Sounds like you have an enlightened legislature. That could never happen
here in RI.
Pork barrel programs like this keep to many politicians' family members
on the state payroll.
If these do nothing jobs were eliminated, the effect on the political
kickbacks would be awful!
Paul
On Thursday, November 15, 2001, at 10:36 PM, Phil Ethier wrote:
>> Of course, the emissions testing program has yielded no improvement in
>> air quality. This was achieved with a great waste of public time and
>> money, which is the usual yard stick of bureaucratic success!
>
>
> The Minnesota legislature figured this out. They found that most cars
> passed the tests and that the air quality was getting better (not
> worse, as
> our our PCA lied to the Feds) They closed up the smog shops. The air
> continues to improve, at least in the factors which the testing
> addressed.
> We never tested 1971 cars here anyway. 1974 was the oldest car tested
> in
> Minnesota.
>
> Solve your smog-testing problem. Move to Minnesota!
>
> Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4
> CT2846L
> LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
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