> insert into state (state_code,state) values ('GU','Guam');
> drop table whitepage;
> delete from state where state_code = 'GU';
> ERROR:   Relation "whitepage" does not exist
Old version of PostgreSQL?  Effort went into cleaning up inter-object
dependencies in 7.3.  I don't recall having that particular issue in
versions prior either.
That said, you can remove the triggers that are on table "state"
beginning with the characters "RI".  psql -d state will tell you what
they are.