Re: [Nolug] IMPORTANT: State radio and TV board wants to license computer techs

Gary Gordon said the following on 08/10/2004 12:39 PM:
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* owner-nolug@joeykelly.net
> [mailto:owner-nolug@joeykelly.net]*On Behalf Of *Tom Stirewalt -
> Computer Guru
> *Sent:* Saturday, August 07, 2004 11:12 AM
> *To:* nolug@joeykelly.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Nolug] IMPORTANT: State radio and TV board wants to
> license computer techs
>
> This is not going to go away!
>
> To me, this is a money grab by the State, grasping at straws for
> income.
>
> Unfortunately, the State agency's checkbook is bigger than the
> average computer consultant's shop and an easy economic decision is
> to pay the $55.00 and go on about your business.
>
> I think actual letters to representatives with cc to the state
> board will apply some pressure.
>
> Personally, I don't like any government certifications or
> regulations or licensing at all, for anything, but I know I am
> spitting into the wind. However, let's stop encroachment NOW.
>
> Maybe we should all dig into our pockets and send a donation to
> the guy who is fighting this as a deferment to legal fees, or maybe
> try to join into the suit as Amicus Curiae hiring and attorney for
> that (not me).
>
> I'm not so sure a 'class action' is the way to go. Perhaps a
> Restraining Order or a Declaratory Judgment. The cheapest is to
> go the political route and bug the State Legislature to rein in this
> Administrative Agency. But in order to be effective, political
> pressure must be immense, focused, and unrelenting.
>
> Write your objections to this State Board's actions, in your own
> words. I do not want to attempt to tell anyone what to write
> because if a 'standard text' starts showing up in the legislature's
> hands it becomes less 'weighty', it just looks like a standard
> letter writing campaign instead of something that hit a grass-roots
> nerve.
>
> I urge everyone to actually contact their State Representative
> and State Senator IN WRITING (snail mail!) [believe it or not,
> paper has more impact than electrons!] .
>
> AND send a copy to:
> Mr Stanley Brohn, Secretary
> Radio and Television Technicians Board
> 6554 Florida Ave. - Suite 109
> Baton Rouge, LA 70806
> (225) 231-4710
>
In todays TP money section there is a blurb about this. I forget who,
but someone has asked the Attorney General (Charles Foti) to interpet
the meaning of the law to see if it pertains to computer techs.

Jay
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