[Rhodes22-list] FW: Free sailing

[Leland]

Previous post compliments of:

Alice
1990 Beats Prozac
Kent Is, MD

Thanks Alice!


Leland wrote:
> 
> Don't know if I can forward an email to the list.  I lost the links when
> I tried to copy and paste.
> 
>  
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> From: AMICW5 at MSN.COM [mailto:AMICW5 at MSN.COM] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 8:09 PM
> To: KUHN, LELAND
> Subject: Free sailing
> 
>  
> 
> Lee, don't know if you were contacted regarding a bill to "tax" boat
> owners once again. Can you get this onto the list??
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> November 28, 2007
> 
> 
> Dear BoatUS Member, 
> 
> Your voice counts! And we need it to make sure the Recreational Boating
> Act of 2007 is passed quickly. Without this federal legislation you will
> need to apply and pay for a discharge permit to legally operate each of
> your boats, starting September 30, 2008.
> 
> Please take a few minutes and contact your one Representative and two
> Senators, even if you have already done so. We need them to support and
> co-sponsor "The Recreational Boating Act of 2007" (House Bill #2550 and
> Senate Bill #2067). 
> 
> Because one of your Senators is on the Environment and Public Works
> Committee, which can move or stall the Senate Bill, it is especially
> important that you act now. 
> 
> BoatUS has been working with other boating groups to pass this
> legislation which will eliminate (for recreational boats only) the new
> court-imposed EPA permit. We know that boating depends on clean water
> and healthy natural resources. However, a boat permit will not create a
> tangible environmental benefit, and it will be another inconvenience and
> tax for you. 
> 
> It is important to note that all current environmental restrictions on
> the overboard discharge of oil, fuel, garbage, and sewage still stand,
> and will not be altered by this legislation. 
> 
> Help boating by contacting your Representative and Senators: 
> 
> *	Ask that they co-sponsor and support House Bill #2550 and Senate
> Bill #2067 which reinstate the common sense discharge permit exemption
> for recreational boats. 
> 
>  
> 
> *	Help them understand the looming permit deadline of 9/30/08. 
> 
>  
> 
> *	If one of your Members of Congress is co-sponsoring the bill,
> please say thanks! 
> 
> 
> 
> Click here to see co-sponsors for the House Bill
> <http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=1128E:3A09F>  
> 
> The 10 co-sponsors on the Senate Bill are: Martinez (FL), Bunning (KY),
> Chambliss (GA), Dole and Burr (NC), Isakson (GA), Sessions (AL), Cornyn
> and Hutchison (TX), and Lott (MS). 
> 
> 
> Click here to email your Representative
> <http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=11292:3A09F>  Use your 9
> digit zip code: 22304-5466 
> 
> Click here to email or call your Senators
> <http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=1128D:3A09F>  
> 
> Click here to read the House bill text
> <http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=1128F:3A09F> 
> 
> Click here to read the Senate bill text
> <http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=11290:3A09F> 
> 
> 
> 
> For background information: 
> 
> www.boatus.com/gov/fed_alert.asp
> <http://smtp.boatus.net/t?r=3&c=2576&l=268&ctl=11291:3A09F>  
> 
> Click Here
> <http://smtpbulk.boatus.net/bin/ftaf?id=E4D29A694E864146FF1D8922E8070BFC
>>  to pass this email on to boating and fishing friends, clubs, and
> marinas. 
> 
> 
> Thanks for adding your voice to this critical boating issue. 
> 
> Margaret Podlich
> Vice President, Government Affairs
> BoatUS 
> GovtAffairs at BoatUS.com 
> 703-461-2878 x8363 
> 
> P.S. We know that we are asking you to take several steps to email your
> Members of Congress, and we hope that you'll persevere through it. Santa
> has promised us new grassroots software that will make articulating and
> contacting your Representatives and Senators easier in the New Year! 
> 
> ***** 
> 
> PLEASE NOTE: This email was sent to AMICW5 at MSN.COM. If you prefer not to
> receive information such as this in the future, click here
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> 
> (c) 2007 Boat Owners Association of The United States
> 880 S. Pickett St.
> Alexandria, VA 22304
> 
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