'bella, all... The Florida FWC is not listening to us. In fact, they have found a way to get around Statute 327.60 and take away the rights of non-liveaboards to anchor outside a mooring field. I followed each draft through the entire process. On the ruse of ridding FL of derelict boats (which they blame on liveaboards but was and is due to FL not enacting laws to make boats w/out motors register. You look for the owner and you can't find the person. New law will require all boats 14 ft. and over register with the State of FL. This will take care of the derelict boat problem of Florida. Liveaboard boats are not protected by Statute 327.60 from being subjected to local ordinances. Only non-liveaboards (cruisers). But the 13th hour addition of the "Pilot Program" (added after all public comment was over and never put up for comment) shows me that a few powerful people on land have flexed their muscles and told the FWC not to worry about changing s. 327.60 (people raised Cain when they tried to change it). Instead, they waited til all was said and done and over... with s. 327.60 intact, ready to be submitted to the FL Leg., and added an avenue that is EXEMPT from s. 327.60 I broke this story on February 18th. No one was talking about it or writing about it. I thought maybe I was seeing things. Then I realized the word had to get out and fast...the FL Leg. will convene March and April. Please read my article at Claiborne Young's site and please comment on it. The comments will be read by those who need to see it. Also, please contact [email protected] to voice your outrage. The NMMA was very instrumental in the Marco Island case victory for boaters. I truly now believe the Sarasota case and their media announcement last month they would be enacting a 72-hour anchoring ordinance was a ruse to instill false security that s. 327.60 is protecting us. While we raise our fists in victory, they are snatching that victory and our rights to anchor while we dance. The proposed Pilot Program is outrageously unbelievable. Done without due process. At myfwc.com is a little blurb that says, "due to pressure from homeowners and others" a Commission saw the need for the Pilot Program. Why didn't the homeowners and owners get their butts over to the site and go through all the proposed legislation, comment, wait for revisions, start all over again...like everybody else! So without due process they go to the front of the line and totally ignore what the public had made clear they want. Unreal! I've been working very hard to get the word out and appreciate your efforts to do the same. Please read my article - Anchoring Rights in Jeopardy: Florida's Pilot Program by Charmaine Smith Ladd http://www.cruisersnet.net/western_florida/anchoring_rights/ Message: 1 Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:56:26 -0500 From: "'bella" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Livaboard Anchoring To: [email protected] Message-ID: Lee, here is a url to the actual current 'brief' filed publically for the issue.. it proves the FWC is listening to us.. http://myfwc.com/boating/Docs/VesselManagementBrief.pdf _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected]
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