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The late-night backroom deal-making which resulted in a 9-4 emergency vote in favor of the Major League Baseball stadium lease is an affront to the taxpaying residents of the District of Columbia. Not only did the DC Council subordinate the life necessities of District residents to Major League Baseball, they also approved the stadium at…

Governor Mitchell DanielsOffice of the GovernorStatehouseIndianapolis, Indiana 46204-2797 February 7, 2006 Dear Mitch, Assuming you were quoted accurately in The New York Times (February 5, 2006) your “dream” may turn out to be the public’s nightmare. It may be indeed like the Louisiana Purchase, only Indiana is the France of this deal. Assuming the figures…

Dear Friends, Our mother — our teacher who inspired us, who raised our horizons for justice in our world, who showed by example — passed away peacefully at her home on January 20th, 2006 in her one hundredth year. Every day more and more of you have contacted us to express sorrow and remember her…

Senate Judiciary CommitteeUS SenateWashington DC 20515 Dear Senators, As a long time observer of how Supreme Court nominees evade questions, I have two suggestions to make at the outset of the hearings. That Judge Samuel Alito be asked two questions: 1. Judge Alito, would you tell the Committee what is the criteria you are adopting…

PDF version of this letter Ralph NaderRobert WeissmanP.O. Box 19312Washington, D.C. 20036 January 5, 2006 Justice Antonin ScaliaSupreme Court of the United StatesWashington, D.C. 20543 Dear Justice Scalia, We are writing to inquire as to how the application of Bill of Rights and related constitutional protections to the artificial creations known as corporations can be…

Senator Proxmire was the legislators’ legislator. No one worked harder, studied more, listened to more witnesses or cast more votes in the Senate without being absent. He was honest, diligent, intelligent, congenial, forthright and sensitive to the needs and rights of the American people. In an age of big money corrupting politics, Senator Proxmire was…

November 30, 2005 Postmaster General John E. PotterU.S. Postal Service475 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20260 Dear Postmaster General Potter: As you know, Parcel Post was introduced almost a century ago to better serve the American people. (Lest we forget, it was introduced because parcel delivery companies’ adherence to strictly profit generating principles was denying good…

November 10, 2005 Jeffrey LurieChairman and Chief Executive OfficerPhiladelphia Eagles1 NovaCare WayPhiladelphia, PA 19145 Paul TagliabueCommissionerNational Football League280 Park AvenueNew York, NY 10017 Dear Messrs. Lurie and Tagliabue, I am writing to urge you to rescind the misguided suspension and planned inactive designation of Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens. If the Eagles management declines…

November 9, 2005 Jacqueline GlassmanActing AdministratorNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration400 Seventh Street, SWWashington, DC 20590 Dear Ms. Glassman: On October 16, 2005, the first ever conference of the Automotive Glass Replacement Safety Standards (AGRSS) Council convened in Las Vegas, Nevada to bring together committee members and industry representatives to learn more about the safe replacement…

November 1, 2005 President George W. Bush1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C., 20500 Dear Mr. President: A humanitarian catastrophe of almost unimaginable proportions is unfolding in the Himalayas, yet your administration seems remarkably unorganized in applying more resources. Has anyone shown you the wire service photos of frightened children standing in the rubble with nothing between…