[SEDXC] Desecheo and Navassa legislation....

[Gary McConville]

Bob & I put our commments in last night at Tom Price's town hall
meeting.  Also, don't forget to voice your opinion about the importance
of stopping BPL!  I'm sure they don't know anything about this either.

Gary - WB4SQ

--- MAllphin at aol.com wrote:
> Dear SEDXC members,
> 
>     In case you missed this the first time around, I am resending it
> to the 
> reflector.  It is time to get on with it.  If you haven't taken the
> time to 
> write your congressman about this, then please do it in the next
> week.  I and 
> others will be in Washingon next week to brief congressman and staff
> on the 
> proposed legislation.  
>     We need your help. Please read below about H.R. 1183 and write
> your 
> letters. 
> Also pass on to your HAM buddy list and maybe we can get this job
> done. 
> Thanks 
> in advance for your help. 
> 
> Bob K4UEE
> 
> 
> We need your assistance in passing H.R. 1183, a bill in Congress that
> will 
> reopen Desecheo (KP5/IOTA NA-095) and Navassa (KP1/IOTA NA-098)
> islands in 
> the 
> Caribbean.
> H.R. 1183 succeeds H.R. 298, the House bill introduced in January by 
> Congressman Nick Rahall of West Virginia. We contacted you about '298
> a few 
> weeks ago. 
> However, conservationists have objected to '298 because it would have
> 
> required opening the Farallon Islands (IOTA NA-178) off California's
> coast. 
> Fortunately, Congressman Rahall is committed to opening Desecheo and
> Navassa 
> and he 
> introduced H.R. 1183 on March 9, naming only Desecheo and Navassa
> islands as 
> the 
> subjects of the bill.
> Please take five minutes to contact your Congressman to ask him or
> her to 
> COSPONSOR and VOTE FOR "H.R. 1183." Sample e-mail language and
> contact 
> information for your Congressman are available at www.kp1-5.com. This
> 
> nonpartisan bill 
> would correct the Fish and Wildlife Service's wrongful closure of
> these 
> islands. Even if you have Desecheo and Navassa confirmed, you can
> help others 
> who 
> still need these entities by contacting your Congressman.
> Please visit our web site www.kp1-5.com for more information.
> 73, Mike Thomas NA5U
> The KP1-5 Project
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