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Post by Rock Dawg on Nov 8, 2011 19:03:09 GMT -5
Please take a moment to contact your senators (Oregon) (http://merkley.senate.gov/contact/). Jeff Merkley is on the board for this committee. www.americanmotorcyclist.com/News/11-11-04/U_S_Senate_panel_wants_to_kill_trail_funding_program.aspxMoney for the program comes from off-highway riders, and should continue to be used to benefit off-highway riders. News of the world of motorcycling > U.S. Senate panel wants to kill trail funding program www.americanmotorcyclist.comA U.S. Senate committee has unveiled a draft proposal that would end the Recreational Trails Program (RTP), which provides money to states to develop and maintain trails, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. This was my letter... In regards to the Proposal that would end the Recreational Trails Program (RTP). I would be against any such proposal as I am an off-road and ATV enthusiast. In looking closer into this proposal, I find this is this ...program was created for trail users and is self-funded by the highway fuel taxes of trail users. Doing anything else with these funds such as hiking, bicycling, in-line skating, equestrian use, and cross-country skiing is already frustrating. Thank you for consideration in this matter.
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