Bill Lockyer
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"William Westwood "Bill" Lockyer" is a veteran California politician, who held elective office from 1973 to 2014, as California State Treasurer/State Treasurer of California, California Attorney General and President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate. Described by journalistic observers as one of the state's most "colorful" and "shrewdest" public officials, he has long been known to speak his mind with an uncommon frankness that occasionally caused him political embarrassment.

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In taking this action, I am not telling people to stop eating potato chips [crisps] or french fries. I know from personal experience that, while these snacks may not be a necessary part of a healthy diet, they sure taste good.

That California law still stands.

I am not telling people to stop eating potato chips or french fries.

In taking this action, I am not telling people to stop eating potato chips or French fries.

I know from personal experience that, while these snacks may not be a necessary part of a healthy diet, they sure taste good, ... But I, and all consumers, should have the information we need to make informed decisions about the food we eat.

I am filing this lawsuit because the Bush administration is putting at risk some of the last, most pristine portions of America's national forests.

Roadbuilding simply paves the way for logging, mining and other kinds of resource extraction, ... Far too much of our national forests have been trammeled and overlogged because of the maze of logging roads that have been bulldozed over the years by timber companies.

The Bush administration is putting at risk some of the last, most pristine portions of America's national forests.

[The administration's move puts at risk] some of the last, most pristine portions of America's national forests, ... Road building simply paves the way for logging, mining and other kinds of resource extraction.