Post by Rock Dawg on Jun 29, 2009 10:19:00 GMT -5
Anyone else signed up and getting messages from CLOUT?
Below is one of the messages I just received.
It sucks that this ballot measure is taking money away from our ATV funds and using them for other purposes. Anyway Below is the message:
As you may know, the OHV users in Oregon have some powerful enemies in Salem
that are doing everything possible to WASTE YOUR ATV funds so they do NOT
get used On-The-Ground to benefit OHV recreatioin!
Your legislators are now trying to STEAL your ATV funds to combat noxious
weeds by passing HB 2020!
Send an email to your personal Senator RIGHT NOW (they may vote on it
Monday, June 29, 2009!!!!!!) or LOSE even more of your ATV funds to
worthless causes designed to do one thing, STEAL YOUR ATV FUNDS!!
Please contact your Senator immediately!
VERY IMPORTANT 3 step / 3 minute process -- Do It RIGHT NOW!!!!!!
1) Please send your message by clicking this link:
www.leg.state.or.us/writelegsltr/
***Do NOT use regular Internet email as that is very unlikely to get to your
personal legislator in time.***
2) Check the SENATE BOX ___ on the page displayed
3) COPY and PASTE the text below into the Message Box displayed in the link
provided above or write your own.
SAMPLE TEXT (use if it you like!) You can just copy and paste it into the
form on the hot linked site:
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Against HB 2020
HB 2020 is totally unfair. This is why I want you to please vote no, if you
get a chance to vote on it in its present form.
House bill 2020 on noxious weeds was just amended so that it will take a
large chuck of our ATV fund dollars every year. The ATV fund isn’t public
money, it’s ATV riders money, that we agreed to pay into a fund so we can
repair trails, and pay for other things to preserve our sport, like safety
and education. This kind of stealing makes me really upset and worried
about the future. Our grant money can partner with the state on the noxious
weeds issue (through the regular process!) if it’s shown that ATVs are a
part of the problem. (Which hasn’t been shown yet. Certainly not in the
hearings. There was no evidence or testimony to back up the easy to swallow
claim that “everybody knows they bring these bad things in”) This is the
wrong time for a new program anyway, but this is no way to pay for a new
program that has zero other public support. It’s robbery.
I appreciate the chance to comment and that you listen to voters in your
district. Thanks for your consideration.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
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It is vital that you make your voice heard on this important issue! You may
in fact be the only PRO-OHV constituent of this legislator in your district!
** You are receiving this notification because you are a member of the
Oregon OHV CLOUT Action List. To update your status, or remove yourself
from this list, please contact the CLOUT Administrator at
mailto:oregonclout@omraoffroad.com.
Forward this notice freely to your associates, and get them involved, too!
Have your PRO-OHV friends get their own personalized CLOUT Alerts by having
them send an email to mailto:oregonclout@omraoffroad.com with "CLOUT" in the
subject line along with their Name, their Voting Zip Code AND Your Name as a
reference.
That's all there is to it. Get them to do it TODAY so motorized recreation
will have an even stronger voice in Oregon.
Below is one of the messages I just received.
It sucks that this ballot measure is taking money away from our ATV funds and using them for other purposes. Anyway Below is the message:
As you may know, the OHV users in Oregon have some powerful enemies in Salem
that are doing everything possible to WASTE YOUR ATV funds so they do NOT
get used On-The-Ground to benefit OHV recreatioin!
Your legislators are now trying to STEAL your ATV funds to combat noxious
weeds by passing HB 2020!
Send an email to your personal Senator RIGHT NOW (they may vote on it
Monday, June 29, 2009!!!!!!) or LOSE even more of your ATV funds to
worthless causes designed to do one thing, STEAL YOUR ATV FUNDS!!
Please contact your Senator immediately!
VERY IMPORTANT 3 step / 3 minute process -- Do It RIGHT NOW!!!!!!
1) Please send your message by clicking this link:
www.leg.state.or.us/writelegsltr/
***Do NOT use regular Internet email as that is very unlikely to get to your
personal legislator in time.***
2) Check the SENATE BOX ___ on the page displayed
3) COPY and PASTE the text below into the Message Box displayed in the link
provided above or write your own.
SAMPLE TEXT (use if it you like!) You can just copy and paste it into the
form on the hot linked site:
****************************************************************************
*******************************************
Against HB 2020
HB 2020 is totally unfair. This is why I want you to please vote no, if you
get a chance to vote on it in its present form.
House bill 2020 on noxious weeds was just amended so that it will take a
large chuck of our ATV fund dollars every year. The ATV fund isn’t public
money, it’s ATV riders money, that we agreed to pay into a fund so we can
repair trails, and pay for other things to preserve our sport, like safety
and education. This kind of stealing makes me really upset and worried
about the future. Our grant money can partner with the state on the noxious
weeds issue (through the regular process!) if it’s shown that ATVs are a
part of the problem. (Which hasn’t been shown yet. Certainly not in the
hearings. There was no evidence or testimony to back up the easy to swallow
claim that “everybody knows they bring these bad things in”) This is the
wrong time for a new program anyway, but this is no way to pay for a new
program that has zero other public support. It’s robbery.
I appreciate the chance to comment and that you listen to voters in your
district. Thanks for your consideration.
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
****************************************************************************
************************************************
It is vital that you make your voice heard on this important issue! You may
in fact be the only PRO-OHV constituent of this legislator in your district!
** You are receiving this notification because you are a member of the
Oregon OHV CLOUT Action List. To update your status, or remove yourself
from this list, please contact the CLOUT Administrator at
mailto:oregonclout@omraoffroad.com.
Forward this notice freely to your associates, and get them involved, too!
Have your PRO-OHV friends get their own personalized CLOUT Alerts by having
them send an email to mailto:oregonclout@omraoffroad.com with "CLOUT" in the
subject line along with their Name, their Voting Zip Code AND Your Name as a
reference.
That's all there is to it. Get them to do it TODAY so motorized recreation
will have an even stronger voice in Oregon.