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From: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 20:43:02 -0400
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> Subject:        "Florez collides with classic car buffs over bill to tag
>them with emission rules" / Political Pulse / April 11, 2003               
> Date:        Mon, 14 Apr 2003 20:23:17 -0700                 From:       
>"CAPP/Charlie Peters" <>                 Organization:        Clean Air
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>     "Florez   has also  run into some powerful media opposition in the
>former of Tonight Show host  Jay Leno, a classic car enthusiast with a
>sizable collection. 'This bill  is so bizarre. These are hobby cars, not
>day-to-day cars. This bill will only  serve to put an industry out of
>business,' Leno said." http://www.politicalpulse.com/FeaturedStory.htm From
>the April 11 issue of   Political  Pulse  Florez  collides with classic car
>buffs 
> over bill to tag them with emission  rules By  Roberta Barth 
> Despite  heavy opposition from classic car owners and businesses, state
>Sen. Dean  Florez  is pushing ahead with legislation that would require
>owners of all  older cards to meet the states emission standards.  Current
> law exempts pre-1974 vehicles because they were not originally equipped
>with  smog control devices. The  Florez  bill, SB 708, is scheduled to be
>heard April 29 by the Senate  Transportation Committee where Florez,
>D-Shafter, is a committee member.   Opponents  have deluged the senator
>with telephone calls, emails and letters, urging him to  withdraw the
>measure. Political cartoons depicting Florez in his SUV  chasing classic
>cars out of the state are circulating via emails, public forums,  and web
>sites. Manufacturing and repair shops have posted them on walls. Some of 
>Florezs constituents are talking about recalling him, or supporting a 
>rival in the next election. Florez   says he  wont capitulate. "I fail  to
>understand the hysteria and opposition," he said. "Dont they want clean
>air?  Its only fair that old cars should have to meet the same clean air
>standards  that the rest of us have to meet. They can retrofit their cars
>with smog  devices." Those  are fighting words to business owners providing
>services or goods for the  classic car industry.  Bob  Hill , owner  of the
>Fresno-based Sassy Classics dealership, said: "Retrofit wont work  because
>compression must be lowered, cam timing modified, and spark control 
>reduced. These modifications will seriously degrade (a classic car) to the
>point  of making like its powered by a lawnmower. It will also destroy the
>resale  value of these vehicles." SB 708  is part of a nine-bill package
>Florez has authored in a broad effort to  clean up the air in the San
>Joaquin Valley, the nations unhealthiest air basin  according to the
>California Air Resources Board. In January, Senate President  Pro Tem John
>Burton created the Senate Select Committee on Air Quality in  the Central
>Valley and appointed Florez chair. The  federal government has threatened
>to cut off $2 billion in road construction  funding if regional officials
>dont reduce smog by 2005. But  Florez  approach to the problem of older
>cars gets little support from  CARB spokesman Jerry Martin. "Unfortunately,
>its an old urban legend  that 10 percent of old cars make 50 percent of
>the pollution. The thing is, yes,  those old cars were polluters, but now
>they are just hobby projects. Theyre not  on the road commuting to work,"
>Martin said. Florez   has also  run into some powerful media opposition in
>the former of Tonight Show host  Jay Leno, a classic car enthusiast with a
>sizable collection. "This bill  is so bizarre. These are hobby cars, not
>day-to-day cars. This bill will only  serve to put an industry out of
>business," Leno said. The  aftermarket industry for classic cars accounts
>for $30 billion annually,  according to the Specialty Equipment Market
>Association, a trade organization  that represents manufacturers,
>distributors, retailers, publishing companies,  and auto restorers. "This
>is  a big industry nationwide with California as its biggest market," said
>Arlene  Wood , SEMA spokesperson. "Why would California legislators want to
>kill the  goose that lays the golden egg?" Dave  Bryan ,  president of the
>Los Angeles-based Association of California Car Clubs which  represents
>9,500 members, said he would oppose an exemption for cars driven less  than
>12,000 miles a year, "because once you open the door for these guys, then 
>theyll keep coming back and lowering the number." The association plans to
> gather at the Capitol on April 22 to raise public awareness.    If you
>have questions, call us at (916) 446-2048, write us at Political  Pulse,
>926 J Street, Suite 1214, Sacramento, CA 95814, or email us at  
>answers@politicalpulse.com  .   CAPP  contact: Charlie Peters / (510)
>537-1796 /  cappcharlie@earthlink.net      
John T. Blair  WA4OHZ          email:  jblair@exis.net
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