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Rep. Marc Shulman will indeed be
missed in Lansing ("Life After
Lansing," Dec. 31, page 16). He had
so many wonderful accomplishments
during his term.
An important accomplishment
omitted from your article was his
introduction of House Bill 5087.
Thanks to Rep. Shulman and his
dedicated staff, the bill was unani-
mously passed by both the state House
and Senate and signed into law by
Gov. Granholm last spring. It is now
known as Public Act 73 of 2004.
This lifesaving legislation protects
the rights of Michigan's allergic and
asthmatic children to self-carry and
self-administer their lifesaving anaphy-
laxis (a life-threatening allergic reac-
tion) medication using an EpiPen (an
injection of epinephrine) at school
(including school events and school
transportation) when both the child's
physician and parents determine it is
appropriate and provide written per-
mission.
Previously, Michigan children were
able to carry and use only their asthma
inhalers (not EpiPen injectors) with
physician and parent permission. The
new law also mandates that these chil-
dren have an emergency care plan pre-
pared by their physician on file with
the school.
Passage of Public Act 73 of 2004
makes Michigan eligible for priority
funding on asthma-related grants
under federal House Resolution 2023,
the Asthmatic Schoolchildren's
Treatment and Health Management
Act, which was recently signed into
law by the president.
Only states that protect children's
rights to self-carry and self-administer
both asthma and anaphylaxis medica-
tions are eligible for the priority fund-
ing.
Thank you, Rep. Shulman, for your
dedication, caring and hard work to
protect our precious children.
I sincerely hope that you will return
to politics at the federal, state or local
level.
We need more people like you!
Joseph Savin
chairman, executive committee,
Zionist Organization of America-
Michigan Region
Southfield
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Regarding the editorial on Dec. 24
("Paying For Peace," page 30), there
has been a general euphoria in think-
ing about the well-deserved demise of
Palestinian Authority President Arafat.
The possibility of democratic elec-
tions by the Palestinians is believed to
be an opportunity to bring about a
peace between the Palestinians and
Israel. The present talk of real negotia-
tions taking place must be viewed with
skepticism.
Unfortunately, the situation resem-
bles all too clearly the ill-fated Oslo
Accords. This led to seven years that
produced nothing more than the real-
ization that the Palestinians wanted
the complete destruction of Israel. The
next three years produced the carnage
of the intifada.
Like Oslo, we have a new
Palestinian leader, running on a plat-
form that accepts the Arafat message.
In fact, Mahmoud Abbas sends a mes-
sage of peace to Israel and the world,
while to his own people he stands firm
on issues that he knows are unaccept-
able to Israel. He wants, for instance,
the murderous Hamas as part of the
Palestinian political scene.
Like Oslo, the Israeli government
seems to accept the idea that they
must soften their anti-terrorist efforts
by withdrawing from occupied land
and co-operating in rebuilding the ter-
ritories. These steps should not be
considered until there is an end of ter-
rorism.
The Israeli government seems
unbothered by Abbas' statements sup-
porting Arafat's principles. They con-
tinue to believe Abbas is a moderate.
As in Oslo, they believe Abbas's offen-
sive Arafat rhetoric is only made for
domestic consumption.
Like Oslo, the world has jumped
with glee at the opportunity to pour
money into an unformed Palestine
state. They will probably call for
accountability but not in a meaningful
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