This is the message I recently sent to Rep. Dan Boddicker concerning my opposition to HSB 618, Section 144.43. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia J. Pardun" <pardun@citrus.infi.net> To: <dan_boddicker@legis.state.ia.us> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 1:38 PM Subject: HSB 618 > Dear House Member Boddicker; > I am writing to you regarding House Study Bill 618 concerning Section > 144.43 Vital Records Closed to Inspection. I have just read the current > contents of this bill and wish to to voice my concern about the imposed > limitations of this bill to public access of public records of vital > importance to many people who are now seeking these records for their family > histories, genealogical records and personal knowledge. This Bill would not > only seriously impede their access to those who legitimately seek them, but > completely eliminate access to many people in my own circumstances. I am > currently working on an ambitious program of genealogy for my family that > encompasses many family lines, most of whom were born, lived and died on > Iowa soil. This Bill would prevent my family from this information and > knowledge of these records. > Although my husband and I are now legal residents of Florida, we were > born, raised, educated and earned our living in Iowa for sixty-five years. > We owned and operated farms in Harrison Twp., Benton County, Iowa. I served > as State Vice chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa from 1966 to 1973 and > a member of the Republican State Central Committee from 1959 to 1973. > This is a bad bill and should never become law. Those who aim to use > access to these records to defraud will find another way, believe me. They > always have. > Respectfully yours, Patricia J. Pardun (Mrs. W.Glen) > 5151 S. Stetson Point Drive > Homosassa, Florida 34448-3756 > pardun@citrus.infi.net >