Lake Martin Topics: Couple of points Doc.

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	Name:	LifeTime Laker -
	Subject:	Couple of points Doc.
	Date:	4/16/2008 5:00:15 PM

Points well made and taken Doc. But there are other issues also. One of the major reasons the law was 'needed' was shoreline erosoin, yet no testimony was given in regards to how these boats affect shoreline erosoin. In fact, 'wake boats' by there very name and nature create more wake than the banned boats and for that matter I can do circles in a pontoon and create HUGE wakes. That is neither here nor there in this discussion. We all agree that regulation is the solution, we just disagree on what and how. Speed limits would have worked just as well IF the issue were speed. It wasn't. I think CAT would be the first to admit that the behavior of a few, is what caused the problem. But banning is taking it to far IMHO. To use your analogy, a few trucks break the no downtown connector rule, so the legislature bans all trucks from the metro ATL. because Birmingham is a better route anyway.

As I have said, the slippery slope is what scares me.