Bush the Elder became president in January 1989.
On 10/8/07 5:06 PM, "Brian J White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:12 2007-10-08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Dear Paul, >> >> Thanks for sharing this letter with us. I find it a bit surprising >> that a state like New York hasn't got there yet. >> Hopefully, now that they have a Democratic governor and (I believe) >> a Democratic legislature, the atmosphere in Albany is more >> progressive and open to adopting this kind of measure. > > I wouldn't go that far. Bush Sr is who signed the Omnibus Trade Act > of 1988 and it was the Clinton administration that didn't further > some teeth with it. Also it was under the Clinton administration > that DOTs that had already started converting or already converted > got screwed because they removed the provision saying DOTs didn't > have to convert. So those that didn't came out smelling like a > rose...and those that did pretty much wasted the effort and have > since reverted unfortunatly. > > As is fitting with our idiotic government's toying with metrication > over the years...a bunch of false starts and almost zero progress. >
