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At 8:57am on December 2nd, 2007, Calvin Leman said…: Carolyn,

Can I interest you in Fair Elections?

Until we have Fair Elections, we have to live with this: Not Democrat or Republican; not green or industry...The issue is faultly science and lazy lawmaking. This would not happen if folks, like we are, could communicate with our legislators.

In today's news:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/washington/02lobby.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&th&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1196597094-EEMyA7GmdOc9y7aiHhh8TA

Lobbying

At the Transportation Department, trucking companies are trying to get final approval for a rule increasing the maximum number of hours commercial truck drivers can work.

Automakers are trying to persuade officials to set new standards for the strength of car roofs — standards far less stringent than what consumer advocates say is needed to protect riders in a rollover.

At the Interior Department, coal companies are lobbying for a regulation that would allow them to dump rock and dirt from mountaintop mining operations into nearby streams and valleys.

The National Chicken Council and the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association have petitioned for an exemption from laws and rules that require them to report emissions of ammonia exceeding 100 pounds a day.

On another issue, the Environmental Protection Agency is drafting final rules that would allow utility companies to modify coal-fired power plants and increase their emissions without installing new pollution-control equipment.

All this because Democrats may win in the next election.

Cal

PS
Take a look at http://fp1.centurytel.net/democracy/district_35.htm and scroll down.
I have been collecting facts about our ID state legislators,

If we show what they have been doing, maybe voters will consider an alternative candidate.