[InHam] Re: InHam digest, Vol 4 #38 - 5 msgs

Sat, 5 Apr 2003 13:11:01 -0500

It is reaily bad when a great hobby gets mired in politics.

Howard Twining, N9LBU

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>    1. SB109: Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception ([email protected])
>    2. Re: SB109: Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception (Larry Goodrich)
>    3. Re: SB109: Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception (Paul L. Schmidt)
>    4. Re: SB109: Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception ([email protected])
>    5. Re: SB109: Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception (James S. Sellers)
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> Message: 1
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 14:10:56 +0000
> Subject: [InHam] SB109: Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception
>
> Here's the headline from Friday's Indianapolis Star:
>
> =====
>
> Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception
>
> Ham radio operator ordered to leave the Statehouse; Bauer kills bill man
> supported.
>
> =====
>
> You can see the entire article
> at:http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/4/033621-3234-009.html
>
> I know a lot of Indiana hams who worked to get this bill passed and who
> contacted their legislators urging support of this legislation. It looked
like
> the Indiana amateur radio community had made some definite progress with
the
> legislature and even changed some minds about this issue.
>
> Unfortunately, it only takes one negative action to tear down all the good
work
> done in the past. I hope our relationship with the Indiana legislature
isn't
> permanently damaged, but I'm afraid it will take several years to make up
for
> what appears to be a major step backwards.
>
> Bob...
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 12:46:34 -0500
> To: [email protected], [email protected]
> From: Larry Goodrich <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [InHam] SB109: Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception
>
> Who did it?  If it really happened, it is public information.  Larry W9HTK
>
> At 02:10 PM 4/4/03 +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> >Here's the headline from Friday's Indianapolis Star:
> >
> >=====
> >
> >Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception
> >
> >Ham radio operator ordered to leave the Statehouse; Bauer kills bill man
> >supported.
> >
> >=====
> >
> >You can see the entire article
> >at:http://www.indystar.com/print/articles/4/033621-3234-009.html
> >
> >I know a lot of Indiana hams who worked to get this bill passed and who
> >contacted their legislators urging support of this legislation. It looked
> like
> >the Indiana amateur radio community had made some definite progress with
the
> >legislature and even changed some minds about this issue.
> >
> >Unfortunately, it only takes one negative action to tear down all the
good
> work
> >done in the past. I hope our relationship with the Indiana legislature
isn't
> >permanently damaged, but I'm afraid it will take several years to make up
> for
> >what appears to be a major step backwards.
> >
> >Bob...
> >_______________________________________________
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> >
> >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 16:26:51 -0500
> From: "Paul L. Schmidt" <[email protected]>
> To: Larry Goodrich <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [InHam] SB109: Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception
>
> According to the Star, DAVID A SPOELSTRA N9KT
> Who www.qrz.com shows at
> 3630 E 71ST ST
> INDIANAPOLIS IN 46220
>
>
> Larry Goodrich wrote:
> >
> > Who did it?  If it really happened, it is public information.  Larry
W9HTK
> >
>
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> Message: 4
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [InHam] SB109: Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception
> Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 22:07:15 +0000
>
> The following is quoted from a message posted on this reflector by Jim
Sellers
> K9ZBM, Indiana ARRL Section Manager, on 20-Feb-2003:
>
> "Thanks also go to State Government Liaison David Spoelstra N9KT who has
been
> extremely helpful to both me, and the bill's author State Senator Rose Ann
> Antich."
>
> The Indiana Section website at ARRL (http://www.arrl.org/sections/IN.html)
and
> the Indiana ARRL web site (www.inarrl.org), both _currently_ show the SGL
> appointment as vacant. This appointment is made by the Section Manager. My
> assumption is that Mr. Spoelstra has been relieved of his appointment.
>
> As an ARRL member and an Indiana resident, I'm very concerned that an ARRL
> appointee has acted on our behalf in the halls of the Indiana Statehouse
in
> what reportedly is an irresponsible manner. No doubt, there is another
side of
> the story. Hopefully, Mr. Spoelstra or Mr. Sellers will fill us in.
>
> Bob...
>
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>
> Message: 5
> Reply-To: "James S. Sellers" <[email protected]>
> From: "James S. Sellers" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Cc: "Dick Isley" <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 19:13:53 -0500
> Subject: [InHam] Re: SB109: Zealous lobbyist gets bad reception
>
>
> This last week's events have not been good for the Amateur Radio
> Antenna Regulation bill, SB 109.  David Spoelstra N9KT had been
> very helpful in getting the bill as far as it went.  David completely
> denies making any threats to anyone at anytime.  At this late time in
> the legislative session, many of our legislators get a bit tense over
> completing the necessary budget allocations for Indiana before the
> session ends.
>
> Both Senator Anich and I were shocked by the news that the committee
> meeting had been cancelled, and why it had been cancelled.  I spent
> over 1 1/2 hours in State Senator Anich's office last Wednesday
> gathering facts and trying to understand what happened prior to the
> scheduled committee meeting of the House Technology and Research
> and Developement Committee.
>
> It is entirely possible that Dave walked into a "political minefield" that
> was set for him.  He had put a lot of energy into talking to many of
> the Indiana Senators and Representatives in support of SB 109.
> All of the facts of last Wednesday may never be known.
>
> I do not have any further explanations of what happened on
> April 2, 2003.  I can state that Dave Spoelstra is suffering greatly
> from the tons of "hate" mail and "nasty" phone calls that he is
> receiving.  Also, he realizes that his effectiveness as State
> Governmnent Liaison for the Indiana Section is at an end, and I have
> cancelled his ARRL appointment as a result.
>
> James S. Sellers K9ZBM
> Indiana ARRL Section Manager
> 54676 County Rd. 8
> Middlebury, IN 46540-8710
> (574) 825-5425   [email protected]
>
>
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