[SFDXA] Mitt Romney -- only 1/2 true!

[Sherri Brower]

One of the jobs of a PIO is to stop rumors and half truths.  In the past days a 6+ year old story about Romney has gone around the blogs as if it were current news.  It’s not.  KF4LMT has a very good posting and facts about this. 
http://kf4lmt.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/mitt-romney-disses-amateur-radio-the-rest-of-the-story/ 
Allen Pitts, W1AGP
Media & PR Manager
ARRL - the national association for Amateur Radio
225 Main St.  Newington, CT 06111
(860) 594-0328
www.ARRL.org


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 From: Kevin Bunin <k4pg at att.net>
To: bphegley at bellsouth.net 
Cc: Florida Contest Group <fcg at kkn.net>; SFDXA <SFDXA at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [SFDXA] [FCG] FW: Mitt Romney
 
He could not get my vote now.

Kevin K4PG


On Jan 9, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Bruce Phegley wrote:

> He just lost my vote!!!
> 
>    Romney "Disses" Amateur Radio In Televised Town Meeting.
> 
>    Governor Mitt Romney dismissed the role of Amateur Radio operators
>    in emergency communications during a televised "town meeting"
>    program last night on WCVB's "When Disaster Strikes: Segment Two."
>    The program featured public safety and volunteer organization
>    officials from across Massachusetts among its audience.
> 
>    The Governor replied in a disgusted tone, _"No, we don't need to
>    deal with ham radio operators..."_
> 
>    Full story at : http://ema.arrl.org/node/802
> 
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