Hi Marge,
I'm glad you liked my ideas.
[Aside: In my comments, I referred to Representatives and Senators as
"legislatures." A legislature is the body of government where laws and
regulations are written. A legislator is a member or actual body of the
the legislature. Thus, I should have referred to Representatives and
Senators as legislators. Please pardon my error.]
I shall consider your suggestions to write to newspaper editors about my
ideas. As for contests sponsored by my state senators or representative,
I will see whether they sponsor such contests. Perhaps I will enter them
or send the idea to them "anyway." And please do send my ideas along. I
wholeheartedly thank you for doing this. And I want no, nor will I
accept any royalties. 
And absolutely, I agree with your fabulous idea that for every bill they
pass, they must delete an old one. "Something new in, something old
out," is a basic principle to reduce clutter, whether in one's abode or
the law books. (Did you see the Freedom Watch segment, this past
Thursday, when Judge Napolitano pointed out that January 1 saw 40,000
new laws throughout the land taking effect?)
Another idea or requirement that legislators must follow is to add a
"sunset clause" in every bill they sponsor. This clause is a date when
the bill, if enacted into law, will automatically expire. We have some
laws with sunset clauses, but certainly not enough.
Thanks again for your encouraging words.
Alton
<< Dear Alton,
<< Great ideas. Please write a letter to the editor about this. Send
the letter to lots of newspapers. Send a copy to Feinstein, Boxer and
Pelosi. Some state senators and representatives have a contest every
year where they invite "we the people" to send them proposals for new
laws. Joe Simitian and Jerry Hill are two who have such a contest..
Maybe your state senator or representative does this. Or send him/her
the idea anyway. I'll send your idea to several of them, too.
<< Another idea I have is that for every bill they pass they have to
delete an old one. We have too many laws that no one reads or fully
understands.
<< Marge >>