Just down the road from here, in my state senator's local office.

A white, powdery substance found in an envelope that came in the mail to state Sen. Mike Jackson's League City office was found to be a sugar derivative by federal and local investigators, who immediately responded to what they presumed to be a possible anthrax exposure.

"Obviously, with today being 9-11, we're all aware of what happened and first thing that comes to mind is that somebody sent something toxic in the mail," said Jackson, who was at his business office in LaPorte when his League City district director Lamoin Scott called him as she was sorting the mail in the early afternoon.

Scott opened the letter addressed to Jackson and only read part of it to the senator. Jackson said the beginning of letter started by saying the person had asked the senator to do something and nothing had been done. Jackson told Scott to call the police and evacuate the building.

The good news -- No Anthrax.

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