As a general rule, most information you might want can be obtained pretty quickly by "Googling" for it, as most agencies and governments now have websites, but below you will find some basic information.

Notes on effective contacts with officials:
    The most effective means of communication is in person, by phone, or by email.  Because of the anthrax scare after 9/11/01 letters now take a long while to reach their recipient.  You are more likely to get an answer  if you ask for one. Often the issue is one in which the official is merely counting yeas and nays, so you do not have to spend a lot of effort to educate them on the issue unless you believe you have a perspective they have probably not already encountered.  Contacts from constituents do have influence, but in these days of email and phone it takes lots of contacts to have real effect, so never think that your personal effort is not worthwhile.
    State and local officials do respond to emails.  In fact, since they have little or no secretarial help, emails may produce better response, at least from those politicians who are comfortable with email.

National Elected Officials

US President	Barack H. Obama	1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW	Wash.	DC	20500	202-456-1111	president@whitehouse.gov
US House	Heath Shuler	512 Cannon House Office Bldg	Wash.	DC	20515	202-225-6401	Go to www.shuler.house.gov and follow links for contact
	Shuler local office	356 Biltmore Ave.	Asheville	NC	28801	828-252-1651
US Senate	Richard Burr	217 Russell Senate Office Building	Wash.	DC	20510	202-224-3154	Go to www.burr.senate.gov  and follow links to contact
US Senate	Kay Hagen	555 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg	Wash.	DC	20510	202-224-6342	Go to www.hagen.senate.gov and follow links to contact

Bill information for US Congress:  Provides free copies of any bill (state # of bill)  House of Rep,  202-225-3456
Bills may also be read by looking them up by number at:  thomas.loc.gov
 

North Carolina Elected Officials NC Governor   Beverly Perdue, (D) State Capitol, 20301 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC, 27699-0301 1-800-662-7952  governor.office@ncmail.net NC Senate   (42nd District, including  DuPont State Forest) John Snow, (D) 517 LOB Raleigh, NC, 27603 919-715-4466  johnsn@ncleg.net NC Senate (48th District0 (Henderson Cty) Tom Apodaca,(R) 1127 LOB Raleigh, NC, 27603 919-733-5745 toma@ncleg.net NC President Pro Tempore Senate majority leader Marc Basnight, (D) 2007 LOB Raleigh, NC, 27601 919-733-6854 marcb@ncleg.net NC Rep  (68th District) David Guice, (R) 1015 LOB Raleigh, NC, 27601-1096 919-715-3012 davidg@ncleg.net David Guice Brevard, NC, 28712 828-883-4493 guice@citcom.net NC Rep (50th District) Carolyn Justus, (R) 2204 LOB Raleigh, NC, 27601 919-733-5872 carolynj@ncleg.net   Carolyn Justus PO Box 2396 Hendersonville, NC, 28793-2396 828-685-7433 Ltjustus@bellsouth.net NC Rep (119th District) (Highlands) R. Phillip Haire, (D) 419-B LOB Raleigh, NC, 27601 919-715-3005 philliph@ncleg.net R. Phillip Haire PO Box 727 Sylva, NC, 28779 828-586-9210 NC Rep Speaker of the House Joe Hackney, (D)   Raleigh, NC, 27601-1096 919-733-5752 joeh@ncleg.net

Transylvania County Commission:   All at PO Box 28, Brevard, NC, 28712.  828-884-3107

Henderson County Commision:     All at 100 King St., Hendersonville, NC, 28792-5097Hne

Hendersonville City Council:

US Government Officials:   The easiest way to reach officials nowdays is to use the Internet.  Go to Google and type in the name and/or agency, department, etc, and Google will give you a selection of sites that will guide you to the address you want.
            Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
                                                 The Honorable Lisa P. Jackson
                                                 Environmental Protection Agency
                                                 Ariel Rios Building
                                                 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                                                 Washington, DC 20460
                                                 Phone: (202) 260-2090
                                                 E-mail address: public-access@epamail.epa.gov
                                                 Web site: www.epa.gov

            Chief of the USDA Forest Service
                                                  Gail Kimble, PO Box 96090, Washington, DC, 20090-6090
                                                   202-205-8333        www.fs.fed.us
            North Carolina National Forests:  Supervisor Marisue Hilliard
                                                    www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/
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