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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

ATV/UTV Piracy (UPDATED)

Piracy does not only take place in the ocean.

Senator Joe Griffo introduces the UTV legislation March 6, 2009:

STATUS:
S2927  GRIFFO                 No Same as
Vehicle and Traffic Law
TITLE....Relates to the definition of all terrain vehicle or "ATV"
03/06/09 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
03/30/09 MOTION TO DISCHARGE FILED
04/21/09 MOTION TO DISCHARGE - LOST - ROLL CALL VOTE

Darrel introduces IDENTICAL legislation April 21, 2009 - the SAME day he votes to deny the SAME legislation from Griffo to be discharged from the SAME committee that Aubertine's legislation has just been referred to:

STATUS:
S4277  AUBERTINE              No Same as
Vehicle and Traffic Law
TITLE....Relates to the definition of all terrain vehicle or "ATV"
04/21/09 REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

The only difference between the two - Griffo's takes effect immediately, Aubertine's in 30 days.

This is politics at it's worst and why NYS government is dysfunctional.

This is the recurring theme from Aubertine: Politics before people!

Griffo's bill here
Aubertine's bill here

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

You mean Daaaaaaaarrrrrrrrel Aubertine isn't one of us?

Anonymous said...

Darrell can't decide what to do...once he voted against the Griffo bill he likely realized that the ATV lobby would drive him out....so he took the issue over. 30 days gives him time to do the PR.

Anonymous said...

Piracy, plagerism....sounds like VP Biden!

Anonymous said...

Northern New Yorkers unite! Sink the pirate vessel!!

Bill Johnston, Alex Bay said...

I object to these scurrrarrrrrrarrrrulous and outrageous chaaaaaaarrrrrrges against our harrrrrrrrdworking and dedicated senataaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr.

As Daaaaaarrrrrrrrel says, "There aaaaaaarrrrrrrre no Republican or Democrat ideas" -- only ideas he can claim as his own!

Anonymous said...

This is a joke. I hope the voters in his district are smart enough to vote him out next year.

Anonymous said...

you've taken to only posting comments opposed to darrel. interesting approach to your fair and balanced web site. want to put up there that little took darrel's bill from the assembly to the senate?

nah, why bother with facts:

A7353-A of 2005 Aubertine No Same As, TITLE....Authorizes the department of agriculture and markets to notify individual producers of milk in a dairy cooperative of any proposed agreements and orders

HMMM...Did Little steal Darrel's Bill?

No. She took it for the Senate when Darrel was in the Assembly and Darrel took it back in the Senate. Plagiarism? I think not.

ATV Club member said...

6:40

Say what you want, the UTV did not exist before this session. Darrel is stealing legislation from others.

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