Scott McFadden wrote:

Harry Krause wrote in message ...

The *fact* of the matter is, you're simply spreading boater propaganda
here, regarding manatees, rather than posting any sort of acceptable
science.

You're entitled to do that, of course,

Just what is it that you can provide?

Let me guess:

Anecdotal observations from a part-time, carpet bagger?

Oh? You have some scientific data regarding manatee populations to share?




The fact is that there is no accurate census on manatees now. There are
guesses, that is all. I've read some of the reports that detailed some
of the census techniques, and these are laughable, at best.

I agree.

There's more at play here than manatees, of course. There's the issue of
high boat speeds, enormous boat wakes, careless boater behavior, driving
a boat while under the influence - these are all issues, along with
protecting manatees - that play into efforts to control the speed at
which boats are operated in the more protected Florida waters.

Harry, things are getting so bad here in the summer-time I rarely go
boating on weekends during that time of year. When I do it's a early
start and things are all wrapped up by noon-time.

The idiots and drunks sleep late on weekends, thank God.

That said, using the "manatee" is disingenuous, at best, as a "cover"
for other totally unrelated problems.

Partially, at least.



You want some less restrictive regs that "protect" manatees? Then work
harder to prosecute irresponsible boaters.


Thanks to the jackass in the White House, there's little money for
states to do that kind of work.

We seem to be in pretty close agreement here, eh?

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