Amateur Radio Parity Act Now in Senate!

Is there a video of K1VRs talk at Dayton?

 

Yea...Right... We could keep on going like we have been. No Antenna.

And keep getting told what to do. On OUR Land.

NO. Enough. ENOUGH!

ONE Attorney's OPINION? NO.

This is Merely a REPEAT AND RINSE of the Three R's, Folks.

Continuing the Present Course? NO. And it's not time to draw yet a NEW line in the sand. It's time to draw THIS line. And Stand Firm. And not put up with the HOA and CC&R Nonsense anymore. Ever. Ever!

Did it occur to you that at the FCC Notice stage,
They could even move this UP to OTARD status?
So the same Idiots (who want their Cell Phones) won't be able to say no?

Look, this is NOT a NIMBY Scenario. This is a "they don't want it in YOUR back yard," they haven't for YEARS, and they want to KEEP getting away with it!

The Party, and NOT the Parity, is OVER.

The present law is merely a Turd in the Ocean of Freedom. On this Turd, some rats, whom Represent Interests, Certain Interests, that are CERTAINLY Not in YOUR Best Interest, are hanging on for dear life. Fortunately, for us, but not for them, this Turd is NOT Terra Firma. This is because Freedom stands the Test of time in the "Float Test..." Much like Ivory Soap! Yet, they scurry about their, ummm Ship... And try to convince us, AND OTHERS, that their, ummm.... Ship, is sound.
And that THEIR ummm... Ship, is Squeaky Clean and Smells all like Mom's American Apple Pie!

But it doesn't.

Look, you can put the Concept of HOA's in a Pretty Little Box, and cover it with Ribbons, and Bows. But it STILL isn't Government: We run this damned place, not them!

We don't want to be told what to do with our antennas. Or our dogs. Or our Cats! Or our paint. Or our dog houses, for that matter! (No, I'm not touching "Cat House" with a three meter pole... Or a ten foot one, either! ;-))

Do you really think that we are the ONLY "Problem" that the HOA's are facing?

Did you think the HOA Lobby blinked because they are like All Powerful and Sitting Pretty?

No, they blinked because like ALL Institutions, they want theirs to go on. And they KNOW that they are just about ONE Supreme Court Precident away from Endsville. And that's the END...of their Ship!

Do you think that NO other Attorneys have looked this over, on BOTH sides? That THIS Attorney, and NO OTHER, has not had a look at it?

It's a Compromise between the Parties.

It's not Perfect.

I've come to the conclusion, perhaps based on age, that if two parties appear say for example, in front of a Judge for a Ruling, that if One Party is pleased, and the other not, that for the most part? It's pretty much? NOT a particularly good ruling. In THIS act, it appears to me that BOTH parties come out mildly unhappy. And mildly happy. In a mutual sense. And Oft times, Mutual Melancholy means? It's a Fair Ruling!

The Present State? BY FAR, Unfair!

Pluses: Been hammered out by the two parties.

TAKE THE DEAL.

FCC Chairman, Agrees!
With US!

TAKE THE DEAL.

The Political Winds? They Wax, and they Wane. And sometimes, there's Political Doldrums.

TAKE THE DEAL.

Other times? Storms for the Ship of State. And Larger Priorities.

TAKE THE DEAL.


Now? We have a Bill. It's moved to Senate.

TAKE THE DEAL, AND IGNORE THE NAYSAYERS.

73 and All the Best!

DE W8LV Bill

 

This bill isn't going anywhere as long as Florida Democratic Senator Bill Nelson is still in office. He blocked the bill in the 2015-2016 Congress and will likely do so again because he sides with the Home Owner Associations. He's up for re-election in 2018 and if the 41,477 licensed ham radio operators in Florida can get him out of office only then will this bill ever have a chance of passing. He can be contacted via this online form at https://www.billnelson.senate.gov/contact-bill Florida Republican Governor Richard "Rick" Scott is talking about a run against him in 2018.

 

This is the kind of excessively broad assumption upon which the bill is based. And it's not true.

There are all kinds of CC&R properties, and CAs and HOAs where antennas are not prohibited or restricted. Our state is full of such places. The current bill not only does not provide consideration for such properties, it penalizes owners of these properties.

I don't know who started this idea that HOA == no antennas, but it's nonsense.

 

Wow, now 555 is about "for the children."

 

Sounds like something a pusher would say when he explains that the first hit is free.

 

Sen. Bill Nelson hasn't changed his mind and will kill it again...

 

As long as he does so in committee, we're safe. If it escapes committee, it has a chance of sliding through during a low-attendance day in the Senate.

I thought this was also interesting, from the OP's link:

 

this bill is only for hoa's

 

"There are all kinds of CC&R properties, and CAs and HOAs where antennas are not prohibited or restricted. Our state is full of such places."

Oh Please! Just because I once saw a Heckle and Heckle Cartoon, I don't believe that birds talk!

Look at any Antenna Regulation Forum!

Even more disguising than the HOA's is their Apologists and Appeasers.

Stop It with the Stockholm Syndrome, and Stand Up!

73 and All the Best!
DE W8LV

 

So why isnt Fred spearheading adequate legislation?

 

Is it?

....Is it really?

 

FYI there is a video, easily found on YouTube, of Fred lecturing at HAM-CON 2017 posted in March of this year, on the broad subject of ham radio and CC&R law. I recommend watching the whole talk, but if you skip forward to 32:12, just before the start of questions, he specifically addresses some of HR 555. Some of the Q&A that follow also pertain.

 

Thanks for the Link!

73 and All the Best!
DE W8LV Bill