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Originally Posted by Bear Islander
Hazelnut - There were reams of information supporting the SL. Tourist complaints, lost business, deaths, noise, water quality reduction, camps unable to send out boats etc. You may not agree with these, but to say these arguments don't exist? come now! Many businesses INCLUDING MARINAS came out for the SL.
Your solution is increased education and Marine Patrol funding. Great ideas that are not going to happen. Better an imperfect solution that can be implemented, than a perfect solution that we will NEVER see.
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BI,
I know you have never wavered from your original position. I am trying to say we should hold our government to a higher standard. I refuse to accept an imperfect solution. If we roll over and let the government dole out imperfect solutions at every turn we'd be in some kind of mess... Wait I think we are in one aren't we.
I also refuse to accept that education and increased funding is outside the realm of possibility.
As for your reams of information it confirms my point of the law being based on emotion and feelings rather than facts. A central point in my argument against the law.
Tourist complaints - Opinions of tourists, not facts.
Lost Business - What proof did they offer, again not factual. Who lost business?
Water Quality - Again not a fact for a reason to have a Speed Limit. If they are trying to rid the lake of boats and blaming water quality on a minority population of boats I have a huge problem with how they are going about it.
Noise - Agreed, Enforcement needed, still no fact as to why we need a SL.
Deaths - We've all gone this route before. Lets agree to disagree. I still do not see how the SL would have prevented any death on this lake in the past 20 + years. A drunk boater isn't going to give a rats behind how fast they are traveling. Again increased enforcement of existing laws take care of this one.
Camps Unable to Send Boats - Not a fact, a choice. In fact the SL has still not addressed this problem. Plenty of uneducated captains disobeying existing 150 foot safe passage laws. Again we blame the minority population for the problem. I favor extra large camp zones on the water.
I never said these arguments don't exist. These arguments are not direct facts that lead one to believe that a Speed Limit is needed. The law does absolutely nothing to address any of the concerns directly. I know your stance and I understand where you are coming from. I just completely disagree with it. Take the problems you outlined and come up with individual solutions for each problem. The SL is not a magic bullet. All this law has done is target a minority population on the lake and blamed them for all that ails Winnipesaukee. It is so wrong. We have taken a giant leap backward.