In a message dated 1/1/02 8:21:06 AM Pacific Standard Time,
wa2moe@firstinter.net writes:
> Pete -- because satellite television is a business and employs people who
> pay taxes as do their employers. That's clout
>
> Weigh ham clout against the clout of property associations, and I think
> we lose.
Don't underestimate the power of the amateur radio community. We have
paid lobbyists and great legal counsel and actually DO have the attention of
many Federal officials. Even if not every ham is an ARRL member, the League
DOES represent ALL of us. 7-800K is a pretty good-sized population and
believe me, they know who we are.
OTOH I don't know if there is a National Org. of Homeowner Associations
to do the same thing for them. But it seems to me that CC&R's are only local
in nature and wouldn't have much to do with Federal laws.
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