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Originally Posted by Kracken
"...When you take the rights and liberties away from one group it diminishes us all..."
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One of Our Founders, Ben Franklin, referred to "essential" liberties in his famous quote.
Your "right" to endanger others with speed is not an "essential" liberty.
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Originally Posted by Kracken
"...I was not the target of this law…this time. But what is next...Cruisers, bass boats, ski-boats, PWC...????"
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When a cruiser's wake is caught on a webcam overturning kids in a canoe...and several drown...?
Do you
deny that a headline—past or present—has NOT driven our lawmakers?
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Originally Posted by Kracken
"...How about this one...The lake belongs to us all. What happens if the next issue addressed in Concord is access to the lake? The majority of people in this state don’t own waterfront property. This isn’t fair to people who don’t own property. If everybody has equal rights to the lake why should they be limited to just the public beaches? Why can’t everyone enjoy the entire lake and all of the lake’s shoreline? What if the next legislation makes all shorefront public property?
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An unlikely scenario: Concord is using shoreline owners' "redistributed wealth" to support the operations of the entire state.