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A bill by Sen. Paul Weissmann, R-Louisville, to make e-mail as privileged as telephone conversations was killed in a Senate committee.

A somewhat stronger bill still rests in the House. =snip= Jim Carpenter, press secretary for Romer, said his office was "looking at all the issues, all the options."

Duke said he has always complied with requests for public records, but said the request for e- mail messages goes too far.

"I'm disturbed by it," Duke said.

(John Sanko writes for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver.)

OK, if _I_ can't read your e-mail Mr. Legislator, why should you be able to read _mine_?

a good question. perhaps _now_ they'll get serious about recognising email as eqivalent to postal mail. this would be an excellent way of pushing this elsewhere. when _their_ ox is gored, they'll scream like stuck pigs. one interesting aspect of this would be whether regular mail is considered a public record under the law as far as legislooters mail goes. if so, then she should get it. amp