Now that the dust has settled I would also like to have a last word and say thanks to the webmaster for putting up with all this.
The current fight is over and I can live with the result. You win some and you lose some and new laws like this often have trouble the first time around.
Although it failed in the senate it was clear to me that there was widespread support for a speed limit. The favorable percentages in the only statewide poll that I saw seemed to be backed up by the vote in the house. Even the small poll on this forum had a majority favoring some speed limit. The law only ran into trouble in the senate where it failed along party lines. I heard that the governor was prepared to sign it.
I think the movement towards reasonable speed limits on Winni has just begun. As high performance boats get faster, more powerful and more numerous some restrictions seem inevitable. The opponents of speed limits managed to stop the first wave but they may not be able to stop the tide.
That's all.
J
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