Letters From the White House

7th November 2024

My Dear Governor Newsom,

In light of the recent federal election I’m far more likely to bring up my feelings on the law with you than I was with a more reasonable man in the White House. California can no longer count on the federal government to stand beside us in times of need. We as a state should learn our lesson well in this hard reality.

One lesson I would like you to take from the White House is their communication. I have written the President and Vice President many a time and unlike with the Governor of my own state of California I have been answered. Whereas I have little belief that President Biden or Vice President Harris would know me or would have seen my letters what I got back from the White House was of value.

I would often get a letter back from the White house letting me know that they had gotten my correspondence and what the President had done in regards to my areas of concern. I never got a satisfying answer, but I learned more about what the old man was up to. It gave me a greater connection to the working of government.

There is no reason the state of California shouldn’t employ a few people up in the capital to write back to us and let us know that we were heard and what you have done adjacent to our concerns. Maybe you already do that but I’ve written and written and never got a letter back.

I know we are a big state and you are a busy man but it would still be good to know someone is reading my letters.

Best,


Richard Leland Neal