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----- Original Message ----- From: skypilot@... To: russell@... Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:43 PM Subject: Dual sport news subscription link???? Please reply to me and the group with the link to subscribe. I will pull it over to the GS site too Re: Dual Sport News Posted by: "Russell Scott" russell@... russelleon Wed Mar 4, 2009 10:47 pm (PST) The new web site is up and running as of today, and the March issue is ready for downloading. New subscriptions are $3.95 for six issues. Existing subscribers will be getting a letter in the mail in the next few days telling them how to convert to a digital subscription. The existing subscribers can forward to 4 times as many issues as they would have got with the printed version. And the magazine looks at least as good, and in my opinion, better than the old print version. This was a very good move for the magazine. R [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

----- Original Message ----- From: Fred Hink To: "Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@... Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:22 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] House Bill 22 Dies........for now PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- In a major victory for off-highway motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle (ATV) riders, the U.S. House on Wednesday, March 11, voted down a bill that would have banned motorized vehicles from more than 2 million acres of public land, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports. The bill -- Senate Bill 22: The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 -- failed to get the required two-thirds vote of the House members for approval. The vote was 282 yes to 144 no, with six lawmakers abstaining. The bill had raised the ire of the AMA and others not only because it was a package of more than 160 bills put together to form a single bill more than 1,300 pages long, but also because it was fast-tracked through the Senate earlier this year and then positioned for a final House vote without the consideration of House members on more than 70 bills in the package. "AMA members played a significant role in the defeat of this bill," said Ed Moreland, AMA vice president for government relations. "We asked all AMA members, off-highway motorcyclists, ATV riders and everyone who supports responsible outdoor recreation to immediately contact their congressional representative and ask them to reject the bill. And people responded, flooding their lawmakers with requests to vote 'no.'" U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), a leading voice opposing the measure, agreed: "This bill was the poor product of a poor process, and it would have cut off reasonable access for a whole host of activities on our public lands. I think it's correct to say that the defeat of this bill today was a victory for Americans who appreciate access, such as the millions of folks who enjoy responsible recreation on our public lands. "This specific fight is certainly not over, but the grassroots lobbying so far has definitely helped our cause," Bishop said. Speaking on the House floor before the vote, U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) warned that the bill "bans recreational access to millions of acres of public land despite proponents claims that it will protect vast new land areas for the appreciation of Americans. Lands that citizens currently use for enjoyment will be barricaded from recreational vehicle use. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]