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From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 20:45:53 -0500
From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well sf ca us> Subject: UPDATE #28-AB1624: *FINAL ACTION* Burton done GOOD!; Fax Wilson NOW! Message-Id: <93Sep7.164059pdt.14350-4 () well sf ca us> Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 16:40:51 -0700 Sep. 7, 1993 Wopeee! -* Today, Assembly Rules Committee Chair John Burton first moved to assign AB1624 to his Rules Committee, and then - a few minutes later - withdrew his motion, leaving the bill on the Assembly's consent agenda, for approval-without-discussion, tomorrow! He either realized the justice and benefits of AB1624 to the principles of open government and public participation in governance, and/or got our [numerous!] messages of support and honored them. Either way, his action - as one of the most powerful people in the Legislature - was to SUPPORT AB1624. In the flood of perhaps 5,000 bills per legislative session, it ain't easy to study each one enough to make a proper decision. John Burton done good! He has been a strong supporter of open government in the past - and received an award from the Society of Professional Journalists, this spring, for exactly that advocacy. He continued that laudable effort. LAUDABLE ACTION DESERVES OUR PRAISE (JUST AS OFFENSIVE ACTION DESERVES HOWLS) All of you who wrote and phoned Burton about AB1624, PLEASE - take the time to phone, write or fax at least a brief note of thanks. He *does* deserve our thanks. Hon. John Burton; voice/916-445-8253; fax/916-324-4899 Room 3152, State Capitol, Sacramento CA 95814 *- SLIGHTLY-NERVOUS GLEE (but, then again, I could be paranoiac :-) My glee is limited only by the possibility that some legislator *could* pull the bill from the consent agenda tomorrow, and start hacking away at it on the Assembly floor, but that appears unlikely. FINAL TARGET! GOV. PETE WILSON - HE HAS 12 DAYS TO ACT ON AB1624 If AB1624 passes the Legislature, Gov. Wilson will then have 12 days in which to sign it, veto it, or ignore it. If he signs it or ignores it (a "pocket signature"), then it becomes law. The only way he can kill it would be to actively veto it. WILSON'S DEPUTY CHIEF-OF-STAFF IS EXEC. V.P. OF STATE NET State Net is one of the two largest electronic legislative information services. I have said in the past, and I continue to believe, that State Net will not oppose AB1624. However, it is certainly worthwhile to ... FAX GOV. PETE WILSON, *NOW*, URGING HIS SUPPORT OF AB1624 State as many reasons for supporting AB1624 as you can fit on one page. Include your title and company/organizational affiliation ("for identification purposes, only," if you need to include such disclaimers). If you can't get it together to fax, at least phone him. NOW (please :-)! Gov. Pete Wilson; voice/916-445-2814; fax/916-445-4633 Governor's Office, State Capitol, Sacramento CA 95814 Freedom says that we have a voice. Responsibility requires that we use it. --jim Jim Warren, columnist for MicroTimes, Government Technology & BoardWatch jwarren () well sf ca us -or- jwarren () autodesk com 345 Swett Rd., Woodside CA 94062; voice/415-851-7075; fax/415-851-2814
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