Date: 12/09/2010 BLUERIBBON COALITION PARTNER ACTION ALERT!
Tell The Washington State Legislature Again: Hands off our ORV Fund!
Dear BRC members, supporters and action alert subscribers,
Our partners in Washington State have just forwarded us information on an important issue that needs IMMEDIATE ACTION.
Tod Petersen, Political Action Committee Chairman for the Washington Off-Highway Vehicle Alliance (WOHVA), just emailed with word that with another budget crisis just on the horizon, your Nonhighway and Offroad Vehicle Activities (NOVA) funds are in danger again.
Tod is asking us to alert all BRC members in Washington State and ask that you contact the Governor as well as your State Senator and both your State House of Representatives and tell them NOT to rob the NOVA account again.
I've pasted their alert below, so please take a minute to read it over and take action. Then, pass this important alert on to your friends and family, and please ask them take action as well.
Thanks in advance for your involvement,
Ric Foster
Public Lands Department Manager
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 107
PS: Plan on attending the WOHVA OHV Rally in February 2011 to show your support for motorized off-road recreation.
You can download a copy of the flyer here and more information is available on WOHVA website.
In 2009 the Washington State Legislature passed legislation to divert all of the offroad vehicle gas tax and ORV permits funds (Nonhighway and Offroad Vehicle Activities account) and gave them to State Parks for 2009 and 2010. None of this money was spent to benefit ORV users.
Now with another budget crisis right around the corner and the Legislature returning to session soon, State Parks has been instructed to propose a budget with no state general fund allocation. To do that State Parks have said that they must have all of your Nonhighway and Offroad Vehicle Account (NOVA) money permanently.
It is very important to let Governor and your Legislators know that it is not OK to rip you off again.
You can contact the Governor via this link: http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/default.asp
You can find and contact your State Senator and both you State House of Representatives member via this link: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx
Here are some example comments to consider. Use them as is or, better yet put the same idea in your own words.
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Please DO NOT redistribute funds intended for the Non Highway and Offroad Vehicle Activities account AGAIN!
In 2009 the legislature took all of these funds and gave them to State Parks where none of those funds benefited offroad vehicle recreation in any way.
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.
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.
To redirect the funding away from the NOVA account again would be nothing short of stealing from the very same citizens that willingly gave the state their hard earned money.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Tod Petersen
Political Action Committee Chairman
Washington Off Highway Vehicle Alliance
Email: tod701@aol.com
Link
Tell The Washington State Legislature Again: Hands off our ORV Fund!
Dear BRC members, supporters and action alert subscribers,
Our partners in Washington State have just forwarded us information on an important issue that needs IMMEDIATE ACTION.
Tod Petersen, Political Action Committee Chairman for the Washington Off-Highway Vehicle Alliance (WOHVA), just emailed with word that with another budget crisis just on the horizon, your Nonhighway and Offroad Vehicle Activities (NOVA) funds are in danger again.
Tod is asking us to alert all BRC members in Washington State and ask that you contact the Governor as well as your State Senator and both your State House of Representatives and tell them NOT to rob the NOVA account again.
I've pasted their alert below, so please take a minute to read it over and take action. Then, pass this important alert on to your friends and family, and please ask them take action as well.
Thanks in advance for your involvement,
Ric Foster
Public Lands Department Manager
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 107
PS: Plan on attending the WOHVA OHV Rally in February 2011 to show your support for motorized off-road recreation.
You can download a copy of the flyer here and more information is available on WOHVA website.
Washington State ORV funds under attack again
In 2009 the Washington State Legislature passed legislation to divert all of the offroad vehicle gas tax and ORV permits funds (Nonhighway and Offroad Vehicle Activities account) and gave them to State Parks for 2009 and 2010. None of this money was spent to benefit ORV users.
Now with another budget crisis right around the corner and the Legislature returning to session soon, State Parks has been instructed to propose a budget with no state general fund allocation. To do that State Parks have said that they must have all of your Nonhighway and Offroad Vehicle Account (NOVA) money permanently.
It is very important to let Governor and your Legislators know that it is not OK to rip you off again.
You can contact the Governor via this link: http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/default.asp
You can find and contact your State Senator and both you State House of Representatives member via this link: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pages/home.aspx
Here are some example comments to consider. Use them as is or, better yet put the same idea in your own words.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Please DO NOT redistribute funds intended for the Non Highway and Offroad Vehicle Activities account AGAIN!
In 2009 the legislature took all of these funds and gave them to State Parks where none of those funds benefited offroad vehicle recreation in any way.
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.
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.
To redirect the funding away from the NOVA account again would be nothing short of stealing from the very same citizens that willingly gave the state their hard earned money.
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Tod Petersen
Political Action Committee Chairman
Washington Off Highway Vehicle Alliance
Email: tod701@aol.com
Link
