>Can someone give me an email address for the Governor's office in >California? I would like to write a civil, NOT nasty, response to the >veto of Senate Bill 89. I live in Alabama, but I'd like to respond to >let the governor know that we don't have problems with the environment >or citizens' health due to ferrets being legalized. I am planning on doing something similar. I am an ex-Californian. I left for Washington state a few years ago. One of the reasons is the government here is smaller. There are more freedoms -- like the freedom to own a ferret! I do not want to politicize this discussion, but to further illustrate the difference between states I will mention that in WA it is also easy to get a permit to carry a weapon. We are more free here, and some of those freedoms certainly seem alien to Californians. By itself, SB89 is a small issue, impacting only a handful of Californians. But it is a critical symbol of where government in CA has gone wrong. Government needs a darn good reason before it takes a freedom away from the people. The value of a government is not measured by the number of regulations it enforces. I miss a lot of things about California, but at heart I guess I am not a Californian anymore. I value my freedom too much, and I will be writing the governor to tell him that. - Matt S. [Posted in FML issue 4653]