Pat Ralston ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Rechterman <[email protected]> To: Carolyn Milligan (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Chris Reed (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Darren Limback (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Frankie Taber (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Fred Taber (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Fred Troxel (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Jason Netherton (E-mail 2) <[email protected]>; Jenni Goodin (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Mark Goodwin (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Mary Bliefnick (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Pam Cringan (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Patty Ralston (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Richard Clayton (E-mail) <[email protected]>; Robin Miller (E-mail) <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 6:54 AM Subject: FW: Please forward unless you want to pay .05 cents per email.. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JACK&LINDA [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 1:03 PM > To: SUSAN MARTIN; PAM SWOFFORD; Harold Martin; GEORGE AND BETTY LONG; > CINDY VANOVER; cathy magruder; BOB&SHORON WYSE; Archie Martin > Subject: Fw: Please forward unless you want to pay .05 cents per email.. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: e.g. Harold Goodall <[email protected]> > To: Dennis Martin <[email protected]>; BERNIE MILLER <[email protected]>; > COLLEEN EVANS <[email protected]>; GOODALL JAN <[email protected]>; > Brain Evans <[email protected]>; JENNIE GOODIN > <[email protected]>; JACK AND LINDA MCKEE <[email protected]>; > Jeanette Goodall <[email protected]>; JESSICA <[email protected]>; > Susan Martin <[email protected]>; TRACI WYSE <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:52 AM > Subject: Fw: Please forward unless you want to pay .05 cents per email.. > > > > > > > >---------- > >From: Frazier <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > >[email protected]; [email protected]; > >[email protected]; [email protected]; > >[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > >[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > >[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > >[email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; > >[email protected]; [email protected]; > >[email protected]; [email protected] > >Subject: Please forward unless you want to pay .05 cents per email.. > >Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 5:03 AM > > > > > > > >>>VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!! > >>>I guess the warnings were true. Federal > >>>Bill 602P 5-cents per E-mail Sent. It figures! > >>>No more free E-mail! We knew this was coming!! > >>>Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government > >>>to charge a 5-cent charge on every delivered E-mail. > >>> > >>>Please read the following carefully if you intend to stay > >>>online, and continue using E-mail. The last few months > >>>have revealed an alarming trend in the Government of the United > >>>States attempting to quietly push through legislation that will affect > >our > >>>use of the Internet. Under proposed legislation, the US > >>>Postal Service will be attempting to bill E-mail users out of > >"alternative > >>>postage fees". Bill 602P will permit the Federal Government to charge > >>>a 5-cent surcharge on every E-Mail delivered, by billing Internet > >>>Service Providers at source. The consumer would then be billed in turn by > >>>the ISP. Washington DC lawyer Richard Stepp is working without pay to > >>>prevent this legislation from becoming law. The US Postal Service is > >>>claiming lost revenue, due to the proliferation of E-mail, is costing > >>>nearly $230,000,000 in revenue per year. You may have noticed their > >>>recent ad campaign: "There is nothing like a letter." > >>>Since the average person received about 10 pieces of E-mail per > >>>day in 1998, the cost of the typical individual would be an additional > >>>50 cents a day - or over $180 per year - above and beyond their regular > >>>Internet costs. Note that this would be money paid directly to the US > >>>Postal Service for a service theydo not even provide. The whole point > >>>of the Internet is democracy and noninterference. > >>>You are already paying an exorbitant price for snail mail because > >>>of bureaucratic inefficiency. It currently takes up to 6 days for a > >>>letter to be delivered from coast to coast. If the US Postal Service is > >>>allowed to tinker with E-mail, it will mark the end of the "free" > >Internet > >>>in the United States. Our congressional representative, Tony Schnell > >>>has even suggested a "$20-$40 per month surcharge on all Internet > >>>service" above and beyond the governments proposed E-mail > >>>charges. Note that most of the major newspapers have ignored the > >>>story -the only exception being the Washingtonian - which called > >>>the idea of E-mail surcharge "a useful concept who's time has come" > >>>(March 6th, 1999 Editorial). Do not sit by and watch your freedom > >>>erode away! Send this to E-mail to EVERYONE on your list, and tell all > >>>your > >>>friends and relatives with their congressional representative and > >>>say "NO" to Bill 602P. It will only take a few moments of your time and > >>>could very well be instrumental in killing a bill we do not want. > >>>Please forward! > >>> > >>> VOTE NO ON Bill 602P!!!! > >>> > >>> > >>> > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > >Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > >http://profiles.msn.com. >