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--- Ann Wilmer <wilmer@...> wrote:
> To: <GRC_UPDATE@yahoogroups.com>
> From: "Ann Wilmer" <wilmer@...>
> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 12:58:47 -0400
> Subject: [GRC_UPDATE] Proposed changes in Missouri
> would remove easy access to some records needed by
> searchers
>
> Missouri proposes to remove some on-line records
>
> Genealogists are up in arms because the Missouri
> General Assembly has passed two bills (Senate Bills
> Nos. 420 and 344) that will require Jackson County,
> Missouri to remove all land, marriage, and tax
> records from this website. If you want these records
> to remain on the website, please contact Governor
> Blunt and ask him to VETO Senate Bills Nos. 420 and
> 344.
>
> Governor Blunt may be contacted at:
> Office Phone: (573) 751-3222
> E-Mail Address:
> [url]http://www.gov.mo.gov/constituentform.htm[/url]
> <http://www.gov.mo.gov/constituentform.htm>
> Web Site: [url]http://www.state.mo.us/[/url]
> <http://www.state.mo.us/>
>
> Time is of the essence as Governor Blunt could sign
> these bills any day. If he signs these two pieces of
> legislation, Jackson County will be required to
> remove these records from the website prior to
> August 28, 2005.
>
> Genealogists are our friends -- even if they don't
> know it. For many of us, genealogical research
> skills are vital to finding family members separated
> by adoption. What begins in one county can soon
> spread state-wide. This is not the first post 9-11
> attempt by government to restrict access to public
> records in a misguided attempt to protect us from
> terrorists and others who would steal our
> identities. Jot a short note and "copy" it so that
> you can "paste" it in the message box when the
> website comes up. It's easy and quick.
>
>
>
>
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>
> I went to the
> <http://www.gov.mo.gov/constituentform.htm> to send
> this:
>
> Please do not delete public records from websites
> that can be accessed by genealogists.
>
> Many well-intentioned but ill-advised assaults on
> our liberties have been initiated in the name of
> security after 9-11 but, as Benjamin Franklin once
> observed: "They who would give up an essential
> liberty for temporary security, deserve neither
> liberty nor security."
>
> Much of the strength of our nation is firmly rooted
> in the free flow of information and, to curtail it
> in any way, is a serious mistake. Granted, the free
> flow of information often makes the lives of
> politicians
> uncomfortable but that should not become the problem
> of the rank and file in this country. We have
> already lost far too much of our cherished freedom
> because of the so-called Patriot Act. Please, don't
> add to it by further reducing American's right of
> access to their own information.
>
> Thank you for your consideration.
> Ann Wilmer
>
>
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>
> Ann Wilmer
> National Coordinator
> Green Ribbon Campaign for Open Records
>
> Public opinion today may be public law tomorrow.
> Effective Public Relations
>
> Adoptee born: 10-18-1952
> in Waynesboro, PA has
> FOUND her birth family!
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