The Fool wrote: > The Lawmakers > These lawmakers in Congress and the Senate wrote more anti-technology > legal code than any of their co-legislators. > Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX 21st district) 2 bills $87,112 > P2P Piracy Prevention Bill, COPA
Yeah, well, he was our representative (still is, I guess, until the next session begins, at which point, unless something *extremely* unforseen happens tomorrow, our rep will be a guy by the name of John Carter), and he was one of the ones who got a copy of the letter explaining why all our money earmarked for political contribution was going to the EFF and *not* to any Republican supposedly representing us in Washington. (And I intend to write him lots of letters; any heads-up in advance on issues such as these would be greatly appreciated.) I'm hoping that Carter will be more amenable to reason; his main base now is southern Williamson County, which contains among other businesses the headquarters of Dell, and a lot of his constituents work in high tech. Smith is based in San Antonio. (Not that I mean any slur against San Antonio, I just think he's out of touch with the concerns of "Sillicon Hills" as someone dubbed the high-tech area around Austin.) Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l