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Richard Pombo's "Friends and Family Network"

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Dear Editor:

I am appalled at the behavior of Congressman Richard Pombo (R-Tracy), chairman of the House Resources Committee.

Representative Pombo, who is in a position to serve his district and the nation, is instead abusing his position of power for the exclusive benefit of his corporate cronies and his family’s own financial gain. His anti-environmental, ethically questionable agenda benefits his own family, his special interest friends in the energy and development industries, and the indicted former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay--at the expense of his constituents and the environment.

I encourage your readers--especially Pombo's constituents--to find out more about Pombo's abuses from the California League of Conservation Voters at ecovote.org/pombo.

Sincerely,

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"Letters to the Editor" addresses for major California papers:

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Newspaper Email address Postal address Fax number
Los Angeles Times letters@latimes.com Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles, CA 90053-9933 213.237.7679
Oakland Tribune 401 13th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 510.208.6477
Sacramento Bee opinion@sacbee.com PO Box 15779, Sacramento, CA 95852-0779 916.321.1996
San Diego Union Tribune letters@uniontrib.com PO Box 120191, San Diego, CA 92112-0191 619.293.1440
San Francisco Chronicle chronletters@sfgate.com 901 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103-2986 415.543.7708
San Jose Mercury News letters@sjmercury.com 750 Ridder Park Dr., San Jose, CA 95190 408.271.3792

Addresses for national newspapers:

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New York Times (tips) letters@nytimes.com 229 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036 212.556.3622
Wall Street Journal wsj.ltrs@wsj.com    
Washington Post letters@washpost.com 1150 15th Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20071 213.237.7679
USA Today Online feedback form 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108-0605  

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