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In just a few days, the attached open letter to Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger and the California Air Resources Board was signed
by over 80 registered, taxpaying voters.  These attached
signatures represent a tiny scratch of the surface of support by
Californians for reinvigorating the Zero Emissions Vehicle
mandate.  Just two volunteers who spent a couple of hours at two
local events in Long Beach, CA were able to gather all of these
signatures, at one point running out of room on our clipboard. 
People want the auto manufacturers to give us the choice to plug
in our vehicles, and unplug from the vicious cycle of oil and all
the problems that come with it. 

As the body charged with mitigating most of the air quality
problems facing California, and also charged with implementing the
most far reaching greenhouse gas emissions reduction regimen on
earth, your Board has a significant responsibility.  Please don’t
allow the same unbelievably wealthy and powerful corporations who
scuttled the ZEV mandate of 1990 get away with continuing to
poison our air.  If we’re going to make the type of cuts necessary
to avoid global warming meltdown, we’re going to need to
drastically cut CO2 emissions from automobiles, and the only way
that is going to happen is if regulators like your Board have the
courage to implement meaningful and far-reaching regulations. 
Please don’t shy away from reinstating a bold policy that was
proven effective over a decade ago.  We simply don't have another
10 years to delay.  Your current constituents as well as future
generations are counting on you.