YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWN! If you read their reasons, you would see they have an economic incentive to revert.
As I said in a previous posting, if the Feds would have stuck to their plan and forced the conversion down to the local level, even pressuring business to provide metric materials at acceptable prices and quantities, this reversion would not even be a thought. Writing to them is like pissing in the wind. I can guarantee you it will be deleted before it is even read. Until the FEDs get their heads out of their asses, the remainder will follow suit. So what are we going to do about reversing this situation from the top on down? Do I hear silence from the crowd? Yes, I sure do. We are going to do nothing. One would think we could find supporters in this country who could come up with a plan to effect a permanent change. But, I guess not. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "USMA Listserver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 2004-08-28 01:18 Subject: [USMA:30891] CALTRANS reversion to non-metric units > Dear Mr. Herritt, > > While I grant that I am not a California resident, I am an American who, > since 1974, has supported U.S. transition to the SI metric standard of > measurement. Your agency's intention to roll back 11 years of progress by > canceling its metrication program could be a damaging blow to that process > in our country as a whole, since California usually leads the nation in > fostering an idea whose time has come. > > Although the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century provides no > federal mandate for metrication, the same Congress that wrote that law also, > in 1988, amended the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 to declare metric the > preferred system of measurement for trade and commerce in America, and your > action goes counter, not only to that Congressional declaration, but also to > the measurement standard of the rest of the world. > > I supposed wrong, but nevertheless I had supposed that CALTRANS would have > continued to work diligently with its commercial partners in lifting > metrication out of the mire of antiquated thinking, and standing with > Congress to prefer metric over non-metric standards. It is not too late to > reconsider this action, and for California to continue on with the excellent > metrication work it has done. Also, I would think that the cost of > re-conversion will end up doubly ridiculous when the 2009 deadline for > European Union prohibition of non-metric labeling arrives, and, > embarrassingly, your state may have to revisit the issue. > > > Sincerely, > > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > 3609 Caldera Boulevard Apartment 122 > Midland TX 79707-2872 USA > home 432-694-6208 > work 432-685-1549 > cell 432-349-4688 > fax 501-665-5366 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "There are two cardinal sins, from which > all the others spring: impatience and laziness." > > ---Franz Kafka >
