Crow is best served boiled................ Perhaps I was too hasty in my
attack of the MVPA. Mr. Doyle is correct. The MVPA does not "owe"
anything to this list, but we are a list of vast membership. They would be
well-suited to listen up!
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
To: <m151a2@uswest.net>; <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] WHERE IS THE MVPA?
> As I posted some time ago....I spoke with Lee Holland about the current
round
> of proposed legislation personally.
> He, as always, was very gracious.
> He told me that there would be a posting to the MVPA website about this,
and
> there was.
> What members of the board, or MVPA employees may subscribe to this list, I
do
> not know. However, since the MVPA neither owns or controls this list, I
do
> feel that the current policy of using MVPA's own venues of website and
> publications to communicate is correct, rather than this public forum. I
do
> not notice a column from the MVPA in Military Vehicles Magazine, Wheels
and
> Tracks, or either of the two new hobbyist magazines, and to me, this is no
> different in that regard.
> The reason I feel this way is....
> Even though I am low on the totem pole with the local chapter, it is
amazing
> how my personal opinion about something can be misconstrued by some,
> intentionally or not, as the "official position" of my office. I can only
> imagine how much this would be magnified in the case of a national
officer.
> I have not heard of any MVPA member who has contacted Lee Holland about
this
> who has not gotten a response. And for what its worth he doesn't know me
> from Adam's off ox.
> Put on to the point of my response....as you may recall, the last time
this
> type thing reared its head, it was removed in joint committee, not at full
> vote. I in no way wish to diminish the potential threat this poses to our
> hobby, and certainly we should continue the pressure on congress, although
I
> suspect that MVPA's lobbyist are leaning on those committee members,
rather
> than trying to sway the entire House/Senate, it would seem that would be
the
> only economical way for the club to approach this, and let individual
members
> lean on their various Senators/Congressmen.
>
> Also, I am not a student of government, but since this is attached to an
> appropriations bill, could this not also be subject to line item veto by
> President Bush under the Line Item Veto Act? Perhaps another round of
letter
> writing is in order.
>
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