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This is not a political discussion.  It is a follow-up to 
"Please Give Me Your Vote".  Please skip the material if it does
not interest you. 


I would like to thank all you for your support and for your votes.  
I have not been able to get the results from the Elections 
Division of the CA Secretary of State Office yet.  I was told 
on November 9th that, since I was a write-in candidate, I
woud not receive the results until December 17, 1994 
(yes, Dec 17), when they will be officially released.  I have tried 
to call again today, Nov 11, but that office seemed to be closed.  
I will let you know as soon as I find out.  With some 500,000 
absentee ballots still uncounted, neither Feinstein nor Huffington 
has declared victory or conceded.   I apologize for not writing 
this letter sooner.  I was simply too exhausted after the election.


My campaign was somewhat limited due to lack of resources 
and due to my not having wider recognition and consideration.  
Not to sound too immodest, but I sincerely believed that I would  
make a better senator, and would serve the people of California 
better than either Diane Feinstein or Michael Huffington, even if 
I still had a lot to learn, did not have any political experience, 
or not all my views and positions jived with yours.
  

I have tried to reply to each and everyone who wrote (e-mail) me.  
You were overwhelmingly supportive.  One of you objected to my 
badly phrased "how many lonely and creepy men there are out 
there" in the sexual harassment/sex discrimination section of my 
view and position statement.  To those of you who were similarly 
offended, lighten up, will you?  (I did remove that part in subsequent 
mailings.)  A couple did not like my stand on gun control, and 
charged that I was ignorant on the matter.  (You can still try to 
educate me.)   Another thought I lacked character for abstaining 
on prop 187 (immigration) and prop 186 (health care).  (I clearly 
presented my views and positions on immigration and health care.  
As for the propositions themselves, I knew what the polls were 
saying and was intelligent enough to push the hot buttons to get 
votes if I so chose, but didn' t.  Taking side to an acrimoniously 
contested proposition is not always necessarily a good way to 
solve a problem, which is after all, one of the things a senator is 
elected to do.)  Lastly, one believed that I was unprepared and 
did not have adequate experience for the job, and one suggested 
that I joined a party, or created my own, and have it take over 
Washington (which was essentially what happened) to smash the 
gridlock.  Let's see if his suggestion works.  (My independent soul 
wouldn't let me join either the Democrats or the Republicans, and 
as I said in my candidate statement, I believe in the people, not in 
a particular political party.  With the support of the people, I know 
I can accomplish a lot of good things for the people of CA and for 
this nation.)  The rest of the mail was decidedly positive.  (I lost 
count as to how many, but I knew there was a substantial number 
of well-wishers.)
 

For the future, I will simply continue with my engineering career.  
I lead a small group of electronic/software engineers.  The name 
of the group is Footloose and Fancyfree.  Please allow me this 
opportunity to give it a brief plug here.  We do the following:

	.	ASIC/FPGA design.
	.	Device Driver design and programming.
	.	GUI (Graphical User Interface) design and 
		programming.
	.	Windows, C/C++,  Intel 386, 486, 8051 assembly 
		language programming.
	. 	Database (Paradox) Programming.
	.	System Integration (PC-based systems), etc...
	.	Technical Writing.

If you need help with an engineering project, chances are that we 
will be able to solve the problem for you, or if  we don't have the 
necessary skills, we will direct you to someone who does.

In addition to engineering, we also do translations of English, French, 
Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese documents, and 
work as interpreters.


I promise I will stay socially and politically involved.  As to whether 
or not I will run for office again, if the time comes and I feel that I 
can still serve the people of California well, even through the mere 
act of running and campaigning, I will.  Those of you who wish to 
be on my mailing list, please let me know.


Sincerely,


Linh Dao
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                           Linh Dao 	dao@netcom.com
      	      FOOTLOOSE & FANCYFREE	345 Kansas Way
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		       Phone & Fax: 	(510) 490-7166