A Open Letter To Janet Reno

         Two times in two years? Can this be an accident?

         Various reports tell us that in South Florida on election day, some polling places did not open until mid-afternoon. We've read that election workers forgot to put the memory cards into the voting machines, that some polling places changed locations the day before the election, that some machine votes were uncounted and unrecorded, and that some polling places never bothered to open up at all. We've read that in some parts of Florida, notably Miami and Palm Beach, the voting machines were so complicated that the election workers could not explain the system to voters who had questions. We've heard that in Orange County (the Orlando area), the ballots, inexplicably, were perforated during the printing process, and when they were fed into the counting machines, the machines tore them up. How very strange.
         And what a real pity. Especially for the gubernatorial hopes of Janet Reno, who might have won big in the areas affected by the problems. And it appears nothing can be done about it. Or at least nothing is being done. Too bad. But . . . twice in two years?
         But I can see a way for Ms. Reno to achieve her larger goal, which is to make a real contribution to the welfare of Florida's citizens, and perhaps to Americans everywhere.
         Consider: Although we do not happen to live in Florida's Broward, Dade, Palm Beach, or Orange counties, we think the civil rights of the citizens of those counties have been violated!
         What's more, our civil rights as Americans are being tampered with. When we took American Government, many years ago, our professors told us that we live in a country that is ruled by law, and not by men, and that we had an inalienable right to fair and free elections. In Florida, what has become of that inalienable right?
         So Ms Reno, Here is a task worthy of you.
         You are a lawyer, knowledgeable in the ways of Florida politics and law. You have great influence and support around the state. You have been a public defender, and not long ago you were the Attorney General of the United States. Who is better equipped to mount a Class Action Civil Rights suit to rectify this wrong that has been done to us all? Who can claim a greater responsibility to the people of your state and of our country?
         I urge you on your own behalf, and on behalf of the people of Florida and the people of our country to pit your skill and your influence against the corrupt and contemptible politics that have stolen our rights and to win us the immaculate elections we Americans all deserve!