Date: 03/31/2009 strongBLUERIBBON COALITION ACTION ALERT!br /br /Tell Washington Legislature: Hands off our ORV Fund!br /br /Dear BRC members, supporters and action alert subscribers,/strongbr /br /Our partners in Washington State have just forwarded us information on an important issue that needs IMMEDIATE ACTION.br /br /Tod Petersen, Political Action Committee Chairman for the Washington Off-Highway Vehicle Alliancebr /(WOHVA)nbsp; just emailed with word that the budget proposal released today by Washington State House Ways and Means Committee steals ALL of our Nonhighway and Offroad Vehicle Activities (NOVA) funds for the next two years and puts it in the general fund.br /br /Tod reports that the House Ways and Mean Committee will hold a hearing today, only hours after the bill language was released to the public. This would appear to violate Washington State House Rules. br /br /The Proposed bill is online:br /http://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/Budget/Detail/2009/ho0911bill_0331.pdfnbsp; br /Other supporting reports:br /http://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/budget/detail/2009/ho0911p.asp br /nbsp;br /Tod is asking us to alert all BRC members in Washington State and ask that you contact Ways and Means committee members immediately. br /br /Please contact members of the Washington State House Ways and Means Committee and tell them NOT to rob the NOVA account. br /br /Contact info is below along with a few talking points. Be polite. Be brief. Do it NOW!br /br /strongThanks in advance for your involvement,/strongbr /Ric Fosterbr /Public Lands Department Managerbr /BlueRibbon Coalitionbr /208-237-1008 ext 107br /br /strongPS: /strongPlease pass this important alert on to your friends and family, and please ask them take action as well.br /br /strongSample Comments:/strongbr /br /Please DO NOT redistribute funds intended for the Non Highway and Offroad Vehicle Activities account.br /nbsp;br /This account was created when offroad vehicle users volunteered to waive their legal right to a fuel tax refund in exchange for a self-directed state account to provide funding for programs that benefited offroad vehicle activities.br /nbsp;br /These same citizens volunteered to have their license tab fees increased so long as those monies were also placed in the Non Highway and Offroad Vehicle Activities (NOVA) account.br /nbsp;br /To redirect the funding away from the NOVA account would be nothing short of stealing from the very same citizens that willing gave the state their hard earned money.br /nbsp;br /Furthermore, these funds are protected by the Washington State Constitution, Pursuant to Article II, Section 40 these monies must be used for their intended purpose or refunded. The State Supreme court has repeatedly reaffirmed this requirement.br /br /Linville, Kelli (D) Chairnbsp;nbsp; =nbsp; Linville.kelli@leg.wa.govnbsp;nbsp; (360) 786-7854br /Ericks, Mark (D) Vice Chair = Ericks.mark@leg.wa.govnbsp;nbsp;nbsp; (360) 786-7900br /Alexander, Gary (R)nbsp; =nbsp; Alexander.gary@leg.wa.govnbsp;nbsp; (360) 786-7990br /Bailey, Barbara (R) =nbsp; bailey.barbara@leg.wa.govnbsp;nbsp; (360) 786-7914br /Dammeier, Bruce (R)nbsp; =nbsp; dammeier.bruce@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7948br /Chandler, Bruce (R)nbsp; =nbsp; chandler.bruce@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7960br /Cody, Eileen (D)nbsp; =nbsp; cody.eileen@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7978br /Conway, Steve (D)nbsp; =nbsp; Conway.steve@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7906br /Darneille, Jeannie (D)nbsp; =nbsp; derneille.jeannie@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7974br /Haigh, Kathy (D)nbsp; =nbsp; haigh.kathy@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7966br /Hinkle, Bill (R)nbsp; =nbsp; hinkle.bill@leg.wa.govnbsp;nbsp; (360) 786-7808br /Hunt, Sam (D)nbsp; =nbsp; hunt.sam@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7992br /Hunter, Ross (D) hunter.ross@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7936br /Kagi, Ruth (D)nbsp; =nbsp; kagi.ruth@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7910br /Kenney, Phyllis Gutierrez (D)nbsp; =nbsp; kenney.phyllis@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7818br /Kessler, Lynn (D)nbsp; =nbsp; Kessler.lynn@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7904br /Pettigrew, Eric (D)nbsp; Pettigrew.eric@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7838br /Priest, Skip (R)nbsp; =nbsp; priest.skip@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7830br /Ross, Charles (R)nbsp; =nbsp; ross.charles@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7856br /Schmick, Joe (R)nbsp; =nbsp; schmick.joe@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7844br /Seaquist, Larry (D)nbsp; =nbsp; seaquist.larry@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7802br /Sullivan, Pat (D)nbsp; =nbsp; Sullivan.pat@leg.wa.govnbsp; (360) 786-7858img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/BlueRibbonCoalition/~4/3GcMaxm_ZgE" height="1" width="1"/
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