That would be a senior coffee at McDonald's, I guess. Bill _____ Bill Potts W <http://wfpconsulting.com/> FP Consulting Roseville, CA <http://metric1.org/> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John M. Steele Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 16:23 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:45126] Re: News : ADOT defends replacing metric signs along I-19 : Nogales International : Nogales, AZ "Preferred" and 50 cents might buy you coffee. You need words like "these and no other" or one is "legal", the other is "illegal" to mean anything. --- On Fri, 5/29/09, Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> wrote: From: Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:45123] Re: News : ADOT defends replacing metric signs along I-19 : Nogales International : Nogales, AZ To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, May 29, 2009, 7:07 PM > Two sections of the Arizona Revised Code ��“ ARS 28-363c and ARS 28-3046 > ��“ prevent ADOT from building or designing anything metric unless the > entire country is converting to that system. In our system of government, each state is sovereign. The Congress has power to define the measuring units used throughout the USA, but the building of roads (except "post Roads") is left to each state. So since the Congress has designated the metric system as the preferred system, I'd argue that these sections are unconstitutional. Arizona can, and should, build and design anything metric without waiting for any other state to do it first. Pierre
