Hey there list,
I have hesitated to to speak up on this kind of stuff
but have decided to go ahead and do so .
I am a lawyer and I live and work in DC. I don't
practice or go to the courthouse (to keep my sanity).
sometimes I am hesitant because lawyers often get a
bad rap and they often deserve it . The problem is
that if you went ot law school you tend to get lumped
in with the bad guys through guilt by association. I
worked my way through school doing something that I
love which is working on cars and racing them and I am
proud of the fact that I can chat about legal issues
with one group and gear ratios with another.
Nuff Said.
I think it is important to remember that
environmental groups throughout the country could
definitly screw up our summer with the right
motivation. With due cause and "impact study" could
close races down until proper evidence is gathered
that could lead to no conclusions at all. In the
meantime , the salt could be closed to everyone
waiting for some geologists to compile a series of
papers on the matter.
Although it is true that this might not be an imediate
danger, the forces against us are certainly not going
to let us know that they are in motion. They will
simply act . A simpathtic judge could ruin a summer
for sure .
Will something of this magnitude happen? I seriously
doubt it . Should you still prepare ? Sure .
Think of all of those who benefit from the races
economically and let tham know that this is a
possibility. That means organisations like The Utah
Tourism Board ( or whatever is applicable ), The Hotel
/Motel Assoc, the local Chamber of Commerce, etc--
whoever would stand to lose by the closing of the salt
to motor traffic.
Recently I saw 60 Minutes 2 and there was a story
about ranchers who were being put out of business
because environmentalist had forced the reintroduction
of the Grey Wolf into the territory close to thier
ranches ( Wow , that was an awful sentence). I am sure
that these rancher never saw it coming either. Not
until it was too late . Now they are just trying to
catch up.
My 2 cents still only cost 2 cents. That's what makes
me different.
George in DC
The Hemi Porsche Guy
"Mixing '50s technology with '70s inadequacy to ad my
name to the history books "
--- "\"LandSpeed\" Louise Ann Noeth"
<lanspeed@west.net> wrote:
> This is from the www.suwa.org site
>
> If they're AGAINST this bill, you'd better make your
> voices heard
> FOR it . . . let's hope this VERY well organized
> group never turns its focus
> on the salt.
>
>
> "LandSpeed" Louise Ann Noeth
>
> LandSpeed Productions
> Telling stories with words and pictures
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> H.R. 3605 (The San Rafael Not-So-Swell Bill)
> continues to move through the
> House of Representatives, so we remain on RED ALERT
> status.
>
> Please call before Thursday if your Representative
> is listed in item (1)
> below. Now is a great time to become more active.
>
> * If your Representative is one of the
> subcommittee members listed in
> item (1) below, please make that call, and then
> double your
> effectiveness by getting friend to call also.
>
> * If your Representative is not listed in item
> (1), see item (3).
> (You'll also get a chance to call your
> representative later, as the
> bill moves to the full committee and then the
> House floor.)
>
>
> (1) What To Do
> (2) Background on H.R. 3605
> (3) Letters Needed on Wide Hollow Reservoir
>
>
> (1) What To Do
>
> The Representatives we need to contact are the
> members of the House National
> Parks and Public Lands Subcommittee:
>
> Republicans
>
> 1. Mr. James Hansen, UT-01, Chair
> 2. Mr. Elton Gallegly, CA-23
> 3. Mr. John Duncan, TN-02
> 4. Mr. Joel Hefley, CO-05
> 5. Mr. Richard Pombo, CA-11
> 6. Mrs. Barbara Cubin, WY-At Large
> 7. Mr. George Radanovich, CA-19
> 8. Mr. Walter Jones, NC-03
> 9. Mr. Chris Cannon, UT-03
> 10. Mr. Rick Hill, MT-At Large
> 11. Mr. Jim Gibbons, NV-02
> 12. Mr. Mark Souder, IN-04
> 13. Mr. Don Sherwood, PA-10
>
>
> Democrats
>
> 1. Mr. Carlos Romero-Barcelo, Puerto Rico, RM
> 2. Mr. Nick Joe Rahall, WV-03
> 3. Mr. Bruce Vento, MN-04
> 4. Mr. Dale Kildee, MI-09
> 5. Mrs. Donna Christian-Christensen, Virgin
> Islands
> 6. Mr. Ron Kind, WI-03
> 7. Mr. Jay Inslee, WA-01
> 8. Mr. Tom Udall, NM-03
> 9. Mr. Mark Udall, CO-02
> 10. Mr. Joseph Crowley, NY-07
> 11. Mr. Rush Holt, NJ-12
>
> (If you're not sure who your Representative is, you
> can type in your ZIP
> code at http://www.congress.org/ and find out. But
> please DON'T rely on the
> "send message" option at that site. E-mail messages
> to Congress carry
> almost no weight -- letters and phone calls are the
> effective way to reach
> them.)
>
> If you think your member of Congress doesn't listen
> to you on
> environmental issues, call them anyway. We want
> even the bad guys to know
> just how hard we're going to fight this thing. We
> also want them to know
> just how much support there is for designating
> wilderness.
>
> REMEMBER: The only hope we have of stopping this
> bill is if members of
> Congress hear opposition from large numbers of their
> constituents -- this
> means you!
>
> Since the Subcommittee mark-up session is this
> Thursday (March 23,
> 2000), we need everyone to phone their
> representative -- letters won't
> get there in time, and e-mail is not an effective
> way to influence
> Congress.
>
> To phone your Representative:
>
> (i) Call the Capitol switchboard at (202)
> 224-3121.
>
> (ii) Ask for Representative YYYY's office.
>
> (iii) When you reach the receptionist at the
> office, ask to speak
> with the aide who deals with environmental
> issues. (If that aide is
> not available, you can leave a detailed message
> with the
> receptionist.)
>
> (iv) Tell the aide that you are a constituent
> (mention the town
> you're from), and ask them to oppose H.R.
> 3605/S. 2048, because
> (1)
> it fails to designate any wilderness at all, (2)
> it leaves the wild
> San Rafael Swell region open to continued
> destruction by off-road
> vehicles, and (3) it lops off and leaves out
> important wilderness
> units in the San Rafael Swell. Urge the
> Representative to attend the
> mark-up session on Thursday.
>
> If you learn anything interesting during your call
> (whether they have
> received other calls on the issue, whether they seem
> interested, etc.),
> let us know at AlertList@suwa.org .
>
>
> (2) Background
>
> On Thursday of this week, the House National Park
> and Public Lands
> Subcommittee, chaired by our very own Rep. James
> Hansen (R-UT), will amend
> and report a piece of legislation in a process
> called "mark-up." That bill
> is H.R. 3605, "To Establish the San Rafael Western
> Legacy District," and
> H.R. 3605 is as anti-wilderness as it gets.
>
> H.R. 3605 takes your public lands, lands in the San
> Rafael Swell
> administered on our behalf by the Bureau of Land
> Management, and makes them
> a county recreation area almost exclusively for the
> benefit of noisy,
> destructive off-road vehicle use. Off-road vehicles
> are the Number 1 threat
> to the integrity of the San Rafael Swell's key
> geologic and biologic values.
>
> Not only does H.R. 3605 make a mockery of land
> protection, but it gives to
> Emery County up to $10 million of your tax dollars
> to promote the very kind
> of destructive activities that ought to be prevented
> by
> Congress.
>
> Emery County wholeheartedly supports this
> legislation. And why not?
> H.R. 3605 establishes a local advisory board,
> ironically called a
> "Legacy Council," that the Secretary of Interior is
> required to consult
> in preparing a plan for how the land is to be
> managed. In other words,
> the bill essentially transfers control of our public
> land - land that
> you and I own - to local folks who have been the
> most vitriolic in their
> opposition to protecting wilderness.
>
> What's good about this bill?
>
>
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