[K3CAL] How Our Representative Democracy Sometimes Doesn't Work

[Richard Terlisner]

I think I'll write him, tell him he should not expect a lot of assistance
from hams in his district when the next hurricane hits since they can't put
up antennas.

On Jan 22, 2017 2:51 PM, "N3AE" <n3ae at comcast.net> wrote:

> All,
>
> The Amateur Radio Parity Act ( relief from HOA's for antennas) failed in
> the Senate due to just *ONE* person's opinion despite thousands of
> supporting letters and bi-partisan support in the House.
>
> Full story on the link below.
>
> https://www.eham.net/articles/38242
>
>
> The bill has been re-introduced this month.  The link below discusses this
> along with Senator Nelson's objections to the Bill.   I would strongly
> disagree with the Senator's statement "...privately-negotiated covenants
> and restrictions that have been *entered into freely* by the persons who
> *voluntarily* chose to live in those communities."
>
> It's not a case of "entered into freely" because it's next to impossible
> to find property that doesn't have restrictive HOA's attached.   Maybe
> somewhere in west Texas, Nevada or western Utah.
>
> https://www.eham.net/articles/38462
>
> Please forgive me for using the Reflector to blow off some steam.
>
>
> Shawn
> N3AE
>
>
>
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