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How to Contact Obama and Biden

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1/24/09 at 7:34pm
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Have a gripe, an idea, just want to let the President and VP know what you think or how you feel about the issues?

The new White House site only gives you 500 characters, which in my experience is barely enough to say the first few sentences of a really good rant or idea. If you have a rant, rave or idea that is really short, this one is for you.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

If you have a bit more to say or want to join the Presidental Message board, this is a good site. Hopefully, this will link you to the Citizen's Briefing book.

http://change.gov/content/home


Feel like you really need to let go and all out vent or expand fully on your idea. Here is an email address:


Comments@whitehouse.gov

I have used all three. I only got an automated response back from the change.gov site. Naturally, I prefer the full steam ranting ability of a true email address.
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1/24/09 at 7:45pm
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Re: How to Contact Obama and Biden

If you have never written a letter to your elected representives and aren't sure how, here is an example of one I sent a few days ago. I have had fairly good success in my methods. I always keep it personal. IE how this law or regulation affects myself and my family. I stick to the issue at hand and only rant about one topic per email. I use passion and logic to make my points. Always thank the recipent. Okay, here's my example letter concerning the enforcement of the Clean Air Act of 1965 in the Kanawha Valley, WV:


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I am writing today about the enforcement of the Clean Air Act of 1965 in the Kanawha Valley, WV. I no longer live in this area, but my (family members deleted) do. I lived in Glasgow, WV from 1997 to 2000, so I am well aware of the the pollution problems in this area.

Since the passage of the Clean Air Act in 1965, the John Amos power plant and the plant in Glasgow, WV have been allowed to "slide" by not making any adjustments to come into compliance with the law. Every administration since 1965 has given both these massive polluters a "wavier" to continue their disgusting ways turning the air orange and filling homes nearby with coal soot all so mega cities as far away as New York could have more power.

New Yorkers and points east all enjoy the benefits of these power plants, but they do not share the price in pollution. My husband and I are daily walkers weather permitting. When we would walk in the late night hours (being night owls), the air in Glasgow was orange. Gray particles fell from the sky like ash. It was disgusting and gross. Everyday residents must wash the white walls of their homes to keep them clean from greasy coal ash. This does not come off easily or quickly. Coal ash is an especially nasty mess to clean up. Even the strongest household degreasers will not clean this off. The housekeeper is forced to use industrial degreasers used by car mechanics. Even with these techniques, the walls of our home still had a grayish cast.

If coal ash is doing this to the walls in people's homes, imagine what it does to their lungs! The EPA sends teams out to investigate, but the power plants always somehow find out and reduce spewing filth during the periods they are there. Since the EPA does the majority of it's testing during the day, the power plants just release the worst of it at night.

West Virginia is a poor state, Mr. President. Her residents cannot just go somewhere else to sleep every night to avoid this disgusting pollution. They are forced to breathe it. In Glasgow, WV, even the dogs and cats die of cancer. The cancer and heart disease rates are through the roof in this area. Usually this is passed off on obesity. But how are people to exercise in this chemical soup? Is it even safe to breathe coal ash in deeply as people do when they are exercising?

Mr. President, these are just two plants in a small, poor state, (sending pollution your way, too), these plants can be closed or forced to meet the standards set forth in 1965. Too long the power company who owns these plants have been given one variance after another. The Bush Administration was the last to grant forgiveness to these plants.

1965 was 43 years ago. They have had time to come into compliance with the law, but they have not. The fat cat investors who own these plants live far, far away safe from the devastating effects of this massive pollution. It is time corporate profits take a hit so the residents of the Kanawha Valley can breathe clean, safe air. They have made enough money off at the expense of West Virginians. You spoke of an era of new responsibility. Hold the power company responsible for what it has done. Shut down the John Amos and Glasgow power plants. Enough people have died from the cancers and other diseases their vile pollution causes.

Just today, in speaking with my (family member deleted), he mentioned the Kanawha Valley has been sheathed in blue air from the pollution from these power plants and the chemical industry. My (family member delted) is not wealthy. He cannot afford to move his family away from this area in order to breathe cleaner air.

Many of the local residents of this area are devastatingly poor. The wealthy have made enormous profits at their expense.

I understand passing legislation takes time. My request does not require new legislation only that legislation that has been in place for over 43 years be enforced. Please send the EPA down to southern West Virginia to clean up this mess. Lives and health care money will be saved.

Thank you for your time.
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