No, there was nothing else I have; as the latest "Metric Today" said, New York is considering the adoption of the UPLR amendment. Alabama has been totally mute on the subject; officials there have not answered any of my communications, nor have I read of any action on their part on the issue.
I will say this: New York State has a VERY strongly pro-metric preamble in its weights and measures statute. My last letter to the NYS W&M department took note of that, and resulted in the letter I mentioned in the MT article. In my letter to NYS W&M, I stated that it would be hard for a state with such a supportive position on metric to avoid permitting a metric labeling option. Paul Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Paul, > > >From your note I gather we have more information about what is (or is not) > happening with regards to New York and Alabama and the UPLR. Can you fill us > in? > > Thanks! > Ezra > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Why hasn't the government complied with President George H.W. Bush's 1991 > > executive order? Publicly, the American people don't want to hear "the 'm' > > word." > > > > The conventional reason I hear for this is that the Nation has "a > > lot on its plate", and no room for the metric system. > > However,progress is being made at the grass roots. As we have seen on the > list > > today, another journalist has written a pro-metric article, and I have yet > to > > recall an anti-metric editorial. The individual states of the Union are > > overwhelmingly (48 out of 50, Alabama abstaining but New York considering) > in > > favor of the UPLR metric-only labeling option. When asked, the individual > > citizen is often heard to say, "Why haven't we done it already?" > > > > Politically though, metrication continues to ring a sour note. Leadership > > appears to be missing. One Vernon Ehlers is not enough; we need more > > metrication advocates in the Congress and, indeed, one in the White House. > > > > It needs a push. > > > > -- > > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > > Public Relations Director > > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > > Phone +1(432)528-7724 > > www.metric.org > > 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 > > Midland TX 79707-2872 USA > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://oleapothecary.blog.com > > > > -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association, Inc. Phone +1(432)528-7724 www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://oleapothecary.blog.com
