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From: ahill@boi.hp.com (Andy Hill)
Newsgroups: ca.wanted,misc.wanted,misc.consumers,misc.forsale,ba.market
Subject: Re: Wanted: Rollerblades-Aeroblades or coolblades size 9 info....
Date: 27 Jul 92 15:50:24 GMT
Reply-To: ahill@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3

Aeroblades for under $250? Not likely, unless used.  Some Costco stores
have Coolblades for about $180, and Courtesy Sports in Los Altos supposedly
will match any price in the country (but you have to tell them where you
found the price).

BTW, rec.skate is probably the best forum for skating-related questions.

Andy Hill
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
From: davie@netcom.com (David M. Ungaro)
Subject: Metallica tickets for sale
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 17:49:53 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Distribution: ca.wanted

I have two metallica tickets for 7/21 in Oakland.  I am looking for a
very reasonable offer seeing as the concert is sold out.  I can be
reached at davie@netcom.com or paged at 415-809-5925.
From: jww@calmasd.prime.com
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
Subject: Car for sale........
Date: 21 Jul 92 19:38:02 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: Computervision - A Division of Prime Computer

1985 Isuzu Impulse
49,000 org. miles
Automatic
Electric windows, locks and mirrors
Cruise Control
Trip Computer
AM/FM Cass. w/ Equalizer
AC w/ Automatic Climate Control
New tires, plugs, air filter and fuel filter
Oil changed every 3,000 miles
Dark blue ext. w/ blue cloth int.

Asking $4,000. or BRO.  Please call 619-549-3305 after 6:00.

The car is located in San Diego (Escondido).
From: BROSE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
Subject: **WANTED: DRESSMAKER**
Date: 24 Jul 92 22:54:29 GMT
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

My mother would like to find an experienced dressmaker
in the San Jose, CA area.  She has the material for
blouses, etc.  If you are reasonable and live near
Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road (near Cupertino), please
call me and I will relay the message.
(415) 926-2664 or (408) 248-0411 eves/wkds.
Bonnie
Xref: sparky ca.wanted:978 ba.market.misc:5479
From: tdrew@ocf.berkeley.edu (Andrew Ting)
Newsgroups: ca.wanted,ba.market.misc,ucb.wanted
Subject: HP48SX (version E) for $198.
Date: 26 Jul 1992 16:39:56 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
Distribution: ca
NNTP-Posting-Host: lightning.berkeley.edu




I have a hp48sx (version E) in mint condition for sale.
I'm asking $198 or best offer.

Contact Andy ASAP,
email: tdrew@ocf.berkeley.edu
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
From: macheske@aero.org (Richard M. Macheske)
Subject: WANTED: Small Powerboat
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
Distribution: ca
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:59:00 GMT

WANTED: A small powerboat with the following:

		Salt water capable
		Fiberglass
		Trailer
		Reliable
		Cheap

Please email responses
macheske@aero.org
From: gartrell@usc.edu (Fred Gartrell)
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
Subject: Wanted buyer of LAX DNV ALB r.t ticket
Date: 26 Jul 1992 15:20:45 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: ca
NNTP-Posting-Host: girtab.usc.edu


I have a round trip ticket I need to sell (face value).

The trip is Los Angeles, Denver, Albequerque and return.

Airline - United

Leave L.A. - August 7  10:55 am

Arrive Denver - 2:50 pm

Arrive Albuquerque - 4:04 pm

Leave Albuquerque - August 16  3:20 pm

Arrive Denver - 4:31 pm

Arrive L.A. - 7:07 pm

The ticket price is $105.00, but you're going to have to pick it up and
pay with cash.

email me A.S.A.P.

gartrell@usc.edu
From: hoaluong@diva.Berkeley.EDU (Howard Cam Luong)
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
Subject: IBM 386 FOR SALE
Date: 24 Jul 1992 02:02:56 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: ca
NNTP-Posting-Host: diva.berkeley.edu


	PC IBM COMPATIBLE 386
		33 MHZ
		120 Mbytes
		64K Cache
		SVGA Card
		Omnikey Keyboard
		Medium Power
	1-year Warranty
	3 Months Old & Hardly Used
	$1400 or B/O
	Contact Huong @ 408-262-2628 or 
		leave a message @ 408-262-5403
From: adamli@physics.usc.edu (Adam Li)
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
Subject: ticket
Date: 27 Jul 1992 14:58:43 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Distribution: ca
NNTP-Posting-Host: physics.usc.edu


A friend of mine will go to Tallahassee this month. He wants to sell the return ticket.

Date: August 24
From: Tallahassee
To: Los Angeles
Departure: around 1:00pm
Arrive: around 5:00pm

Ask for $170 obo.

Anybody interested reply to adamli@physics.usc.edu, please.

Newsgroups: ca.wanted,sdnet.wanted,pubnet.wanted,misc.forsale.wanted
From: joel@fps.com (Joel Broude)
Subject: T-Bird or Couger Wanted in San Diego
Organization: Cray Research Superservers Inc., San Diego CA, USA
Distribution: ca
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:39:39 GMT

My brother wants an '86-88 T-Bird or Couger, in excellent condition, and
with low mileage.  If you know someone who wants to sell one, please
reply via email (joel@cray.com) or call (619) 569-8484.

Thanks.
Newsgroups: ca.wanted,misc.wanted,misc.consumers,misc.forsale,ba.market
From: kiwong@zeus.calpoly.edu (Kinsley Wong)
Subject: Wanted: Rollerblades-Aeroblades or coolblades size 9 info....
Organization: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 06:10:37 GMT

I looking for a pair of aeroblades or coolblades size 9 for men.  If you 
know where I could purchase these Rollerblades for under $250.00 please let
me know.  Thank you inadvance for your help.


-- 
Email:     DU338@OASIS.CalPoly.edu               Voice Mail:  (805) 756-5603
Internet:  KIWONG@IRIS.CalPoly.edu                     FAX:   (805) 756-5666
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~       NonStop: Scuba Diving, Surfing, Sky Diving, Skating, Mountain Biking~
From: thoth@maris.ucr.edu (andrew pomykal)
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
Subject: Fencing School Wanted
Date: 28 Jul 92 00:16:36 GMT
Organization: University of California, Riverside

Hey All,
  Does anyone know of a fencing school in the Riverside area?

		Thanks,

		  Andrew Pomykal
		  thoth@ucrmath.ucr.edu
From: athas@isi.edu (Bill Athas)
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
Subject: For Sale: GE Gas Stove
Date: 30 Jul 92 23:50:38 GMT
Reply-To: athas@kal-el.isi.edu (Bill Athas)
Distribution: world
Organization: USC-Information Sciences Institute (Los Angeles)

Top-of-the-line GE slide-in range. Ceramic top, sealed burners, the works.
New with original packing materials.  Paid $920. Will sell for $825.
From: jww@calmasd.prime.com
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
Subject: Wanted: Dishwasher, Washer & Dryer.
Date: 29 Jul 92 17:09:44 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: Computervision - A Division of Prime Computer

Looking for:

Dishwasher, Washer & Dryer.  Would like them to be in good condition
and color is not a problem.  The dryer can be either gas or electric.
The dishwasher needs to be a built-in.

I'm looking for these in the San Diego area.

Please call 619-549-3305 or send e-mail, thanks!
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
From: bsb@Unify.com (Beverly Sobelman)
Subject: WANTED: Eric Clapton/Elton John concert info and/or tickets
Organization: Unify Corporation (Sacramento)
Distribution: ca
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 21:51:00 GMT

Does anybody out there know what the deal is with tickets to the Aug.
30 concert at Dodger Stadium with Elton John and Eric Clapton?  The
radio stations up here in music hell keep talking about it but never
say anything about whether they have even gone on sale - I assume
that, if they have, it's sold out already??  If so, does anybody out
there care to part with one - puh-leeze???

Any info would be much appreciated - preferably by email, please.

thanks,

bev


-- 
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   Beverly H. Sobelman	   *******************************************        
   bsb@unify.COM           * "If your happiness depends on what someone
   Unify Corporation       *    else does...you do have a problem. "
   (916) 928-6279          *	   - Richard Bach, Illusions    


	
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
From: jdavis@chico.DHL.COM ()
Subject: Re: Tickets & a bread machine
Organization: DHL Systems, Inc.
Distribution: ca
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 22:43:58 GMT

In article <1992Jul09.162500.13193@gateway.ssf-sys.DHL.COM> jdavis@chico.DHL.COM () writes:
>I'm looking for a couple of things.
>
>I need 2 RT tickets from the SF Bay area to Portland OR.  No special time 
>The most important consideration is the cost.
>
>Also looking for an automatic bread machine.  Don't want to spend a lot of
>dough (ha ha).  Would appreciate tips on were to get the best buy and also 
>would consider a used or rebuilt.  We've tried the Welbilt from Damark for 
>$118.  Like the bread but not the machine; too noisy.  Tried Hitachi from 
>COMB for $129.  Machine noise and function ok but bread not as good as 
>Welbilt.  Fussy right? Any ideas from anyone?

Just a followup to previous posting; the email return address for me is
causing a problem.  If you want to respond, please send to:
     jdavis@ssf-sys.DHL.COM

Also looking for 1 RT ticket from Bay area to Seattle for early September.
Ready with the cash if you got a reasonalbe ticket I can use.
From: chandler@tabasco.West.Sun.COM (Don Chandler)
Newsgroups: ca.wanted
Subject: Need trailer for inflatable dinghy
Date: 31 Jul 92 00:15:27 GMT
Reply-To: chandler@tabasco.West.Sun.COM
Distribution: ba
Organization: Sun Microsystems
NNTP-Posting-Host: tabasco.west.sun.com

I'm looking for a used, small, boat trailer capable of trailering a
hard-bottom inflatable dinghy, about 10' long.  The trailer doesn't
need to be fancy, just something I can keep the boat inflated on
and move it around with my Cherokee.

Call Don Chandler, office phone 415-960-4208
                     home phone 415-331-4017
                          email chandler@tabasco.West.Sun.COM
Newsgroups: ca.forsale
From: lchong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Leo Chong)
Subject: Aiwa Portable for sale
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 00:42:03 GMT
Organization: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSc Department
Distribution: ca


I just recently purchased this in Japan and I must sell the following because
I don't have a job nor the parents to pay for it.

AIWA HS-JX70 Recording Walkman

INCLUDES:
   Full functional remote control (It does almost everything)
   Microphone
   World Quick Charger (Yes, you can charge it anywhere in the world)
   1 rechargeable sealed lead-acid battery
   Earphone (not your ordinary cheap earphones)             
   Optional AAA battery attachment case
   Carrying case

FEATURES:
   VOICE NAVIGATION (Seductive female voice)
   DOLBY B and C (Playback only)
   BBE Sound level 1 and 2 (Playback AND recording!)
   AMORPHOUS HEAD
   PLSS (Private listening selection something)
   DSL (It increases depth and bass.  Gimme a break, manual's in Japanese!)
   World FM and AM frequency (Meaning radio also works in Europe and Japan)
   TV Sound
   World clock
   Timer and alarm 

And best of all, it's got no dents, scratches nor dings and it's hardly used!
This baby is the size of a cassette box and it's made of sheet metal and light
as anything.  It's a professional tape and tuner deck that fits in the palm
of your hand.  I recently just saw it in a Ad in "The good guys" for 450 bux.
If you had to buy it here, it'll run for 474 bux plus tax and that comes
to $509.55! I still think it's under warranty.
(No guarantee for overseas purchase)

I'm lowering my price from my previous ad of 400 to 200!!!!!!!!
reply email lchong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu or lv msg for Leo at 805-542-9549
(I think my previous post had the wrong site name [left out "csc"])
From: hlauria@infoserv.com (harvey lauria 121 walti st #4 santa cruz ca 95060 4084263093)
Newsgroups: ca.forsale
Subject: Auto Engine - Emission Analyzer
Keywords: BAR 84 Allen
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 10:36:56 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: biochemical consultant



    I have an Automobile Engine & Emission Analyzer in excellent
condition for sale. It's a BAR 84 Allen Smart Engine Analyzer
(SEA) with bench. It has level 7 software. I'd like $8,000
o.b.o.  Harvey Lauria 
Send inquiries to hlauria@infoserv.com
Newsgroups: ca.forsale
From: lchong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Leo Chong)
Subject: 1991 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6 for only $3000!!!!
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 00:40:14 GMT
Organization: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CSc Department
Distribution: ca


FOR SALE :

1991 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6

Only 1900 miles, wine red/pink color scheme, tank bra and cover.
Recent compression test:  165 165 165 165

It's been dropped once on the right side but it only suffered some
minor scratches and a minor crack since my friend was only going
5 mph in the parking lot.  There are absolutely no mechanical or
fork damage (checked by mechanic).  You are free to take it to your
mechanic your self.  But if you want to save 40 bux, I have papers
to prove it.  

Because it's been dropped and I'm unemployed, I'll sacrifice for
only 3000 bux!  You won't find a better deal than this in the nation!
I paid 5600 for it just last year!  

email lchong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu
or (805) 542-9549 lv msg for leo
Newsgroups: ca.forsale
From: cbarthol@ssf-sys.DHL.COM (Cris Bartholomew)
Subject: King & Queen waterbeds 
Reply-To: cbarthol@bart.ssf-sys.DHL.COM (Cris Bartholomew)
Organization: DHL
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 18:50:07 GMT
Keywords: waterbed

King size has bookcase-mirrored headboard, padded side rails, mattress, heater.
Great buy at $80/offer.

Queen size is four post design dark finished pine, padded side rails,
cost over $600 new.  Great looking bed for $65/offer - a great price!

Please e-mail cbarthol@ssf-sys.DHL.COM or call 415-572-4739.
 


Newsgroups: ca.forsale
From: cbarthol@bart.ssf-sys.DHL.COM (Cris Bartholomew)
Subject: Waterbed for Sale  
Reply-To: cbarthol@bart.ssf-sys.DHL.COM (Cris Bartholomew)
Organization: DHL
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 18:19:56 GMT
Keywords: Waterbed

King size water bed for sale!!!
Complete with matress, mirrored headboard, padded side boards, heater,
sheets and matress pad.
Great buy at $100
call or email if you are interested!
(415) 572-4739  cbarthol@ssf-sys.dhl.com
 


Newsgroups: ba.forsale,ca.forsale
From: robg@Cadence.COM (Rob Garneau)
Subject: ##### SAN JOSE CONDO FOR RENT #####
Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:31:40 GMT



	CONDOMINIUM FOR RENT

    Large 1 bedroom unit overlooking grass area and pool.

    Features:

	Large swimming pool (long enough to swim laps).
	Fully equiped weight room with free weights and universal weights.
	Spa.
	Sauna.
	Recreation room.
	Electonic security gates.
	Upstairs unit with balcony.
	Central air conditioning.
	Short commute to most of Silicon Valley.

    
    Address:   Mission Grove Condominiums
	       259 N. Capitol Ave  #234 (near 680 and McKee)
	       San Jose

    Price:     $700/mo.
    
    Available: 8/15/92

    Contact:   Rob Garneau 
	       Work: (408) 944-7763
	       Home: (408) 453-7353
	       email: robg@cadence.com
From: hlauria@infoserv.com (harvey lauria 121 walti st #4 santa cruz ca 95060 4084263093)
Newsgroups: ca.forsale
Subject: Auto Engine - Emission Analyzer
Keywords: BAR 84 Allen
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 10:39:35 PDT
Distribution: world
Organization: biochemical consultant



    I have an Automobile Engine & Emission Analyzer in excellent
condition for sale. It's a BAR 84 Allen Smart Engine Analyzer
(SEA) with bench. It has level 7 software. I'd like $8,000
o.b.o.  Harvey Lauria 
Send inquiries to hlauria@infoserv.com
Newsgroups: ca.forsale
From: dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu
Subject: Notebook Computer for sale
Organization: Harvey Mudd College
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:58:39 PDT

I have a notebook that it turns out that I can neither use nor
return (a conflict in the keyboard bios precludes OS/2's running
on it reliably for more than 5 minutes or so). It's two months
old and has the following characteristics:

NTK NP-925 Notebook Computer:
25Mhz AMD386SXL processor
Socket for 387
8M Ram
80M HD
640x400 64 grayscale 9in LCD display
VGA
Full size keyboard
Western Digital SCSI-2 Controller,
FAX/Modem
1 S/1P
Weight 6.7 pounds with both batteries
5 hr battery life (up to 8 hrs with power conservation)
Carrying case
Recharger.
Complete manuals

Also included are BitFAX/SR and Bitcom software. You can connect
an external keyboard and external monitor. The computer is
designed on a modular basis meaning that you can plug in
different peripherals into one of the battery slots. These are
sold by a company in LA and typically cost less than similar
options for a standard notebook (among available options are
Ethernet, scanner, cellular communications, 3270 emulation, and
8-bit slot.

For all of this, I would like to get $2000 (includes delivery
charges).

I will be leaving on a business trip Friday so if you're in a
hurry to get something like this, you should call me before then.
My phone numbur is 714-621-1291, or I can be reached by e-mail at
dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu. Please leave day and evening numbers
because I'd like to sell this before I leave if possible.

-dh
From: howard@hasse.hal.com (Howard Gayle)
Newsgroups: ca.environment
Subject: Re: Gas Tax Debate on NPR
Summary: Angels aren't available to run an energy policy.
Date: 25 Jul 92 14:23:45 GMT
Reply-To: howard@hal.com (Howard Gayle)
Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc., Campbell, California
NNTP-Posting-Host: hasse.hal.com
In-reply-to: billyg@lahonda.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill Gogesch)

In article <l70vmbINN2vk@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, billyg@lahonda (Bill Gogesch) writes:
>I'm afraid that lines at fuel pumps, when weighed against the enormous
>ecological damage caused directly by overconsumption and misapplication 
>of fossil fuels, looks like a pretty puny argument.
>
>Moreover, proper management need not lead to lines at the pump.  I do 
>believe that management is necessary.  I do not believe that, left to
>its own resources, the market and the public at large will 'do the right
>thing'. 

Can anyone offer any evidence that politicians and bureaucrats
will "do the right thing," especially if "the public at large"
won't?  Both public choice theory and history show that
politicians will try to allocate resources to further their own
interests.  If wise and benevolent beings were available to
allocate fossil fuels, that would solve the problem.
Unfortunately, the only choice is between having the consumers
do it (i.e. a free market) and having the politicians and
bureaucrats do it.
--
Howard Gayle
HAL Computer Systems, Inc.
1315 Dell Avenue
Campbell, California 95008
howard@hal.com
Phone: 408-379-7000 ext. 1080
FAX  : 408-379-5022
From: mikea@zorba.gvg.tek.com (Michael P. Anderson)
Newsgroups: ca.environment
Subject: Re: Ancient Forest Action Alert
Keywords: federal lands, redwoods, second-growth
Date: 22 Jul 92 21:52:56 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA

In article <BrrC19.n3L@quake.sylmar.ca.us> brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder) writes:

>  Too bad you and your fellow-travellers aren't really serious.


Too bad your way of thinking is coming to an end and you're unwilling
to see it. 

The train's coming. Better get off the tracks before you get hit.

								MPA
Newsgroups: ca.environment
From: cmi@oracle.uucp (Eileen Riley)
Subject: Re: Gas Tax Debate on NPR
Organization: Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores CA
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:29:53 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

If wise and benevolent beings were available to
allocate fossil fuels, that would solve the problem.

Ah, founding fathers, where are you now?

Jon Barron
From: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer)
Newsgroups: ca.environment
Subject: META: This is *NOT* an "Ancient Forest Action Alert"
Date: 22 Jul 1992 09:16:13 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: ca
	<SLAGLE.92Jul17173744@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.com>
	<4872@gold.gvg.tek.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: remarque.berkeley.edu

=o= Hey fellas, if you're going to have an interminable
theoretical discussion about property rights, do you think
you could take the time to put a more appropriate title in
the "Subject" header?  Some of us are interested in real live
ancient forest action alerts, and would like to be able to
find them when they're posted here.

=o= Basic net etiquette, y'know?
    <_Jym_>
From: stephen@orchid.UCSC.EDU
Newsgroups: ca.environment
Subject: Re: Ancient Forest Action Alert
Keywords: federal lands, redwoods, second-growth
Date: 24 Jul 92 18:08:32 GMT
Distribution: ca
Organization: Santa Cruz
NNTP-Posting-Host: orchid.ucsc.edu


Remember the words--

"Everything is going as I have foreseen it." 

"Soon you and your rebels freinds will be destoryed."

Stop the hidden shadow, stop the hidden emperor before it is too late.

Remember it is in you, and so is the power to change.

Save all of the old growth forest, leave it for nature to decide,
leave it for people to see, leave it for our future to see.
Newsgroups: ca.environment
From: brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder)
Subject: Re: Ancient Forest Action Alert
Keywords: federal lands, redwoods, second-growth
Organization: Quake Public Access
Distribution: ca
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 21:07:56 GMT

If you want to control the use of that land, then you should just BUY it.  If
ownership does not imply the power to control how the property is used (or if it
is used) then what good is it?  Your real gripe seems to be with those who want
the wood and are willing to put their money where their mouth is, and the property
owners who want to provide that lumber and are willing to put their money where their 
mouth is.  Too bad you and your fellow-travellers aren't really serious.

--Brian
From: tut@cairo.Eng.Sun.COM (Bill "Bill" Tuthill)
Newsgroups: ca.environment
Subject: stop Auburn Dam
Date: 30 Jul 1992 00:30:44 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: cairo

Auburn Dam is the boondoggle that won't die.  First proposed by the
Army Corpse almost 30 years ago, then stopped because it sits right
on an earthquake fault, it has been revived in a particularly odious
form: the so-called dry dam.  That's right, dambuilders plan to spend
$1 billion of our money constructing a dam with no water behind it.
How could this be?  The Army Corpse touts it for flood control, but
this is ridiculous: the largest, most flood-prone fork of the American
river comes in below Auburn Dam; the two forks above Auburn Dam are
already dammed; and inexpensive levy improvements for Sacramento are
being ignored.

Apparently the pork barrel politicians are trying to ram this through
before the November elections.  A Senate bill to fund the dam has been
written, and a similar House bill is being prepared.  Here's what you
can do to stop Auburn Dam:

 o Call Norm Mineta, 408-984-6045, saying that as a taxpayer you are
   outraged that Congress could spend nearly $1 billion on a silly
   dry dam like this, especially considering our huge budget deficit.
   Mineta is Chairman of the House Public Works Committee, and must
   be told that nobody outside the Sacramento construction industry
   wants this dam.

 o Write your Congressional Representative, expressing your opposition
   to Auburn Dam.  Letters are best because your congressperson must
   pretend to sign an reply.

 o Write Senator Alan Cranston, expressing your opposition to Auburn
   Dam.  Seymour is hopeless, don't even bother to write, just hope
   he doesn't get re-elected.  Seymour's opponent, Barbara Boxer, is
   known to be against Auburn Dam.

 o If possible, vote against Congressmen Vic Fazio and Bob Matsui, the
   pork barrel politicians behind the current Auburn Dam proposal.