[USMA:36471] Re: April 1

[James J. Wentworth]

It may not be a concerted effort, nor does it have to be, unfortunately, to succeed.   If enough like-minded people are strongly against a change and the people on the other side are fewer in number, unorganized, and less fervently in favor of the change, then the opponents don't need to be organized to succeed in blocking the change.  --  Jason  ----- Original Message ----- From: Carleton MacDonald To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 4:32 PM Subject: [USMA:36469] Re: April 1 Another case of the contractors picking off states, one by one, until they get back to what they want.  I wouldn’t be surprised if it were a concerted effort.  I’ve done web searches on that to see if there is some site that proclaims that strategy but haven’t found it.    I wish the government had more backbone.   Carleton   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Millet Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 14:00 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:36459] Re: April 1   The only problem with that philosophy is that nearly every contractor and sub contractor in the US that the various DOT's or whatever farm work out to will almost always refuse to work in SI. The problem then becomes, how long can the supervisor wait on the project while he and the contractors standoff. If the project falls behind schedule or budget, that supervisors head will roll. So it kind of becomes a choice between "Do I let them have their inches?" or "Do I insist on SI and have them complain to my supervisor and make a big fuss and possibly even lose my job" I agree with you that the DOT's should be allowed to force SI but sadly I think what I just described is the reality. Mike -- "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?"