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Karl Baba
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Yosemite, Ca
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So check this out dirtbags. (reposted outtake from RC.com thread)
"Not having the pass is a criminal offence, punishable by up to 6 months in jail and a fine of $5,000. Early interpretations of the legislation indicate that it be applied to whole sections of public land--not just cars in parking areas.
Repeals the "golden" series of senior passes.
The new fee program extends the "Demo" for ten years, and expands it to include lands managed by five federal agencies--not just the forest service."
Ouch
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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I have a bunch of emails that Jon Orlando (use to be Access Fund now helping drive NO AZ Fees [http://www.aznofee.org/]); sent out to the mailing list. They are quite long but have a ton of back ground information on this very subject. Would people prefer I forward them the emails (on their request) or should make a post that might actually beat out Karl (for the longest post ever)?
The information is mostly geared towards the Red Rocks Pass which is part of the "fee demo".
EDIT: looks like aznofee.org just updated their site. They have a ton of info so I probably won't need to past. Please go to the site and do some reading.
Join the mailing list. Though it is specific to AZ in many ways, the emails you receive will help keep you up to date.
Thanks everyone!
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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This just in my mailbox...
Doug- Hope all is well. The deal with Fee Demo is that Ralph Regula finally got his way. HR3283 passed as a rider on The Omnibus Appropriations bill at the 11th hour. 3283 is a despicable bill and will effect the way we interact with every acre of public land. As it stands, unless it is repealed it will go into effect when fee demo sunsets in early January 2006. The deal with S1107 is that it had only passed through the Senate and not the House so it was not final. Because 3283 was tacked onto the appropriations bill as a rider however, it did not need the approval of the full house and full senate. It is the sneekiest and least democratic way to pass a bill. The good news is that it has stirred quite a firestorm of opposition. There have been tons of articles and editorials slamming the whole thing and many a western representative has voiced their outrage at how their constinuents are getting screwed over by some guy from Ohio with no public lands in his district. As for the no fee movement, it is far from over. In fact, the opposition has surged and the movement to repeal the piece of crap legislation is afoot. Hope that helps. As for wondering why we bother, I admit, I sometimes do as well. Then i realize I simply cannot accept the injustice of these greedy bastards, and somewhere deep inside I have hope for us all. Cheers- jono
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Mountain Man
Trad climber
Outer space
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Ed's link worked like a charm, even looked up my 9 digit zip code. Found my rep and I wrote him a persuasive missive. I hope everyone is doing this. Thanks to all getting the information out.
Is there a similar link for Senators?
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