Re: Last chance to stop filtering mandates!

[Joni J Rathbun <jrathbun@OREDNET.ORG>]

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, David Lininger wrote:

> At 11:11 AM 10/31/00 -0500, Susan Grigsby wrote:
> >By following the link Steven gave us in his email, I was able to contact =
> >my senators and congressional representatives in just a few minutes. Go to =
> >http://www.ala.org/aasl and follow the prompts - simply enter your zip =
> >code and your govt. reps will come up - very easy and very worth taking a =
> >couple of minutes to do!
>
> I, too, followed the links and was able to send an email to both of my
> Senators and my Representative. Of course, ALA probably won't be too happy
> with me, since I support filters. Oh well, we're still a free country.

Over the years, I have come to believe there are appropiate uses of
filters. I think what concerns me most about the issue is:  I believe
that choosing to use or not use filters should be a local decision,
not a federal mandate.



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J. Rathbun, Library Teacher
Lincoln E.S., North Las Vegas
Email: jrathbun@orednet.org



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