Assemblyman Ray Haynes
Assemblyman District 66
State Capitol
Room 4158
Sacramento, CA 94249-0066
Dear Mr. Haynes,
I do not live in your district, but I was compelled to write to you after reading a piece in today’s paper about your proposed bill AB 2099, which would require those with multiple drunk driving convictions to swap their license plates for special red “DUI” plates for two years. I fully support this idea and hope it passes. I wonder what percentage of the cars on the road would end up having these plates. It would be a wake-up call for us all to see them as we drive along. In thinking about the possible ramifications of this bill becoming law, I wondered whether people might be discriminated against. It’s one thing for folks on the road to have proper warning that they’re driving near a repeat offender, but one might suffer additional consequences such as being fired from their job after pulling into their reserved space at work with a shiny new red plate. After considering this I thought: “Well, these people are making a choice when they drink and drive. Severe, if unexpected, consequences are bound to find them or the unfortunate soul they are likely to injure or kill.”
As I perused your web page I was surprised to see that there are other issues on which I certainly do not agree with you. You wish to legally define marriage as being between a man and a woman. I feel that any person should be free to marry any other person, whether a man or a woman. It seems very peculiar to me that you present an annual “Nosey Award” for “legislation that tells others what to do” and intrudes “into our business and lives.” Why is it not “nosey” to regulate whom one can or cannot marry?
Despite our ideological differences, I wish you luck in your efforts to get AB 2099 passed.
Truly,
Liz Mann
