In a message dated 1/26/2003 12:19:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > To take Cheryl's excellent suggestion one step further, go to this site to > find e-mail addresses for your legislators: > http://www.leg.state.fl.us/ > > Gov Bush's address is [email protected] > > Bill Cotterell with the Tallahassee Democrat : [email protected] > > Now I will shut my big mouth for awhile!! > > Peggy Munroe > By the way, for those of you who (like me) are not Florida residents (I am a Native Floridian with family roots back to the 1840's in Florida, but a current transplanted Tennessean), don't hesitate to write. Remember that Jeb has national ambitions (ie, President in '08) and will be very interested in your opinions (or at least your votes) in a few years (not that I'm recommending that you ever vote for him)! Paul M. Hendricks, MD

Paul: I am truly grateful that you said this. In fact, I just emailed the governor of the state of Washington (feeling a little guilty) because they have been trying to dissolve their state library for the last two years. This is my big fear that if Bush wins this fight, other states may follow. In addition, I think everyone in Florida should try to save history - no matter what state you live in or from. I am from Minnesota and I have no family in Florida. But, my love of Florida's history goes to my roots --- a little pun there. <G> But, beyond that, can you tell me what American history book does not have Columbus, Ponce de Leon or DeSoto mentioned. Florida has many documents from that era, which historians from all over the US use a great deal. I want to ask everyone -- no matter what geographic location you are from, to write our Governor, please. [email protected] or [email protected] - I have sent an email to both. Don't know for sure which one is correct. My statement and Barratt Wilkins letter has now been posted to the Records Preservation and Access web site. Here is the URL http://www.fgs org/rpa/FlCurrent.htm - Please feel free to print the URL in your newsletters if it will be easier than the printed version. I will keep you posted as to what actions will be taken by this committee. Thank you all for your support. Pam Cooper FGS/FSGS 2003 Conference Co-Chair < http://www.fgs.org > President, Florida State Genealogical Society < http://www.rootsweb com/~flsgs/ > Chair, Librarians Serving Genealogists < http://www.cas.usf edu/lis/genealib/ > P. O. Box 7066 Vero Beach, FL 32961-7066 -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: Sunday, January 26, 2003 04:51:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FLORIDA] Florida State Library/Archives In a message dated 1/26/2003 12:19:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > To take Cheryl's excellent suggestion one step further, go to this site to > find e-mail addresses for your legislators: > http://www.leg.state.fl.us/ > > Gov Bush's address is [email protected] > > Bill Cotterell with the Tallahassee Democrat : [email protected] > > Now I will shut my big mouth for awhile!! > > Peggy Munroe > By the way, for those of you who (like me) are not Florida residents (I am a Native Floridian with family roots back to the 1840's in Florida, but a current transplanted Tennessean), don't hesitate to write. Remember that Jeb has national ambitions (ie, President in '08) and will be very interested in your opinions (or at least your votes) in a few years (not that I'm recommending that you ever vote for him)! Paul M. Hendricks, MD .