No word on cosponsors yet. It is likely to change drastically before it gets to a vote (if it gets to a vote). This is just one of many crazy bills since 9/11 (from both sides of the aisles) that looks to treat photographers as terrorists.
On 2/26/11 6:46 PM, "frank theriault" <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Elizabeth Masoner ><lizmaso...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> Yeah, they really are trying to pass this garbage. >> >> >>http://photography.about.com/b/2011/02/25/bill-introduced-in-florida-sena >>te >> -would-make-farm-photography-a-felony.htm > >Are "they" trying to do this, or is this just one guy? In Canada we >have government bills and private member bills. Private member bills >are tabled by an individual legislator, the other legislators don't >have to vote along party lines (in other words it's a "free vote") and >if the bill doesn't pass, that's the end of it. No repercussions to >the government (ie: the party in power). Some 90% of private member >bills don't pass because they're usually unimportant pieces of crap >that only concern a few squeaky wheels in the sponsoring member's >constituency. > >Why am I meandering on about all this? > >Because it's my guess that unless things are wildly different in >Florida, this bill will never be passed and will die a quiet death on >the floor of the legislature. OTOH, it ~is~ Florida, home of Anita >Bryant and hanging chads, the place where Gee Dubya won the >presidency, so who knows? > >Seriously, my guess is that we need not get our shorts in a knot over >this. Even if it passes, it's doubtful it will survive it's first >constitutional challenge in the courts. > >I'll sleep easy tonight... > >;-) > >cheers, >frank >-- >"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
