again ... without some level of "hair on fire"-ness no one will even know or be motivated to dig deeper and mobilize if needed.

Also, motivations don't really matter, execution does, so the only thing you need to "find" that is "unbiased" is the language of the proposed law. The actual text. That should be easy enough to find. Here you go http://legisweb.state.wy.us/20... One google search for "wyoming bill bans solcar" including the typo led me to the first link by for the Billings Gazette article in which the second sentence had the words "Senate File 71", A google search of that leads to the very first link pasted above.

There you go, there is your unbiased source of information.

You want to know why this matters even if "no one thinks the bill is going anywhere anyway"? Because it even exists at all !!! Legislators that waste time writing, proposing, and making others have to work and vote against it are bad legislators that should be doing actual work vice wasting theirs and everyone else's time.

This is Slashdot. We light hair on fire every time anybody sneezes in a way we don't like. Of course, you could always read the bill itself.

It actually does look pretty bad for renewable fuel efforts. I don't see any obvious loopholes, and it effectively imposes a tax on renewable energy by 1 cent per kWh, that the utilities can't pass on to customers. Pretty much, the only way to run a renewable energy installation in Wyoming is to pay for a nonrenewable energy facility somewhere outside the state, or make sure all of your energy is going out of the state.

Sample (from the last link):

A vehicle is considered abandoned if it has been in the same public location for at least three consecutive days. Most often, it will be damaged or missing critical components, such as the engine, wheels, tires or plates.

You may be able identify a vehicle as abandoned if:

• It has been in the same location for at least three consecutive days
• Is missing the engine, wheels, tires or any other part of the vehicle that make it inoperable
• Has a broken window or windshield that limits visibility
• Has one or more flat tires
• Does not have valid license plates
• Is not registered
• Note: This doesn't include any vehicle kept within a building when it is not in use

How to report an abandoned vehicle
To report an abandoned vehicle, call your local police department with the location and description of the vehicle.

How to obtain to title an abandoned vehicle
If you want to claim ownership and title an abandoned vehicle, you must request an application packet from the Special Title Section at an MVC Agency. You must state whether the vehicle was found on public or private property.

In order to operate an abandoned vehicle on New Jersey roads, it must first pass a state inspection process.

If you own a repair facility and a vehicle was abandoned on your property, you may have it removed and stored or you may sell it at a public or private sale.

So, leave it on someone's property for 3 days without their okay, and they can get title to it.

Let's remember that this is from the U.K. I do not know much about their justice system, so this may be entirely true. In the U.S., however, the People hold the Power (though extremely rarely ever excerted), and there are means to discipline and, yes, prosecute judges in the U.S. Here in Wyoming, we have the Commission on Judicial Conduct and Ethics which may investigate and take disciplinary action, including removal from bench.

And depending on the situation, the judge may also be investigated by the U.S. Dept. of Justice's Civil Rights Division for criminal prosecution. NOBODY in government is above the law, nor do they have arbitrary or absolute powers. People simply need to stand up absolutely for their rights and utilize the representatives and agencies that exist for the purpose of excerting your powers and rights in whatever country you reside in.

Didn't stop to think about the realities of running a business, did you? If it were like you describe, wouldn't everybody be running a business online instead of "deal[ing] with the overhead of running a store"? Consider the realities of the situation:

Actually, I did.

1) If you're REALLY running your whole business out of your house, there's a limit on the size of your business. If you're in a shipped-goods industry (like these Ebay merchants), how much inventory can you actually fit in your house? Even if your wife is very understanding, the house is only so big, right?

My house is fairly good sized and I have two rooms that I don't use at all. That gives me, say, 250 sq. ft. just inside the house, not counting room for any sort of outbuilding. Depending on what I choose to sell, that could be more than enough inventory room.

2) But let's say you get a warehouse, which is cheaper than storefront commercial space, or you keep your volume of business low enough to keep it in your house. You're STILL not necessarily better off, because a storefront can be a route to a hell of a lot more incoming customers.

That depends on where you are. Like the storefronts I was describing. Say you live in Powell City, Wyoming. I don't, but almost did. Population 5,000. If my business is something that is something of rather specific interest, that storefront potential isn't going to cover the cost of the storefront.

3) A storefront shop will see a whole category of very lucrative customers that mail-order, WWW, and Ebay-based stores cannot: people who need something RIGHT NOW and can't wait.

Again, that very much depends on where you're located.

4) Would you rather make %50 profit from your gross revenues, or %5 profit?

I think you assume way too much when you imply the difference between having and not having a storefront is 1000x. I don't think you'll find an example of that anywhere in the small business realm that I was talking about.

Even assuming I can make more money from a storefront, that doesn't mean the storefront profits (in this case being sale price - cost of item) would cover the storefront itself.

5) There are perfectly good reasons for staying on Ebay without having a regular storefront.

Yep. All those. Along with the fact that location is everything. If you live in a town where your product doesn't appeal, then there's no point in having a storefront.

I'm not saying is possible with EVERY standard storefront store, but there's a lot of cases where it is easily posssible.

Seriously folks, stop worrying about Ukraine and start looking at what went on in your own back yard. The Ukranians seem to be handling things quite nicely themselves, but where are the mass protests in the US?

The Powder River Basin field in north eastern Wyoming has produced 1.4 billion Mcf of natural gas since 2000.
In July of this year, that one field produced 28,210,075 Mcf.
These figures are from the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commision site.
An Mcf is 1,000 cubic feet at standard temperature and pressure.
That's one field, in one state.
I was not able to find estimates for alternate sources easily. Let me know if you get some hard numbers.

Who is counted as unemployed?

Persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work.

I think every criminal should be able to do their time and then get on with life, under the fair assumption that the due has been paid. This is pretty much the whole point of a legal system with prisons, right?

While most of the time I tend to agree with the liberal pro-privacy posts we see on Slashdot, I think this is one case where there's justification for privacy invasion. It's restricted only to those who have committed the crime (a common complaint here is that most recent privacy invasions happen to everyone, including the by-and-large innocent public, and thus violate presumption of innocence), and it's got a built-in expiry for the truly reformed.

In these cultures, there's a word for someone who is even lower than the murderers and rapists ... oathbreaker.

Actually, perjury is typically a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison and/or a $5K fine. A first-degree murder conviction, on the other hand, puts the perp away for 20 years to life in most jurisdictions.

Along the lines of "exactly where do you think 20K people will affect anything?" I've got to point out that 20K falls short even in Wyoming. A quick look at 2000 election results in Wyoming suggests you'd need on the order of 45K votes to get half of the state senate. And that's assuming you don't piss off all the other otherwise-divided voters with your 'we newcomers are taking over your state" rhetoric. I mean, if you were going to move there and become the Jehova's Witnesses of voter motivation, you'd still need to more than double your original group, and that with your original group spread all the hell over the state to ensure that you can get the right number of residents in any given district to win the maximum number of seats.

I prefer to use my pie-in-the-sky pointless idealism on votes for the Green Party. Moving to Alaska or Wyoming seems a little extreme.

Okay, and not so appropriate, but from the FAQ:
Why don't we start shooting government agents?

I mean, why not, surely armed rebellion stands as much of a chance as this stuff.

What Senator Enzi's bill does is impose the taxes which the states were justifiably blocked from imposing. The result: the imposition of new taxes -- ones that will cripple e-commerce and new high tech businesses -- in the midst of an economic recession.

The $5 million minimum in Enzi's legislation is a red herring, too. Any e-commerce business that does not achieve at least $10 million in sales per year cannot compete due to a lack of volume purchasing power and economies of scale.

Why did Senator Enzi advance the legislation? To find out, we need look no farther than his own state -- Wyoming -- which has a sales tax but no income tax. Wyoming's Governor Jim Geringer, and his state revenue director Johnnie Burton, have decided that rather than putting a tax increase to the voters (which might allow a fair debate on the issue and give citizens some control of the outcome), or creating a state tax regime that is fairer and less regressive, they would aggressively pursue this new tax, which could be imposed without such "inconveniences."

The fact that this tax would appear to be imposed from without (by Congress), and that it could be implemented without a vote of the people or debate in the state legislature, makes it just the ticket for Mr. Geringer, who has failed to confront tough issues and has bowed in the past to the influence of large, out-of-state coporations at the expense of his citizens' best interests. For example, the mineral industry, which is the single largest campaign contributor in Wyoming, favors measures which will make Wyoming a less desirable place to live, because this makes it easier to carve up Wyoming's vast, unpopulated open spaces in their relentless quest for minerals. This industry also favors every measure which raises taxes on residents rather than upon itself.

It is also telling that Mr. Geringer, during the Microsoft antitrust case, favored Microsoft (see http://www.state.wy.us/governor/press_releases/199 8/june_1998/micro.html) -- even though Microsoft had just been proven to have fabricated evidence and lied to the judge during the trial. "In a time when most of us are striving for excellence, [the Department of] Justice and the 20 states want only to assure mediocrity," wrote Geringer, conveniently failing to note that Microsoft was using Internet Explorer -- a "knock-off" product that showed no innovation whatsoever -- to crush the innovative Netscape. In Wyoming, whatever large corporations want, they get... and the shameless greasing of palms is barely concealed.

Michael Enzi's legislation would do nothing good for anyone -- except large corporate interests (Wal-Mart and other "big box" retailers favor the tax because they have retail stores everywhere and want to have an edge over e-commerce) and cowardly state politicians. It should -- no, must -- be defeated. And so should Enzi. (Geringer, now a "lame duck" due to term limits laws, is -- no joke! -- reputed to be considering a position with Microsoft.)

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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