Not only should you contact the people Charmaine mentions below... you should, you floridians.. and that inclues those who use st brendans isle as a mail drop and all that...
This url is a way to find your state legislatures.. do not just email them.. call thier office... letl them know that IF they vote this Pilot program in you will actively stump for micky mouse if that is who thier opponent is.. Let them know that as a fla voter you opposed this change in the law. and especially the pilot program.. Write the governor and complain... and complain again and again and loudly.. and remind them you are a VOTER AND YOU VOTE.. http://www.flsenate.gov/Legislators/index.cfm?Mode=Find%20Your%20Legislators&Submenu=3&Tab=Legislators&CFID=127627211&CFTOKEN=83529879 Another voice we could utilize to our benefit, Charmaine is the Florida Board of Tourism. If they thought we would be losing tourists dollars.. and all that.. what has boat us and the boating council that lives down in the fort lauderdale.miami area have to say.. and what exactly are they doing... ??? hugs and let me know if I can do anything further.. Charmaine, perhaps you might consider that drive to Tallahassee to speak to the legislature itself... directly to them.. just a though.. who better to sic on them then you .. 'bella On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Charmaine <[email protected]>wrote: > '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] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- It's not about the boat it's sails or rigging. 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