As usual from you Paul, a very persuasive letter.
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>Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 20:46:23 -0500
>From: "Paul Trusten" <[email protected]>
>Subject: [USMA:45176] USMA letter to AZ Governor Brewer
>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
>Cc: "Elizabeth Gentry" <[email protected]>
>
> The Honorable Jan Brewer
> Governor of Arizona
> 1700 West Washington
> Phoenix, AZ 85007
>
> Dear Governor Brewer,
>
> Thank you for reaching the decision to postpone
> action on replacing the signs along a section of
> Interstate Highway 19 that currently display units
> of the metric system of measurement.
>
> If you decide to maintain the metric signs
> permanently, such a move would be in agreement with
> Congress, which has the power to fix the standard of
> weights and measures for the Nation. In 1988,
> Congress passed the Omnibus Trade and
> Competitiveness Act, declaring that the metric
> system is the "preferred system of measurement" for
> U.S. trade and commerce. Apparently, it is also the
> measurement system of choice for some I-19
> Arizona merchants, who would be adversely affected
> in trade and commerce if they had to revise their
> 29-year-old marketing practices to accommodate a
> possible step backward from metric.
>
> Despite Congressional urgings, the U.S. remains the
> only major nation without a plan to change over to
> the simple, decimal metric system as the country's
> single,everyday measurement standard. This makes the
> State of Arizona a leader in its efforts along I-19.
> I urge you to continue pointing the way to a better
> infrastructure for America.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
> Public Relations Director
> U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
> www.metric.org
> 3609 Caldera Blvd. Apt. 122
> Midland, Texas 79707-2872 US
> +1(432)528-7724
> [email protected]
