FC: California politicos sued for blackholing conservatives' email

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

We've seen this before:

"Congresscritters turning off their email inboxes"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04211.html

"FTC turns to oft-unreliable blacklists to limit spam"
http://www.politechbot.com/p-04199.html

Also note:
http://www.savecalifornia.com/ccffreespeech.cfm
> CCF's email lobbying system is working again (as of 7:30pm PST, Jan. 17, 
> 2003). We have increased its reliability to deliver your email messages to 
> state legislators. Please keep sending "no new taxes" email messages and 
> calling legislators by phone. We need the pro-family, anti-tax movement to 
> keep growing!

-Declan

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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 10:15:35 -0500
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
From: Neil Schwartzman <neil () petemoss com>
Subject: and more political reaction to spam ...
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"

So let me get this right ... if it is outgoing, it is "permission-based 
desirable email". If it is incoming it is "spam"?

January 20, 2003

Calif. Legislature Blocks Pro-family E-mail
By Stuart Shepard, correspondent
http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0024212.html

After a deluge of e-mail calling for no new taxes, the California 
Legislature has blocked messages sent via one pro-family group.

Is it just spam or speech protected by the First Amendment? Recently, 
constituents of Campaign for California Families swamped legislators with 
e-mail calling for no new taxes.

According to CCF Director Randy Thomasson: "The volume of response, because 
of the people's anger about the threat of higher taxes, was high."
--
Neil Schwartzman, peteMOSS Publications
My hot teenaged toner cartridge does not need an herbal extension to her 
Nigerian horsie mortgage, no matter what you say. Thanks anyway.
<http://spamNEWS.com><http://peteMOSS.com><http://spamFLAMES.com>




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