On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 00:19:54 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

Some Florida politician didn't want to **** of boaters, so he arranged for
the Feds to do it.

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Not quite true. The "Save The Manatee Club", with the help of a great
deal of bleeding heart animal rights money, mostly northern,
successfully co-opted the federal wild life folks into starting an
anti-boater campaign. The feds in turn co-opted the Corps of
Engineers to withhold permits for dock construction until the state
and local governments fell into line. Non-boating waterfront home
owners who have been harassed by jet skis and the straight pipe go
fast crowd, saw the speed limits as a good thing and joined in the
chorus.