Could kill our hobby in an instant??

[trippkid]

Check this thread out fellow reefers, I think letting this get through will kill our hobby, I could be wrong, I sure hope so.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1611822
I wish we could do like a whole forum(s) petition or something.
Matt

 

[Jandree22]

I'm not too concerned. This country has bigger fish to fry than a Guam rep's cocka-maney proposal that would create lots of overhead and wide unforeseen implications.

Thanks for the heads up, though

 

[reeftard73]

Lots of overhead...hmmmmm....that's job creation in a stale economy. I wouldn't be too fast to push this aside.

 

[trippkid]

Yeah, me either Darin, just ask all the people trying to buy mini bikes for their kids today. With the "no lead child law"(I don't know what it is called), mini bike/small 4-wheelers, basically anything with a gas engine for kids, sales are illegal to anyone under 12 I think it is, it may be older, effectively shut down that whole part of the industry overnight with the sign of a pen, just go check out your local bike dealer, I'm sure they have a big inventory of stuff they can't sell because of this. Everything is usually done with good intentions, but they tend to go overboard a lot and no room for exceptions, which is how this would shape up, I am sure.
Matt

 

[Jandree22]

I sent an email to WGAL-8 to see if they'll bite... included a link to TFP's latest blog entry on the subject. Can't hurt.

 

[trippkid]

Thanks Joel, I sent e-mails to my Reps and made phone calls too.
Have a good one, hope to see you at the next meeting.
Matt

 

[Jandree22]

Hope to be there

 

[Jandree22]

Updates I found... encouraging.

http://saltwaterfish.typepad.com/re...nnative-wildlife-invasion-prevention-act.html

http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-news/2009/04/23/hr669-after-the-hearing.aspx