I think it speaks volumes about political clout when I hear on the radio this AM that the sprinkler repeal bill is the FIRST piece of legislation to hit the governor's desk. Looking at all the concerns the legislature should address and discuss: Our Budget, Marcellus Shale taxes, our budget, education cuts.... REPEALING SPRINKLERS is the top dog in their scheduling priorities.
Technical merit, affordability, firefighter safety, and safe homes to start cutting the number of fire deaths all take a back seat to the PBA's desire to keep their builders profitable through political clout and campaign contributions. The amount of propaganda out there would have been humorous if so many lives weren't at stake. On a Monday, the House voted 154-39, the next night 7 kids died in a fire 28 miles away. Wed AM a fire in Bucks County went unnoticed, since it was sprinklered and they spent the night in their house- minimal damage. Undeterred by these two illustrations of home fires with and without sprinklers, the Senate added a requirement that future code changes will need to have a 2/3 majority of the Review and Advisory Committee. The bill now awaits the governor's signature, he's already pledged to sign it. The legislature hands the building code over to a group a Commonwealth Court judge felt compelled to describe as "disingenuous" after they denied the PBA in their second court case. glc _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
