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Originally Posted by Lakegeezer
There was no massive outcry by a majority .....Slanted polls .... You can buy a laws.
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This is a "slanted poll" question?
"Do you favor or oppose a state law placing a 45 miles per hour daytime
and 25 miles per hour nighttime speed limit on boats operating on New
Hampshire lakes?"
How so?
And this lopsided response (7 to 1) is not "a massive outcry by a majority"?
63% - Favor
9% - Oppose
Give me a break!
Whose trying to "buy a law" here? NH's lakes are not owned by just "boaters" or just GFBL dealerships...they are owned by
NH's citizens. This poll surveyed NH citizens.
Seems to me that when those citizens demand a law in such overwhelming numbers, yet some Senators, like Letoruneau, Boyce and Clegg (who have taken campaign contributions from the Marine Trades Association and the GFBL marinas) ignore those demands and side with the contributors against the mandate of those who elected them, then it is the
contributors who are "buying". No? Or don't you believe in democracy?
But regardless, whether HB162 passes or not, the tide has finally turned in NH. The citizens will ultimately get what they want on their lakes, and those who insist on driving their boats really fast will have to trailer over to Champlian or to the coast....until the citizens there get fed up too. In the end, Lake Winnipesaukee will be a safe place to boat again, whether through HB162, or the next version that can be submitted as early as next September.