"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On 16 Jul 2004 00:02:57 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:
Our sport and the boating industry depend on maintaining a certain
infrastructure.
This may not be the right economic environment to expect sweeping
improvements,
but IMO we should all sing out when we notice the loss of existing
services.
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I couldn't agree more, but what we really need is an effective
lobbying force. Unfortunately the industry for the most part is a
collection of cottage businesses and have their hands full just
protecting their own intersts let alone ours. It's important that we
all come to realize that our interests are intertwined. Where is Boat
US in all this? THEY are supposed to be our lobbying force but seem
strangely silent on many issues. I haven't heard a peep out of them
regarding the dock building and manatee madness issues in SW FL, nor
have I seen any visability vis-a-vis the ICW dredging issue. We all
need to dig into our collective pockets and help to fund a group of
high powered lawyers who will sue the pants off any group that takes
an anti-boating stance of any kind (jet skis not included :-) ).

Sad but true.

y'all might want to think about this issue of motorized recreation when
it comes time to vote in the next election. Consider which candidates
want to ban snowmobiles, and roads, and SUVs, and outboard motors.

del cecchi

Consider which candidates
want to ban snowmobiles, and roads, and SUVs, and outboard motors.

del cecchi

Good idea. Which candidates have stated they want to ban all those things.
Maybe Nader? (Endorsed by the Greens)

To be fair, as I check one candidate's platform on the web I do see references
to
banning snowmobiles from the "most sensitive areas of Yellowstone and Grand
Teton national Parks." That may not be such a bad idea. Do we want to see snow
mobile tracks running across the top of Ol' Faithful?

That same candidate has a few pages of specific proposals to restore water
quality, and outboard motors aren't mentioned anywhere. There is a reference to
revitalizing waterfront and riverfront communities for greater public bnenfit
and the enhancement of commerce. One might
reasonably assume that would include dredging out some of the harbors currently
being neglected and filling with silt.