I heard the lake called a cowboy lake 25 years ago when there were no GF boats!
The speed limit law is a feel good law, nothing more. Most lawmakers who enacted it probably never use the lake.
Alcohol not speed is the cause of the serious accidents. There is a law against drunk boating. It hasn't stopped these accidents.
There is already a decibel law to take care of the noise. It has nothing to do with speed. A boat can be legal and still fast.
We already have a reasonable and prudent law. If enforced, that is all that is necessary to control speed.
Frequent abuse of the 150' law is far more dangerous than fast boats.
As someone else said, we should ALL be able to use the lake. It does seem some would love to have nothing but kayaks and canoes on the lake. I don't hear the GF boat lovers saying they think kayaks and canoes should be banned, I don't know why the kayakers feel the GF boats should be banned. No boat type should be restricted on the lake.
Our state is the "Live Free or Die" state, why are we so quick to give away all our freedoms?
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