Hi Jan,

I appreciate your optimism. I share it with you but this doesn't preclude my wanting to guard against those who are just as optimistic about taking over the business.

I am sure the manufacturers of Televisions were just as optimistic when Japan and Taiwan began exporting TV's to the U.S. They continued producing televisions and following the wage and environmental laws of the U.S. Where are they now? I can't remember the last time I bought something that I was certain was really made in America. You can buy an American car but if you check closely you will find it was produced in Mexico, Japan or somewhere else outside of our borders.

As far as I am concerned the records we research are the property of the people who paid to have them compiled in the first place, the American taxpayer.


I'm concerned also about the easy and anonymous access to this "public" information via the internet. It seems I am not the only one. Texas passed a law that allows politicians and policeman to have their public information held confidential from the public. It has been a real pain whenever I am doing a search on property owned by one of these "public" servants.

I can understand why the police might have felt it necessary, but why the politicians?

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