So far AOPA has told me that they can not help. I have not heard from EAA yet.
Anyone here have any pull with either AOPA or EAA? ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "R. Eason Sr." <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected], KRnet <[email protected]> List-Post: [email protected] Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:52:02 -0700 >This type of thing threatens us all if they get their way. Other like minded >City governing groups will use it as an example case to do the same thing. I >hope the EAA and AOPA gets into the battle. > >Ronald R. Eason Sr. >Pres. & CEO, KCMO Office >J.R.L. Engineering Consortium Ltd. >816-468-4091, Kansas City, MO. >Web Page: www.jrl-engineering.com > > >---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- >From: "Brian Kraut" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: KRnet <[email protected]> >Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:40:49 -0400 > >I am glad that it concerns you. It should concern all of us. This new >ordinance is known by me and most likely also our city council as "The Brian >Kraut Can No Longer Build Planes at His House Bill". Surprising to see that >it has made it out to the entire aviation community already and I am hearing >it here because, you guessed it, I am the EAA 193 chapter member that made >this startling announcement, I am the thorn in the side of the Jacksonville >City Council that they wrote this for, and I am the first one to have >received a citation on this new law. > >I won't go into all of the gory details right now because I had planned on >making a web site that will include the new law, how it got passed without >anyone in the aviation community knowing about it, what all of the >implications are, and what we can do about it. A lot of you who have known >me for a while have alreay heard my stories of the battles I have had with >our city over the past year and a half. I have been warned and ticketed >about eight times and I have won this battle in court three times already. >I have spent about three thousand dollars so far defending my rights and the >rights of other homebuilders and I thought it was finally over. Now that >the city has exhausted all of their efforts unsuccessfully trying to stretch >their existing laws and spending thousands of dollars of taxpayers money >they have apparently decided to just rewrite the laws to get me. I will not >stand for it and they will not win this. > >This law sets a very bad precedent and it must be squashed now. The three >lawyers I have spoken to so far are estimating that it will take from five >to ten thousand dollars to get this done. I have already spoken to the >governent relations people at both EAA and AOPA. They are curretly >reviewing this to see if it is something that will be able to help me with. >I will keep all of you posted. I expect to have the web site up in a few >days and will post the address ad would certainly appreciate all of you >spreading the word. > >I really did not plan on taking up a bunch of bandwith, but this issue has >me pretty fired up. I will try to keep my comments and rants on the web >site as soon as I have it up. > >Brian Kraut >Engineering Alternatives, Inc. >www.engalt.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of >Scott William >Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2006 4:27 PM >To: KRnet >Subject: KR> Anti-Aviation bill in Jacksonville, Fl > > >Things like this concern me: > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rec.aviation.homebuilt/browse_thread/thread/6 >88f409b9c514e53/25ddcbef1957bb52#25ddcbef1957bb52 > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________ >Sent via the WebMail system at jrl-engineering.com > > > > > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at mail.engalt.com
