What happened to the thread about the Wisconsin public hearing on AB592?

[undysworld]

I've written to ask the forum moderators, but got no reply.

Maybe I'm losing my mind. (It's possible)

Last week I posted a notice about the Assembly hearing which was held 12/3/09 at our Capitol regarding AB592 about registration of HMVs.

The thread disappeared two days ago. I found it in my "history" but it won't open.

I've inquired as to whether something improper got posted or what happened, but no answer.

Anybody able to clue me in?

Thank you,
Paul Underwood

[englishmauser]

I was unable to attend. Can anybody tell me how things went?

[m16ty]

More than likely something was posted that broke the rules. Seems most of the threads in the "politics related to the MV hobby" end up going this way.

A mod should speak up and give you a reason though.

[clinto]

Was this the thread written by Poof? (you can check the URL of this link against what you have bookmarked to compare them).

Wisconsin Historic Military Vehicle Bill Update

That's the only deleted thread I see in the "politics related to the MV hobby section"?

[dittle]

Clinto,

That is the thread he is referring to.

[clinto]

Originally Posted by dittle

Clinto,

That is the thread he is referring to.

Just wanted to make sure we were all discussing the same thread.

Poof deleted the thread, not a moderator. He can do that as he was the original author.

[Westech]

[73m819]

can anybody tell us what the results of the hearing was

[undysworld]

Yeah, thats the thread I guess.

Hello Ron,
Sorry for the delay. The hearing was rather brief. Rep. Zigmunt spoke for less than 5 min. Jeff Rowsam and the DOT representative gave longer talks. One Pinzgauer owner was allowed to talk. Then I got my chance, and was not allowed to complete my statement. Granted, I had a lengthy statement, but this is a complex matter not easily boiled down. I'd never attended a hearing like this, and didn't know if a time limit applied. My statement included legal discussion about what this bill means.

Overall, there were mixed opinions. Some for, some agin. The final speaker correctly pointed out that while the proposed bill would allow the Parade trucks to register, it ignores the people who want to be able to use their trucks as trucks, whether Farm use or whatever.

I was able to distribute my statement to the committee, so hopefully they'll review it.

I'm trying to make contact with the committee members and get an audience.

[poof]

Hello. Poof here
I deleted the thread.. the member Stumps. has just rubbed me the wrong way..
MR.Know it all & likes to thump his own chest. First post to the thread was an " I told you so statement..&" I own 110 achers of river front land in wisconsin, Pay taxes"... no value to what was at hand.
When he posted again after I asked( not so politely) him not to revisit my post ,he did and continued to be off topic and complane that he is a property owner here and how Wisconsin sux for him. any way. I dumped the thread rather than reply back to him and carry the post further off topic.
here is a copy of his whining and his "I told you so".

" I sure am glad that you guys are starting to see the flaws I pointed out some time ago. I wish I could be at the meeting and help, but alas, I am only a Wisconsin land/home owner, but not a resident. It long ago was proven that Wisconsin considers non resident land owners to be an endless source of revenue, but of no other practical importance.
I wish you all the best of luck, and I leave you with the suggestion I have made before: Concentrate on getting an exemption that allows HMV's to be considered to have been built on the date their model was first accepted by the Federal government.
After you have fixed that problem, then work to create cheap permanent tags for the show circuit.
-Chuck "