Author:  "Leroy, Marc" <[log in to unmask]>
Date:    12/12/94 9:38 AM
 
[Editor's note:  This message was submitted to SCREEN-L by the "Author" noted
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I don't see how this posting fits within the guidelines established for this
list.  There are plenty of other listservs available as political forums.
 If screen-l is to continue this thread, its name should be changed to PROP
187-L and new guidelines should be established.  I'm hoping this won't
happen.  Oh, by the way, Prop 187 is a California initiative, and maybe the
poster of the initial message should have realized that California law will
not concern most subscribers from areas other than California. It seems to
me to be the Californians' business anyway.
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