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Originally Posted by Phantom
2) MP was (in my humble opinion) very remiss in the way they issued the 600 foot ruling -- I too checked before departing for the Lake Wednesday and no such requirement was in place - nor was I advised to expect the potential for a 600 foot ruling -- I only found out over-hearing VHF radio chatter on SATURDAY!!
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I really do not want to continue to debate, but I just wanted to make a suggestion here (see, I'm trying not to be confrontational!). It's not the MPs fault this thing didn't get publicized earlier. I was talking to a Sgt. Marine Patrolman mid-day Friday, and he said he had just been informed by the Governor's office not 5 minutes earlier that the 600' NWZ emergency rule had been put in place. He also said he was told not to publicize it yet and I was actually the first person he had told. Also, it is not up to the MPs to either make the rules or publicize them; it is up the Gov. to make the correct ruling (which he didn't) and to his Public Affairs Office to get the word out (which they didn't).
I agree, the MPs could have handled it better, but we can't fault them for these two things. These are strictly on the Governor's shoulders.