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[Charlie <cmmbirds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well I don't see anything wrong with it. It's obvious to anyone
living near Great Smoky Mountains National Park that the Tennessee
Highway Fund is severely lacking in funds.  I mean we need more roads
around here.  Personally I think they should take money from the
orange and purple Smokies NHA plate to help fund that neat sounding
road that NC Senator Jesse Helms wants to build through the park.

Then they should make the Foothills Parkway 5 lanes, like they did in
Townsend.

I think a superhighway would be a good replacement for Cherohala
Skyway.

In fact, if they closed all the state parks ALL week, instead of just
that wimpy Mon-Tue thing, they could fund a lot more bridges and dams
in this state.  That would provide jobs and money, right?

Just a few thoughts,

Signed,
Govorner Sundquist.

(I sure hope you guys like sarcasm)

Charlie


--- Luvsbirdn@xxxxxxx wrote:
> More License Plate Info for those interested......
> 
> This past Sunday's (1/10/02) edition of the Knoxville News-Sentinel
> had an 
> article on specialty tags for wildlife ("Wildlife not getting full
> plate", p. 
> C14).  It appears that about half of the revenue generated from the
> sale of  
> "Volunteer for Wildlife" tags (black bear and wild turkey) and
> "Sportsman" 
> tags (whitetail deer) actually goes to fund the Tennessee Arts
> Commission and 
> the Highway Fund!  This is not true for money generated from the
> sale of 
> plates that were available before 1998 however (Ducks Unlimited and
> Watchable 
> Wildlife "bluebird" plates for example).  Apparently a law was
> passed in 1998 
> diverting funds away from the intended beneficiary of some
> specialty plates - 
> in this case wildlife - to fund arts & highways (even though the
> Arts 
> Commission already has 3 specialty tags to fund the arts)!!!!
> 
> This is truly an outrage!  How such legislation could ever be
> propsed in 
> Tennessee, much less passed, is an embarrassment.  This reiterates
> what 
> others have stated however regarding the purchase of "bluebird"
> plates (and 
> other plates that have been around since before 1998) as having
> more impact 
> for your dollar.
> 
> To view the complete article go to "www.knoxnews.com/sports". 
> Search for 
> "license plate", then click on the title of the article "Wildlife
> not getting 
> full plate".
> 
> W. Kelly Roy
> Knoxville TN
> 
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Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
Townsend, TN  lat 35 deg, 38'23"  long 83 deg, 41'22"

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