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To: miraje who wrote (17893)	4/25/2004 9:19:54 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

James, as a California business owner, can definitely say I'm very happy California is prosecuting cases against such types of businesses which hurt their employees through poor safety procedures. Follow-through on safety procedures results in a lower workers compensation bill for the rest of us. Why should I pay for this business owner's negligence of following through on adequate safety procedure? RE: "cat's orphans getting more money than the woman's children" Bizarre. Totally agree with you on this point. I suspect the issue here is, you can't easily donate to a family as easily as you can donate to a brandname charity funds for animal preservation. Obviously needs to be fixed. RE: "guns in Calif Parks & Recreation Where I grew up, careless gun-owners killed more of their own friends in the woods and fields by mistake, than did animals. What's amazing is the number of drunk gun-owners who murder hikers because the hiker's "bright orange jacket looked like a deer." And they would essentially get away with it too through light sentences, similar to drunk drivers, rapists, and the like. RE: "mountain lions" Agree these need to be thinned out, but not by citizens. Regards, Amy J

To: miraje who wrote (17893)	4/29/2004 8:20:36 PM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 81568

OT James, RE: "Mountain lion" We've got one hanging out at Felt lake by a horse corral, across the hwy from Stanford's Dish trail in the Bay Area. www.sjmn.com Lion attack prompts warning By Jessica Portner / Mercury News Visitors to Stanford University's popular Dish trail are being warned to watch out for a mountain lion that mauled a horse on a nearby trail last week, officials said Tuesday. Wednesday, April 28, 2004 (Mercury News)

To: miraje who wrote (17893)	4/29/2004 8:59:34 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

you know James, there is a lot about California that I think needs to change. The proposition system is the main culprit imho. But during this downturn I have been pleasantly surprised at the inability of other locales to successfully recreate our technology entrepreneurial climate. Despite the high cost of doing business here, all the hot new companies are here, or in Seattle. Nothing in the "cheap areas". People from places like Utah crow about California and what a joke it is. But they can't get their economy to move, which tells you something.