Calvin Leman
516 Hope
Avenue
Salmon, ID
83667
208-756-4104
phone or fax
661-600-7659
cell
January 12,
2007
Representative
Lenore Hardy Barrett
District
35, Challis
House Seat B,
P.O.
Box 347, Challis, 83226
Home (208) 879-2797
FAX (208) 879-4257
Dear
Lenore,
I ask that
you support a new Fair Elections bill
like S1290, Idaho Fair Elections Act from 2006.
You can see S1290 at http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/2006/S1290.html.
I attended a
meeting in Salmon last night where we discussed the problem of the excessive
money in politics. We saw a video about the
Fair Elections that are occurring in Maine and in Arizona. You can see this video at http://www.caclean.org/materials/watch.php.
We discussed how this money may cause our elected officials to vote in
ways that support the people who give them money rather than the people who
elect them. If we do nothing, then our elected officials may rely on the wishes
of other people. These people may think
that there is no problem of money in elections. Some special interest lobbies
do not want Fair Elections. They might have to share access to lawmakers
with ordinary people.
Even if you cannot support the bill, I
ask that you support a public hearing on the bill so that you can hear from
ordinary people.
Sincerely,
Calvin B.
Leman