A Letter from Governer Granholm
A while back we had a chain mail circulating that contained a petition we could sign concerning the high gas prices, something that would eventually be sent off to the president to 'raise awareness'.....etc. Many of us went to the site and signed the petition. I'm not sure why I did, but, I did.
Several months have gone by since I signed this thing, so, when I received the below email, I was kind of surprised by it, I had forgotten all about the petition!
Unfortunately, this isn't the only thing I've started receiving in my work email. Since the day I received the below email, I have also started receiving emails from someone named surouy@hardcocks.com.
This does not make me happy!! Do you think it is possible the scoundrels in the government have sold my work email address to telemarketers??
All I can say is, what the hell?? If the intention is to keep people involved and active with matters of government, this is definitely what NOT to do.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mass Mail [SMTP:massmail@mailex.michigan.gov]
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 3:39 PM
Subject: Governor's Message
Dear Friend:
Thank you for taking time to sign our online petition to lower gas prices and make your voice heard. As we promised when you signed the petition, I recently sent your name and the names of 275,000 of your fellow citizens to President Bush. Our collective efforts have not gone unnoticed. Fellow governors, members of Congress, and media from around the country have contacted us to learn more about your efforts.
Unfortunately, while our collective voice is inspiring others to join the effort, the Bush Administration and leaders controlling Congress are still not listening. Since we began speaking out, the nation's four largest oil companies have announced another quarter of record profits - over $20 billion in three months. Congressional leaders have voted down efforts to repeal the nearly $10 billion in tax breaks they gave big oil companies last year, and President Bush has refused to support a cap on outrageous oil profits.
Until our leaders in Washington are willing to listen, we will not sit quietly in Michigan. We are doing everything we can to protect your pocketbooks while still investing in things that matter most to your family: affordable insurance, quality schools, and safe communities. The 21st Century Jobs Fund will allow us to make investments that will enable Michigan to be a leader in developing alternative fuels and create jobs.
Already, we have:
nearly doubled the number of gas inspectors on the road to ensure that you aren't taken advantage of at the pump;
successfully prosecuted gas station owners who deliberately overcharge customers, including the largest prosecution in state history in Macomb County last year;
helped bring four new ethanol plants to Michigan which will help us reduce our dependence on foreign oil while bringing over 200 jobs and over $350 million in investment to the state;
increased funding for home heating assistance by $25 million;
proposed reducing the cost of auto and homeowners insurance by 20 percent.
Until our leaders in Washington are willing to listen, we must continue to raise our voices together. Continue to make your voice heard to your state legislators and your Congressional representatives. Ask them to join our call to the President to take action against rising prices. Ask them to stand with us.
Sincerely,
Jennifer M. Granholm
Governor
Several months have gone by since I signed this thing, so, when I received the below email, I was kind of surprised by it, I had forgotten all about the petition!
Unfortunately, this isn't the only thing I've started receiving in my work email. Since the day I received the below email, I have also started receiving emails from someone named surouy@hardcocks.com.
This does not make me happy!! Do you think it is possible the scoundrels in the government have sold my work email address to telemarketers??
All I can say is, what the hell?? If the intention is to keep people involved and active with matters of government, this is definitely what NOT to do.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mass Mail [SMTP:massmail@mailex.michigan.gov]
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 3:39 PM
Subject: Governor's Message
Dear Friend:
Thank you for taking time to sign our online petition to lower gas prices and make your voice heard. As we promised when you signed the petition, I recently sent your name and the names of 275,000 of your fellow citizens to President Bush. Our collective efforts have not gone unnoticed. Fellow governors, members of Congress, and media from around the country have contacted us to learn more about your efforts.
Unfortunately, while our collective voice is inspiring others to join the effort, the Bush Administration and leaders controlling Congress are still not listening. Since we began speaking out, the nation's four largest oil companies have announced another quarter of record profits - over $20 billion in three months. Congressional leaders have voted down efforts to repeal the nearly $10 billion in tax breaks they gave big oil companies last year, and President Bush has refused to support a cap on outrageous oil profits.
Until our leaders in Washington are willing to listen, we will not sit quietly in Michigan. We are doing everything we can to protect your pocketbooks while still investing in things that matter most to your family: affordable insurance, quality schools, and safe communities. The 21st Century Jobs Fund will allow us to make investments that will enable Michigan to be a leader in developing alternative fuels and create jobs.
Already, we have:
nearly doubled the number of gas inspectors on the road to ensure that you aren't taken advantage of at the pump;
successfully prosecuted gas station owners who deliberately overcharge customers, including the largest prosecution in state history in Macomb County last year;
helped bring four new ethanol plants to Michigan which will help us reduce our dependence on foreign oil while bringing over 200 jobs and over $350 million in investment to the state;
increased funding for home heating assistance by $25 million;
proposed reducing the cost of auto and homeowners insurance by 20 percent.
Until our leaders in Washington are willing to listen, we must continue to raise our voices together. Continue to make your voice heard to your state legislators and your Congressional representatives. Ask them to join our call to the President to take action against rising prices. Ask them to stand with us.
Sincerely,
Jennifer M. Granholm
Governor
@ 3:53 PM
8 Comments:
Cheeky Beggars!
Recken thats the governors alias.
The state government would have almost nothing to gain by selling email addresses (except a lot of bad PR when they got found out).
It's far more likely that someone working for the state stole your email address along with thousands of others and then sold them.
It's even far more likely that the timing is all coindicence. After all, every time you forward a joke to someone, your email address ends up in the header. Then the people who received your joke forward it to others, and their addresses end up the header. Eventually, the joke ends up in the hands of someone who harvests all the addresses in all the headers and sells them to a spammer.
It's too late now. You're address is out there. The spammers will share, and the spam will slowly increase.
I least it wasn't from hardcarrots. That would have been way to obvious. :-D
pixie, my thoughts exactly! :D
fuzzbox, perhaps she leads a secret life that nobody knows about?? LOL
jessica, I can always cound on you to cheer me up. LOL!!!
trée, You crack me up! Hardcarrots... LOL!!!!
Maybe someone should sell Jenny's addy. Since she isn't doing anything FOR the state she might as well spend her time doing something!
anonymous, that's a good plan! This will also give her something to do when she loses the next election.
We can only hope.
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