Who said we would get to vote on this? Have you seen our state legislators in action? Politicians pretty much do what they want and hope no one notices.
>From: "Brent Milner"
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>To:
>Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Oregon bureaucrats propose using GPS to track each driver's mileage
>Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 14:22:51 -0700
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>This will never pass, for the very violations of rights that you mentioned.
>There's no way anyone will vote for "homing beacons" to be placed on their
>cars. That's just ridiculous.
>
>-FroBro Q-Tip
>
>
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ken@highpointer.com
>Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 2:07 PM
>To:
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>Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Oregon bureaucrats propose using GPS to track each
>driver's mileage
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>
>I heard this on Rush Limbaugh's morning update on KFYI. Rush described a
>plan being considered in Oregon where the state's Department of
>Transportation would attach a GPS device to each car and track the mileage
>driven by each motorist. The state officials would use the mileage recorded
>from each driver to tax that driver accordingly to pay for road repairs.
>
>I was incredulous to believe that such an Orwellian plan could be seriously
>considered anywhere in the USA. Adopting such a proposal would be a clear
>violation of our civil liberties and constitutional rights. Therefore, I
>had to find out for myself whether it is true that such a plan is being
>considered. The results of my research show that this is actually a
>proposal by an Oregon State task force. Here are some articles of
>commentary about this nutty scheme:
>
>
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/1/2/101712.shtml
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http://www.cnsnews.com/Politics/archive/200301/POL20030102a.html
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http://www.monokromatik.com/veethree/?viewNewsItem=1&newsitemid=627
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>If, God forbid, this proposal is adopted, the government will be able to
>know wherever we are in our vehicles at any time, Big Brother-style.
>
>As GPS users and motorists (and, I hope, as Americans who cherish their
>freedoms and liberties), what do you think about this?
>
>Ken Akerman (a.k.a. Highpointer)
>
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