On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Bode Morin wrote:

> Probably not as evidenced by the concern shown them last week.   At the
> hearings on Firestone tread separation, one of the Michigan congressmen
> remarked that the fact that Firestone was taking so long to replace tires
> was having an adverse affect on the poor.  Especially those poor on fixed
> incomes who drive Ford Explorers with Wilderness AT tires on them.  There's
> no way those folks could afford new tires while they await replacements so
> said the congressman.  It was tantamount to murder.

Ahem.  I did not see this.  Name names, please.  *Which* Michigan
congressman?

                                Signed,
                                Michigan constituent