I certainly understand Wilson's inferred complaint that government isn't
responsive to the wishes of the people. If we look at the election results
over the past few years, and how the incumbent candidates/parties have
suffered defeat after defeat, it would seem that "reform is at hand."
However, the same special interest groups donate huge amounts of cash to
PAC's, the candidates' campaigns and the political parties. Their money
drives TV ads, direct mailings (I'm getting 3 or 4 pieces every day now) and
telephone banks, and it is the rare election where the candidate that spends
the most money doesn't win.
IMO, none of this will come to pass until we have campaign financing reforms
and term limits. The political machines have shown, time after time, that
they're not willing to make these serious changes - they are the people in
power and they like it that way!
Be thankful we have some limited pre-emption of the ability of local
government to totally ban amateur radio towers, or that would be the state
of things except in rural America.
Time will tell whether or not this is the case in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
73,
Mickey N4MB
On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Richard Solomon <w1ksz@q.com> wrote:
> And here, all these years, I thought most of those regulations came
> about as the result of someone trying to cut corners and produce an
> inferior product.
> "One-Nail Noonan" always comes to mind. Does anyone remember the
> Vandenberg Shuttle Facility debacle ??
>
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of David Gilbert
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 11:01 AM
> To: Wilson Lamb
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Permitting
>
>
>
>
> Guess you skipped your high school civics and economics classes.
>
> Sorry to have to tell you this, but virtually all of those regulations
> and codes you mention in your tirade were not the direct result of any
> elected politician. They instead originate from mostly independent
> entities, many of them commercial, whose job it is to come up with rules
> and guidelines to minimize liability issues and insurance exposure.
> Cities are chartered to protect their citizens and if they do that
> poorly or negligently they can be held accountable in court. Insurance
> companies don't want people building unsafe or unreliable homes because
> they don't want to be paying out unnecessary claims.
>
> Do all of those restrictions make sense? Probably not ... private
> bureaucracies are just as onerous (well, almost) as government
> bureaucracies ... but I'll bet knowledgeable people could link every one
> of those restrictions ultimately to either a perceived liability or cost
> issue.
>
> 73,
> Dave AB7E
>
>
>
> On 9/25/2010 7:57 AM, Wilson Lamb wrote:
> > We need to direct our energy to electing and leaning on politicians
> instead
> > of talking abut how hard it is to get permits. As long as we elect
> people
> > who are dedicated to meddling in our lives, we will have these problems,
> and
> > many others!
> >
> > When I built my house, for me to live in, I was told how many electrical
> > outlets I had to have and how they had to be spaced along the wall! I
> was
> > also told how much Romex had to be left hanging out of the boxes before
> the
> > receptacles were installed! Of course there were MANY similar
> requirements.
> >
> > If your tower cannot fall on anyone else's property or on a power line,
> it
> > should not be abyone else's concern! If everyone keeps rolling over for
> > these people, we will eventually be paralyzed completely.
> >
> > As long as there are hundreds of people hired to write codes, they will
> > continue to make them more restrictive. What else can they do to justify
> > their existence? And as long as the codes are there, thousands more
> people
> > will be hired to enforce them and those people will bother us. What else
> > can they do to justify their salaries?
> >
> > We need a basic safety code, because many do it yourselfers are clueless
> and
> > many contractors are without conscience, but it should be basic and no
> more.
> >
> > And don't depend on codes, even though they are now many hundreds of
> pages
> > long, so long that there are architects who do little but consult on
> meeting
> > them. Look what they get us...poison drywall and my friends furnace
> vented
> > into his ducts and his family's fingernails all turned blue from carbon
> > monoxide!
> >
> > OK, my rant is finished, although much abbreviated.
> >
> > 73,
> > Wilson
> > W4BOH
> >
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I will learn.” Teton Lakota, American Indian Saying.
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