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<DIV>Very good thoughts, Les.</DIV>
<DIV>And you echo my feeling exactly.</DIV>
<DIV>Linda</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/27/2013 11:15:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
opera_70@yahoo.com writes:</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>I just fired this off to my state Senator, hope it meets
every one's approval;
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Dear Senator Arnold Roblan;</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT
size=2 face=arial>My favorite genealogical list has had the
following bill brought to our attention;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT
size=2 face=arial>House Bill 2093</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A
title=http://landru.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2093.intro.pdf
href="http://landru.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2093.intro.pdf">http://landru.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2093.intro.pdf</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Our most important concern is the feature
that it appears to seek adding 25 years to the period of time which the
general public cannot access vital statistics. I understand that many
people may see this as strengthening safeguards against identity theft
and creation of phony identification. In reality all it will accomplish
is making life more difficult for we in the genealogical community and
have little or no effect on those intended consequences.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT
size=2 face=arial>For a mere $39.95 with my handy
dandy MasterCard I recently signed on to a web service that
pretty much gives me access to the vital records of anyone I want
information on, the more recent the information I want the better. I
bought it because a cousin was wanting to contact an ex wife of her
brother; boom for an additional $2.95 for the "details" i.e. exact
address and current phone number. In many states this service provides
actual copies of documents. So if the intent is to protect
identification, it is a case of closing the barn door after the horse is
gone. </FONT></DIV>
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size=2 face=arial>A further objection is that it appears to be creating
a new level of State government at a time when we can't pay for what we
have. If there are changes that genuinely need to be made in records
keeping, they should be administratively handled within our current
vital statistics organization.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: medium"><FONT
size=2 face=arial>Yours
respectfully:</FONT></DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>or-roots
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