Southwest Chapter of ABATE of Florida October 2011 Newsletter

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Presidents Message

Membership Report Renewals

Events

Legislative Report

Minutes

Calendar

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ABATE OF FLORIDA, INC.

MISSION STATEMENT WHO WE ARE

We are a non-profit organization of motorcycle en-thusiasts from all walks of life. We lobby and educatethe government and the general public to promotemotorcycling in a safe and positive image. We en-deavor to enlist the cooperation and participation of all organizations and individuals that share a similarinterest in preserving our American tradition of FREE-DOM. We promote motorcycle safety, training, & po-litical awareness. We ARE NOT A CLUB OR A GANG.We fund our work through toy runs, poker runs,campouts, and other motorcycle activities. We areyour neighbors & friends who work, pay taxes, andget involved with our community. We serve and sup-

port our country and believe in freedom. We use alllegal means to protect our rights without infringingon the rights of others.

OUR GOALS

To become a powerful and viable political force inlegislative matters concerning the motorcyclist.

To promote the safe riding habits without infringingon individual freedoms.

To motivate the bikers to write letters to their legisla-tors before, during, and after the legislative session.

To furnish our members with a newsletter to keep allbikers informed in regards to upcoming legislation.

Disclaimer:

The views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily thoseof ABATE of Florida, Inc. and or the Southwest Chapter.This publication allows members to express their beliefs and opin-ions. ABATE of Florida, Inc. and Southwest Chapter accept noresponsibility for the comments, opinions or views contained inthis newsletter.

Please direct correspondence in reference to this publication to:Wayne Cerra(cell) 239 989.3349

Donations to ABATE of Florida, Inc. are not deductible for Federal TaxPurposes. ABATE of Florida, Inc.

© 2010 ABATE of Florida, Inc. Southwest Chapter • All Rights Reserved ABATE of Florida, Inc. and the Southwest Chapter do not condone drink-ing while riding or driving

IDENTIFICATION STATEMENTSOUTHWEST CHAPTER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER; ISSUE DATE:

OCTOBER 2011

PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY

ABATE of Florida, Inc.Southwest Chapter

PO Box 60745, Fort Myers, FL 33906

http://southwest.abateflorida.com/

PRESENTLY, MEMBER MATERIAL DEADLINE ISTHE WEDNESDAY BEFORE EACH CHAPTER

MEETING FOR BOARD APPROVAL FOR SUBMISSIONS

NEW ADVERTISERS OR AD CHANGES MUST

BE SUBMITTED BY THE

15TH OF EACH MONTH

Southwest ChapterMeeting Schedule

October 23rd , 2011

@ 10 a.m. @ Anthony’s on the Blvd

Located at

1303 Del Prado Blvd.Cape Coral, Florida

239.772.5900





Presidents report

Hello Brothers and Sisters,

Cooler dryer weather coming up and more

riding time for everyone. The Chapter birth-day party went off well although not muchparticipation by chapter members. A big

thank you to Kelly Rogers at Gear Head Tat-

too for hosting the event as well as Alan

Smith of Old Skool, Tony Allen of Hot Rodsand Hogs and Nick Lee’s World Burnout Tour,

as well as all the participants of the car andbike show and of course the public who

showed up. This month starts with Cape Bike

Night followed by the next weekend with our

State meeting up in Brooksville, home of Spooks and Scoots hosted by Peace River andWest Coast Chapters. Our second meeting at

Anthony’s went well and seems to be just

what we were looking for. Pam Cook, Legisla-tive rep for Estero River, Mark Williams,

President of Estero River Chapter and myself attended a meeting with Rep. Matt Caldwell

as we asked for him to join us and help with

the stiffer penalties bill. Rep Caldwell wel-comed the meeting and has been informed

of our plight. I look forward to an updatesoon. Rep Trudy Williams will be speaking at

our November meeting and allmembers are encouraged to

attend and show their sup-port. Tuesday nights at the

Joint at Cape Harbour is turn-ing out new members and weare selling many shirts as Ken

and Keith set up a weekly ta-

ble for safety and membershipeach week. Come on down

and show your support for

your chapter. That’s all I have

for now. Enjoy this month’s

newsletter and be sure to

thank Babs for all the time it takes for her toproduce this great read.

Keep it safe

Wayne

Membership Report

September has been another slow month

and we can’t wait for season to see more re-

turning members and to sign up new ones.

This month welcomes a renewal by JaniseTurner.New members to welcome in are:

Peter Agnello, Carey Phillips, Tim Weir,

Robert Miller and Lynn Pippenger.

October renewals are:

Julius Tracy Phillippe and Mike Stewart

Remember, bring in a new member and get achance to win the States $10,000.00 cash

drawing. See Wayne Cerra for details.I’d also like to welcome a member from Vin-

tage Chapter, Kevin Barfield, who will be join-

ing us as he relocates to Ft Myers.

Thank you

Wayne Cerra, Membership Trustee




ABATE of Florida, Inc.

Southwest Chapter

PO Box 60745, Fort Myers, FL 33906-6748southwest.abateflorida.com

President Wayne Cerra 239.989-3349 [email protected] President Bob “Burn Out” Penn 239.573.6487 [email protected] Scott R. Turner 239-633-5765 [email protected] Todd “KC” Burns 239.634.3080 [email protected] At Arms Bob “Burn Out Bob” Penn 239.573.6487 [email protected] Sergeant At Arms Pat Jablonski 203.232.2695 [email protected] Trustee Wayne Cerra 239.989-3349 [email protected]/Communications Wayne Cerra 239.989-3349 [email protected]

Legislative Ken “Teddybear” Miller 239.693.7035 [email protected] Editor Babs Bardell 239.822-3272 [email protected] Ken “Diesel” Coon 765.464-9542 [email protected] Safety Coordinator Alberta “Birdie” Clark 239.770.0096 [email protected] Coordinator Earl “Smokey” Clark 239.770.0096State Delegate Frank Kennedy 239.849.9065 [email protected] Taylor Musburger 239.334.1620 [email protected] Rob “Big Bird” Cran 239.997.2852 [email protected] Vendor Wayne Cerra 239.541.8879 [email protected] Taylor “ATM” Musburger 239.334.1620 [email protected] Wayne Cerra 239.541.8879 [email protected] Chapter Chaplain Tom Provenzano 239.267.8641 [email protected] Captain Bob “Burn Out Bob” Penn 239.573.6487 [email protected] Captain Vic Piorkowski 239.823.6159 [email protected]

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Chapter Meetings held at Anthony’s on the Boulevard

4th Sunday of Each Month except December*MOTORCYCLE RIGHTS ORGANIZATION

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Coming Up!Please begin to look for the fliers of two upcomingevents.Biker Bible Café - will be held in our home on Decem-ber 2nd, starting at 7:30 PM. This will be our Christ-mas gathering and all bikers are invited. As we cele-brate the greatest gift ever given to man (John 3:16),we will have a fun Chinese-style gift exchange, valueunder $10.00. You can bring something new , some-thing used, or some "white elephant." There will belots of seasonal treats to eat and drink!On January 22nd, we be having the 13th Annual LeeCounty Church Crash and Slow Race Championship of the Universe. The evening before will be the Run for Ribs. As the Holiday season (Thanksgiving and Christmas)approaches, it reminds of the thanks we owe to God,for all He has provided and, for the gift of His preciousSon. It kind of brings to mind, a story, told by apreacher named Tony Evans. He tells of a child whowanted his parents to pay for the things this child did

around the house. The child wanted money for mowinthe lawn, cleaning the windows, picking up its owclothes and several other things. The child went as faas writing up a bill, totaling a few dollars and submittinit to the parents. The parents set the money on thdining room table. However, they left their own invoice saying, "For your mother carrying you for nin

months and being sick as a dog every morning, NOCHARGE. For picking up your clothes when you forgoNO CHARGE. For your dad mowing the lawn, wheyou wanted to go and play with your friends, NOCHARGE. For staying up at night with you when yowere sick, NO CHARGE. For the special clothes yowanted and we had to work overtime to pay for, NOCHARGE.Like the child who lost sight of his parents love antried to turn it into a business relationship, we some

times lose sight of the love of God and all he has giveus. And, sometimes it's most apparent during hartimes.Our favorite scripture, during this time is John 3:16 -1"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should noperish but have everlasting life. For God did not senHis Son into the world to condemn the world, but thathe world through Him might be saved." Nothing cabeat His love. Nothing can beat His grace. He promised that He would never leave us nor forsake us. Aat, NO CHARGE... Micah 5:2 “But you, BethlehemEphrathah, Though you are little among the thousandof Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me ThOne to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are fromof old, From everlasting.” Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will bcalled Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, EverlastinFather, Prince of Peace." - NKJVMany blessings, as you begin to think about and prepare for the upcoming season.

Tom and Kathy

Pastor Tom (Estero River/Southwest ABATE LifMember and Southwest Chapter Chaplain) and PastoKathy (SW ABATE Life Member - Foursquare Chapl a i n ) - w w w .m e ss i a h sm e sse n g e r s .o r g [email protected] 239-267-8641


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MEETING MINUTES

Southwest Chapter Abate Meeting Minutes.

September 25th 2011Held at

Anthony‟s on the Boulevard

President - Wayne CerraVP- (Burnout Bob Penn

Treasurer- Todd (KC) BurnsSecretary- Scott Turner Sgt, at Arms- (Burnout) Bob Penn18 Members 6 Visitor

Meeting called to order at 10:20AM withPledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence.

KC gave the invocation.PRESIDENT’S REPORT: Wayne gave recap

of Birthday Bash held Saturday and thankedall our sponsors and volunteers.Special thanks to Ken (Diesel) Coons andKeith Baker for working our 2 weekly bikenights. Please come out Tuesday nights atCape Harbour and Wednesday nights at Tiki.200 attended the benefit ride for Tom & Katie.Snook Haven after today’s meeting, Frankie

Kennedy will be leading.VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT: December

18th 2011 we will be having a Christmas rideto the VA home in Punta Gorda. Burnout islining this up and more info to follow.Spooks October 8th 2008 for the next StateMeeting.SECRETARY’S REPORT: Scott Turner, Sec-

retary, thanked KC for taking minutes andBabs for typing up last meeting. Scott asked

for motion to accept minutes as written innewsletter. Babs made motion Ken (TeddyBear) Miller 2nd. Motion carried.TREASURER’S REPORT: Todd “KC” Burns

stated we have $890 in the bank not countingthe proceeds from the Birthday Bash. We needto be raising funds. Please push advertising. – Motion to accept by Ken Coon 2nd FrankieKennedy, motion carried.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS REPORT: “Burn

Out” Bob Penn stated there is an upcoming

trial date for the individual that killed the biker in Estero. As soon as we have the date it will be published and we would like to see as manyAbate members in the audience as possible.We will also be meeting with Rep Matt Cald-well.MEMBERSHIP REPORT: Wayne Cerra act-ing Membership Chair, welcomed our new &renewing members, Lynn Peppenger, Peter Agnello, Carrie Phillips, Janise Turner &Kevin Barfield.LEGISLATIVE REPORT: Ken “Teddy Bear”

Miller gave report. Report is in newsletter.Ken is also trying to get Trudy Williams tospeak at our December meeting.SAFETY: No reportPRODUCTS: No ReportSTATE DELEGATE: No Report. Ride after meeting to Snook Haven.

NEWSLETTER: Barbara “Babs” Bardell

states the newsletter is getting larger, internetnewsletter will be complete but the print ver-

sion maybe downsized. Deadline for newslet-ter is the Wednesday after meeting.OLD BUSINESS: Bike Tickets to be turned by state meeting. Anyone seeing gator pleasetell him to turn in his tickets.

NEW BUSINESS: Bab’s would like to put a

run together for the 2 homes we visited lastyear. Discussion will be at board meeting.Good of the Order: Update on Tom & Katiegiven by Brett from Caloosahatchee.

Annually Church Crash ride coming up, flyer in newsletter.October 22nd, biker appreciation at Seminolecasino, flyer in newsletter.December 4th, Hot Rod’s and Hogs @ Lee

County Civic Center, flyer in newsletter.Time of Adjournment: Motioned @ 11:12am by Barbara Bardell second by Frankie Ken-nedy.







Southwest Chapter of

ABATE of Florida, Inc.

Christmas Run

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Run to Veterans Home in Punta Gorda

Details under construction.

Our Caring Circlewill be posted each month.

This month please keep in yourthoughts and prayers thefollowing members and

their loved ones.

Burnout Bob and Marsha Penn239.573.6487

Katie and Tom Ridderman

A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT AND THANKSTO OUR LOCAL EVENT PROMOTERSFOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR MRO

THANK YOU TO OURVOLUNTEERS

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OF OURMOTORCYCLE

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CONTACT: FRANKIE KENNEDY

ABATE OF FLORIDA, INC. CHAPTER MEMBERS, Katie and Tom Ridderman of Krusin’ with Kati, were involved in an acci-

dent and have both suffered serious injuries.Donation jars have been set up across our area.Some locations are: Pirate Coast on Viscaya,

Southwest Motorcycles and AmericanCycles both on Pine Island Rd., BRCChoppers and Palladen Cycle both onPondella Road.



THE AIM/NCOM MOTORCYCLE E-NEWS SERVICE isbrought to you by Aid to Injured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) andthe National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM), and issponsored by the Law Offices of Richard M. Lester. If you’ve been involved in any kind of accident, call us at 1 -(800) ON-A-BIKE or visit www.ON-A-BIKE.com.

NCOM BIKER NEWSBYTES

Compiled & Edited by Bill Bish,

National Coalition of Motorcyclists (NCOM)

PENNSYLVANIA MEASURE WOULD

LIMIT LEARNER PERMITS

ABATE of Pennsylvania is supporting legislation tolimit the number of motorcycle learner’s permits al-lowed before a rider must get a license. “All too oftenthose involved in serious accidents have no motorcy-

cle endorsement on their license,” lobbyist CharlesUmbenhauer of BikePAC told the National Coalitionof Motorcyclists (NCOM), adding that “In most casesthis also means they have had no formal motorcyclerider training.”

State Representative Seth Grove (R-Dover Town-ship) has introduced legislation aimed at increasingmotorcycle safety by requiring riders to get a motor-cycle license rather than continuously reapplying for a motorcycle learner's permit.

Currently, an aspiring rider can get a permit after passing a written test, which is good for a year to al-low motorcyclists to legally ride and gain experienceuntil they get their motorcycle license. However,some riders reapply to renew the permit year after year rather than getting a full license, Rep. Grovesaid.

Under Grove's proposal, a rider would only be al-lowed to reapply for a learner's permit three times in10 years.

"The purpose is to make people get the license,"stated Grove, adding that more motorcyclists takingthe skills tests or enrolling in the state’s rider trainingprogram would mean more trained riders on theroad.

If a rider doesn't get a license within 10 years of re-ceiving the first permit, he or she wouldn't be able toget another permit for seven years. The bill was re-ferred to the transportation committee earlier this

year and is expected to be addressed this fall.

ILLINOIS GOVERNOR SEEKS CHANGES

TO RED LIGHT BILL

Illinois motorcyclists who get stuck at red lights willremain stuck a while longer, as Governor Pat Quinnhas vetoed legislation that would have made it legal

to proceed through a red light that does not detectmotorcycles.

However, the bill may yet become law if legislatorsagree to make some changes. Illinois has what iscalled an Amendatory Veto, wherein the governor can reject a bill as presented for signing, but withchanges requested that, if met, will win his signature.

As written, House Bill 2860 sponsored by Senator Gary Forby (D-Benton) and Representative DanielBeiser (D-Alton), specifies that motorcyclists couldrun red lights "after a reasonable period of time."Quinn objected that such wording is too subjectiveand “its interpretation could vary from individual toindividual and county to county." He asked that thebill be changed to specify that the motorcyclist mustwait two minutes. Quinn also asked for clarificationthat motorcyclists would still have to obey signs pro-hibiting right or left turns on red and would still haveto yield to oncoming traffic.

ABATE of Illinois supported the measure when it

passed the legislature in May, which is similar to lawsenacted in 11 other states. “I was kind of disap-pointed with what the governor done,” said Sen.Forby. “ABATE’s going to have to make a decisionon whether they want to negotiate with the gover-nor’s office or try to override his veto.”

The Illinois Legislature has placed the amendatoryveto on its calendar for action on October 19.

MOTORCYCLE-ONLY CHECKPOINTS

CHALLENGED IN NEW YORKOn Monday, August 29, 2011, Robert "Prospector"Boellner, State Legislative Coordinator for ABATE of New York, Inc., and NCOM Region VIII Director, metwith a representative from the New York State Attor-ney General's office to discuss the ongoing motorcy-cle-only vehicle checkpoints.

Since May 2008, ABATE has publicly expressed its


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opposition to New York State's tactic of conductinghighway roadblocks which divert only motorcyclistsfrom the state's roadways for the purpose of conduct-ing "safety checks".

Because motorcycles operated in New York Stateare already required to pass annual safety inspec-

tions, the ongoing New York State Police initiativeserves only to harass, intimidate and inconveniencemotorcyclists traveling upon the state's roadways.Further, motorcycle-only roadblocks conducted in thename of "safety checks" are a discriminatory and un-constitutional infringement upon an individual's rightto travel without interference, and an abuse of discre-tionary power as acknowledged by the New YorkState Court of Appeals.

The Office of the Attorney General was reportedly

receptive to Prospector's request of an investigationinto the actions of the New York State Police, and areporting mechanism has now been implemented for direct complaints of motorcyclist profiling.

If you, or anyone you know, has been a victim of mo-torcyclist profiling, Prospector encourages you to callhim at (518) 239-4560 for assistance in filing a com-plaint.

PROFILES OF AMERICA

In recognition of Sturgis Bike Week, the U.S. CensusBureau posted the following daily “Profile America”feature: FRIDAY, AUGUST 12: BIGGEST MOTOR-CYCLE GATHERING - The small town of Sturgis,South Dakota hosts the world's largest gathering of motorcycles this week -- the 71st Sturgis Rally. Nor-mally home to about 6,600, the town sees its popula-tion swell to some 350,000 during the rally. The ideabegan with just 19 riders taking part in racing andstunt events 71 years ago. Those attending are see-

ing races, trade shows, and thousands of bikes ondisplay. Mostly, they will share their love of the senseof freedom their motorcycles give them, and take inthe scenery of the Black Hills. There are 7.7 millionmotorcycles registered in the U.S., with Californiahome to about every 10th bike in the country. Youcan find these and more facts about America fromthe U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.

Profile America is produced by the Public Information

Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily fea-tures are available as produced segments, ready toair, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the"Newsroom" button).

6 MILLIONTH MOTORCYCLISTGRADUATES FROM RIDER TRAINING

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation recently gradu-ated its six millionth RiderCourse student, a mile-stone reached through the ongoing efforts of nearly10,000 RiderCoaches at more than 2,000 trainingsites worldwide.

"We have RiderCourses across the nation andaround the globe, often during weekdays, and virtu-ally every weekend of the year," said Robert Glad-

den, vice president of the Motorcycle Safety Founda-tion, adding that a wide variety of MSF RiderCoursesare available in every state to provide motorcyclistseverywhere with lifelong learning opportunities.

"From the Basic RiderCourse to a much more ad-vanced day on the track, from standard motorcyclesto scooters to three-wheel motorcycles, from smallbikes to large, we cover it all," said Dr. Ray Ochs,MSF director of training systems.

In addition, the MSF collaborates with safety profes-

sionals worldwide. For example, the MSF is currentlyhelping establish rider training in the HashemiteKingdom of Jordan. The MSF works with allbranches of the U.S. Armed Services to support rid-ers in the military. And the Foundation also workswith world champion road racers on track-based pro-grams that improve rider safety everywhere.

"The MSF is still best known for its world renownedBasic RiderCourse, the best first motorcycle ride for any new street rider and the cornerstone of the

MSF’s Essential CORE curriculum," said Tim Buche,president of the MSF. "We want all riders to start withthe BRC, then continue their education with the BasicBike Bonding, Street RiderCourses and more."

Founded in 1973, the MSF is a not-for-profit organi-zation sponsored by BMW, BRP, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Piaggio, Suzuki,Triumph, Victory and Yamaha to promote safetythrough rider training and education, operator licens-

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ing tests and public information programs.

For safety information or to enroll in the RiderCoursenearest you, visit www.msf-usa.org or call (800) 446-9227.

FLORIDA COPS USE SECRET FILES ON BIK-ERS TO LOBBY AGAINST GUN LAW

Florida law-enforcement officials dipped into secretintelligence files to lobby against legislation thatwould have allowed holders of concealed-weaponspermits to carry their guns openly. Newly releasedrecords show that a staff lobbyist for the OrangeCounty Sheriff’s Office handed out restricted photosof bikers with valid concealed weapons permits tolawmakers as examples of the sort of people whomight scare away tourists if they displayed their pis-tols.

"I actually stopped by every one of you guy's officethis morning and dropped off … photographs of some biker outlaw gang guys that have concealedfirearm permits. Those are the ones we're worriedabout carrying," sheriff's Capt. Mike Fewless told thestate Senate Judiciary Committee on April 12, 2011."Please defeat this terrible bill."

After the provision allowing open carry of firearmswas removed from the bill, the state Senate votedagainst the measure, prompting accusations of fear-mongering by law-enforcement officials and raisingconcerns about police misuse of confidential files for political goals.

All together, Fewless obtained photographs andother information for 17 "outlaw bikers" from the Or-ange sheriff’s Intelligence Squad, an undercover unitthat investigates "motorcycle gangs, white suprem-acy groups and organized crime,” specifically askingfor pictures of "One Percenters", state attorney's re-cords show. Seven of the eight photos of members of

the Mongols, Outcasts, Outlaws, Pagans and War-locks motorcycle clubs came originally from the stateDriver and Vehicle Identification (DAVID) system,which Federal law classifies as “highly restricted per-sonal information." None of the bikers had felony re-cords and all were eligible for concealed-weaponpermits recognized by Florida and 34 other states.

The motorcyclists are now represented by Aid to In-

jured Motorcyclists (A.I.M.) Attorney Jerry Theo-philopoulos, who said he is planning to file a lawsuitagainst the sheriff’s office. "The only way to policethe police when they break the law is to file a lawsuit,and we are prepared to get justice for all concealedweapon permit holders in this state," according to“Jerry T”, who serves as legal counsel for the Con-federations of Clubs in Florida and advises ABATE of Florida on legal matters.

DRIVING WHILE BIKER

From the Gunny’s Sack, a monthly newsletter fromOregon A.I.M. Chief of Staff Gunny Hutcheson,members of the Henchmen MC have hired a lawyer to put the San Jose Police department on notice thatharassment is not going to be tolerated without afight.

They've filed an official complaint with the city's Of-fice of the Independent Police Auditor alleging thatthe police are illegally profiling them, and the city'scode enforcement unit is digging up zoning beefs torun them out of town. They say officers routinely pullthem over, sometimes photographing their tattoos,based solely on their bad-boy reputations.

The Henchmen's complaint is not the first time a mo-torcycle club in San Jose has fought the law usingthe law. Five years ago, the Hells Angels won $1.8

million after suing police and sheriff's deputies for illegally raiding the club's headquarters and mem-bers' homes to link a bouncer, charged with killing adrunken bar patron, to the biker club. A jury acquittedthe bouncer and a federal court sided with the Hells

Angels.

“This kind of thing has come to a halt in Washingtonwith their recent biker anti-profiling law, thanks to theWashington Confederation of Clubs and A.I.M. Attor-ney Marty Fox,” writes Gunny, “Fighting harassment

by using a lawyer and the court system.”

QUOTABLE QUOTE: “The Constitution is not aninstrument for the government to restrain the people;it is an instrument for the people to restrain the gov-ernment - lest it come to dominate our lives and inter-ests.”

Patrick Henry (1736-1799) American Patriot andFounding Father


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LEGISLATIVE REPORTOctober 2011Good Morning Freedom Fighters:

Hey everyone, here is a small list of what will be happen-ing this coming week up at Tally.

The Legislature returns to town, finally ending the dol-drums of summer, and they picked a week when things are pick-ing up politically as well. But the focus on Tallahassee will also beon legislative committees, which return in full swing. There areredistricting committees, budget committees and policy commit-tees.

The first bills of the new legislative year will be heard bya Senate committee – Senate Military Affairs – on Tuesday after-noon. Still, most of the committees hear overviews, though someof them will get agency presentations, including legislative agen-das for the year, which often prove newsworthy.MONDAY, SEPT. 19, 2011HOUSE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE: The House RedistrictingCommittee meets to begin its work drawing maps for the state'slegislative and Congressional districts. Members are set to hear remarks from Chairman Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, and

look at public information on the process. (Monday, 12 p.m., 404House Office Building, The Capitol).HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSE REDISTRICTING: Thesubcommittee gets started on the once-a-decade redistrictingprocess as it affects their own chamber. Chairman Chris Dor-worth, R-Lake Mary, will make remarks. The committee will alsoreview public input from the hearings held around the state thissummer. (Monday, 1 p.m., 404 House Office Building, The Capi-tol.)HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SENATE REDISTRICTING: Thesubcommittee gets started on the once-a-decade redistrictingprocess as it affects the Senate. Chairwoman Dorothy Hukill, R-Port Orange, will make remarks. The committee will also reviewpublic input from the hearings held around the state this summer.(Monday, 1 p.m., 17 House Office Building, The Capitol.)TUESDAY, SEPT. 20, 2011 SENATE DISTRICT 1 PRIMARY: Tuesday is Election Day inparts of northeast Florida that are in Senate District 1. There's aDemocratic primary to replace Sen. Tony Hill, D-Jacksonville, whoquit the Legislature to go work for Jacksonville Mayor AlvinBrown. No Republicans are in the race, though there's a write-incandidate qualified. The overwhelmingly Democratic Senate Dis-trict 1 takes in parts of Duval, Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns andVolusia counties. The candidates are: Audrey Gibson and TerryFields, who are both former state representatives; and RamonDay and Leandrew Mills III.HOW NEW CLEMENCY RULES WORK: The House Criminal

Justice Subcommittee Tuesday morning hears a presentation onthe new executive clemency rules, as changed by Gov. Rick Scottand the Cabinet in March.

The rules ended automatic restoration of civil rights in favor of anapplication process. The committee also hears a staff presenta-tion on other states' laws related to reporting of missing children,meets new Corrections Secretary Ken Tucker and hears an FDLEpresentation on domestic security. (Tuesday, 8:30 a.m., 404House Office Building, The Capitol.)HOUSE TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOP-MENT APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Members of thecommittee will hear an update on the start-up of the Department

of Economic Opportunity, which was created by combining all or parts of several state agencies in the last legislative session, aswell as taking a look at the state small business credit initiative.(Tuesday, 9 a.m., 102 House Office Building, The Capitol.)HOUSE TRANS/HIGHWAY SAFETY: The House Transportationand Highway Safety Subcommittee hears an overview on theDOT's new vision of transportation in the 21st Century. It alsohears the Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles legislative propos-als for the session. (Tuesday, 11:05 a.m., 306 House Office Build-ing, The Capitol.)FIRST BILLS GO TO COMMITTEE VOTES: The Senate Military

Affairs Committee takes up three bills on Tuesday, the first of thelegislative year to come up for a vote. The panel looks at SB 110,expanding the spaceport territory, SB 152, related to businessopportunities for wartime veterans and SB 164, which makes vet-erans in-state residents for the purpose of university or collegetuition. (Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. 37 Senate Office Building, The Capi-tol.)WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21, 2011SENATE TRANS CONFIRMATIONS: The Senate TransportationCommittee has the confirmation of Transportation Secretary An-anth Prasad and several briefings, including hearing the DOT's

legislative package for the year. (Wednesday, 8:30 a.m., 37 Sen-ate Office Building, The Capitol.)SENATE TRANSPORTATION, TOURISM, ECONOMIC DEVEL-OPMENT APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Members of the committee will hear two presentations on the start-up of theDepartment of Economic Opportunity, which was created by com-bining all or parts of several state agencies in the last legislativesession, as well as taking a look at regional workforce boards.(Wednesday, 3:45 p.m., 110 Senate Office Building, The Capitol.)THURSDAY, SEPT. 22, 2011SENATE REAPPORTIONMENT COMMITTEE: The committeewill discuss maps from senators and outside organizations asthey begin the once-a-decade redistricting process. ChairmanDon Gaetz, R-Niceville, has promised to take up a map by SenateMinority Leader Nan Rich, D-Weston, at the meeting. (Thursday,8:30 a.m., 412 Knott Building, The Capitol.)SUPREME COURT OPINIONS: The Florida Supreme Court re-leases its regular opinions. (Thursday, 11 a.m.)

There have been some changes in committee assign-ments in the Florida Senate. In order for you to become an effec-tive Freedom Fighter, you need to understand the basics of theLegislative Process and how it works, and which Senate Commit-tees your State Senators have been assigned to.In Each (House and Senate) Chamber:

A bill is introduced. The bill is assigned to a committee. The com-mittee parcels the bill out to a subcommittee. They hold hearings.

A subcommittee acts on the bill. A full committee acts on the bill.There is floor action (discussion, changes to the bill, votes), in thatchamber.After Both Chambers Complete the Process:

A conference committee irons out the differences in the two ver-sions. Both houses vote on the reconciled bill. If passed by boththe House and Senate, the bill goes to the President (or Gover-nor) for their signature or veto. If both the House and Senate voteto override an executive veto, then the bill becomes law. Thelisted steps are public, recorded actions. The primary goal of thelobbyist, or in this case the grass-roots lobbyist, which is you andI, is to influence our elected officials before any of these actionsare taken.



We have three State Senators that are members of theLee County Legislative Delegation:Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto, S27-R, 17595 S. Tamiami Trail, Ft.Myers, Fl. 33967. (561) 753-2440. E-Mail: [email protected]. Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Transportation;Education Pre-K – 12; Governmental Oversight and Accountabil-ity; Reapportionment; Budget Subcommittee on General Govern-ment Appropriations (Vice Chair); Budget Subcommittee on

Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropria-tions (Chair); Budget.Sen. Mike Bennett, S21-R, 3653 Cortez Rd. West, Suite 90, Bra-denton, Fl. 34210. (941) 727-6349. E-Mail: [email protected]. Community Affairs (Chair); Banking and Insurance; Criminal Jus-tice; Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Budget Sub-committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations; BudgetSubcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Devel-opment Appropriations.Sen. Garrett Richter, S37-R, 3299 E. Tamiami Trail, Suite 203,Naples, Fl. 34112-4961. (239) 417-6205. E-Mail: [email protected]. Community Affairs; Banking and Insurance (Chair); Judiciary;Rules Subcommittee on Ethics and Elections; Budget Subcommit-tee on Health and Human Services Appropriations; Rules;Budget; Joint Legislative Budget Commission.NEXT WEEK IN TALLY:HIGHWAY SAFETY FEES: The Revenue Estimating Conferenceturns its attention to highway safety fees as it updates forecastsfor collections from traffic fines, vehicle registrations and other fees. Of interest will be the effect red light cameras are having oncollections. Revenue anticipated coming in last year did not,prompting economists in March to change red light collection fore-casts for the 2011/12 fiscal year. (Tuesday, 9 a.m., 117 KnottBuilding, The Capitol.)

INCREASES IN TOLLS FOR INFLATION COMING The Florida Department of Transportation is proposing to imple-ment the indexing of toll rates for all FDOT toll roads and bridges,including the Florida Turnpike. Lawmakers in 2007 voted to re-quire such an index to the Consumer Price Index or other inflationindicators at least once every five years starting no later thanJune of next year. Cars will typically see a 25-cent increase ateach plaza. The agency recently held one rule development work-shop on the proposal, during which officials said SunPass rateswill go up from 6 to 7 cents per mile, and cash rates will be raisedfrom 7.5 to 8.5 cents per mile. The FDOT is basing the increaseon the Consumer Price Index’s rate of 11.7 percent inflation over the past five years.DHSMV WANTS ENHANCED DRIVER LICENSES

The state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicleswants to offer drivers an "enhanced driver license," which wouldhave security features allowing the card to be used instead of apassport when crossing some land or sea international borders.Several other states have such cards, particularly states that bor-der Canada. That allows drivers to go back and forth across theborder without having to carry a passport. In Michigan, the li-censes even have technology in the card that allow them to bescanned from a distance, speeding up border crossings. Driverscan simply hold up their card. One reason they could be useful inFlorida is that re-entry into the United States from several Carib-bean countries could be made with just the driver's license, allow-ing travelers to go on Caribbean cruises without the expense of

having to get a passport, said Steven Fielder, legislative affairsdirector for DHSMV. Fielder mentioned that the agency is explor-ing the concept, and wants to offer the licenses, when he pre-sented the department's legislative agenda Tuesday to the HouseTransportation and Highway Safety Subcommittee. The agency isstill studying how much it would cost, but Fielder said officialsthink they could offer the card for around $75. In Michigan, theenhanced licenses are $45.HOUSE HIGHWAY SAFETY CHAIR: PANEL WILL LOOK AT

TEXTING WHILE DRIVING The chairman of the House subcommittee that deals with highwaysafety pledged Tuesday that the panel will take up legislationaimed at reducing distracted driving. Rep. Brad Drake, R-Eucheeanna, said that he was open to considering a change inthe law, or at least looking at the problem of driving while textingor doing other things. Drake's comments came after Rep. IrvSlosberg, a longtime advocate for more stringent driving safetylaws, used the appearance in the committee of an official from theDepartment of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to raise thepoint that it remains legal to text and drive. Slosberg, who oftensays he went into politics to make roads safer because of thedeath in a car crash of one of his daughters, asked HSMV legisla-tive affairs director Stephen Fielder how many distracted drivingtickets are given in a year by the Highway Patrol, which is over-seen by the agency. "None, because there is not a law prohibitingdistracted driving," Fielder acknowledged.

Slosberg, D-Boca Raton, said afterward that he intends to filelegislation this year that would make it illegal for minors to textand drive, but probably not adults.Scribe's Comment.... "But what about Tim Tebow texting?" Disabled Parking, No More Free RidesFrom the News Service of Florida,

A pair of South Florida Democrats wants to put the bite on able-bodied motorists who take advantage of disabled parking permits.Tired of seeing spry drivers leaping out of vehicles adorned with

the signature blue permit tag dangling for the mirror, Sen. GwenMargolis, D-Miami, and Rep. John Julien, D-North Miami Beach,have filed bills to require local officials to more frequently checkthe rolls of permit holders to make sure they are still among theliving and in need of the free parking pass. Margolis' bill, SB 226was filed Wednesday and is similar to a measure, HB 27, Julienfiled in June. The bills require motorists to renew their permits inperson. The bills also require random audits –including a searchof county death records -- every six months and bolster penaltiesfor drivers who abuse the privilege.Federal Judge Bars Enforcement of Gun Gag BillThis is from The News Service of Florida by Michael Peltier

A new state law prohibiting health care providers from asking pa-tients about guns cannot be enforced while the merits of the new

law are being litigated, a federal judge in Miami ruled Wednesdayin a temporary victory for physicians in the battle between theFirst and Second Amendments.U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke granted a temporary injunctionto a group of physicians who filed suit over the Firearm OwnersProtection Act, which was passed by lawmakers in May andsigned into law by Gov. Rick Scott.In a 22-page ruling, Cooke dismissed the argument that allowinghealth care providers to query their patients on gun ownershipviolated the patient's Second Amendment right to bear arms un-der the U.S. Constitution."A practitioner who counsels a patient on firearm safety, evenwhen entirely irrelevant to medical care or safety, does not affect


















nor interfere with the patient's right to continue to own or usefirearms," Cooke wrote.Fuzzy MathEric Thompson, the Legislative Trustee at West Coast Chapter has passed the below information to me about how the Michiganhelmet law is being attacked. This is a continued example of howNation wide the Anti-Freedom of choice people are using fuzzymath to try and link injured motorcyclists and unpaid medicalbills.

ABATE of Florida, Inc. is being proactive to this assault and weare talking to our legislators and turning the focus back to therights of the motorcyclist in the State of Florida.Here is the link below to the Michigan article.State motorcyclists' rights organizations « Washtenaw County ...The following is posted to the website of the Skilled Motorcyclist

Association – Responsible, Trained and Educated Riders, Inc.We have reproduced it verbatim...washtenawcms.wordpress.com/.../state-motorcyclists-rights-org...Trike vs. Motorcycle Endorsements in Florida September 20, 2011 - There has been some confusion ex-pressed lately regarding Florida trike only vs. motorcycle en-dorsements. After confirming with the Florida Department of

Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, it has been learned that youmay legally operate a trike with just a motorcycle endorsement.However, if you only ride a trike and cannot physically operate atwo wheeled motorcycle, you must get the Florida trike endorse-ment.2010 DHSMV Crash Report OutThe DHSMV has released their 2010 crash report and the goodnews is that motorcyclist and passenger fatalities have de-creased between 2009 and 2010 by 4.7% from 402 to 383 re-spectively. Additionally, taken from the report Scribe sent you all,Table 1B on page 8 shows that only 36.8% of those killed whileriding were not wearing a helmet, vs. 51.2% killed WEREWEARING A HELMET, again showing that the statistics do not

support the mandatory helmet use argument.To view these reports go to: www.flhsmv.gov. Proposed Amendment Would Ban Near-Shore Drilling

A proposed amendment (SJR 90), filed Tuesday by Sen. Arthe-nia Joyner, matches a House version (HJR 23) filed earlier thisyear by Rep. Rick Kriseman, It would ask voters to put into theconstitution a ban on exploration, drilling, extraction or produc-tion of oil in Florida waters."There are people still suffering from the big spill," Joyner saidWednesday. "Do you want to expose Florida to the possibility of another spill – but closer to our shore? I just can't believe peoplewant to bring it that close, after seeing what happens when it'sfarther out."To open up our shoreline to the possibility of oil is ludicrous,"Joyner said.The move, which would need three-fifths approval of both cham-bers to get the proposal before voters, comes as backers of drill-ing have begun again raising the prospect of new exploration for both oil and gas to combat high energy prices, as well as andreducing American dependence on foreign sources of energy.Senate President Mike Haridopolos has said he has no intentionof pushing for new drilling in Florida waters this year. Harido-polos, R-Merritt Island, was a backer of a bill in 2010 that wouldhave removed a moratorium on drilling in Florida waters, butchanged his stance after the BP oil spill began in April of that

year. Since then, Haridopolos has said there is a need for newdrilling in American waters, but has given assurances that Flor-ida waters – which extend about 10 miles in the Gulf, and closer in the Atlantic - would remain off the agenda in the coming year.FLORIDA LAWMAKERS OFFER DREAM ACT BILL Two state lawmakers have offered a bill for the 2012 legislativesession that would create a pathway for students brought to thecountry illegally to get in-state tuition. The bill (HB 81, SB 106)allows an immigrant brought here illegally who has spent three

years at a Florida high school to be eligible for in-state tuition ata Florida college or university. A similar bill at the national level called the DREAM Act has beenoffered for years, but has yet to be approved by Congress. Themeasure has been proposed in Florida before as well, but hasn'tpassed.Civic Leader Changes His Plea to “Guilty” Tavares, FL, September 20, 2011 – While riding back home fromBiketoberfest on October 17, 2009, Herbert “Steve” Muller washit and killed by Lake County civic leader Bruce Duncan. Dun-can’s Blood Alcohol was twice the legal limit in addition to the ½empty bottle of vodka FHP found in his truck. In court today,Duncan did not dispute these facts.

After many hearings in this case, on September 19 & 20, 2011

Mr. Duncan changed his plea to Guilty of DUI Manslaughter.This case took on a life of its own when Duncan’s defense teambegan lining up figures such as Florida State Representative H.Marlene O'Toole (R-Lady Lake), two Circuit Court Judges, Presi-dent of Lake-Sumter Community College Dr. Charles Mojock,Tavares City Administrator John Drury, as well as fifteen other community leaders to be defense witnesses in Duncan’s hearing.

Although there were several hours of testimony from family andfriends on both sides, not all the defense witnesses had the op-portunity to testify.

ABATE of Florida, Inc. State President, James “Doc” Reichen-bach II, did testify for the prosecution, asking that the Court notdepart from the recommended sentencing guidelines, and how

drivers killing motorcyclists are getting away with insignificantfines. Asst. State Attorney Sue Purdy recommended that CircuitJudge Michael Takac impose a 12 ½ year prison sentence and apermanent license suspension. The state sentencing guidelinesrecommend a sentence of 10 years and a few months, but thedefense attorneys have asked the Court to depart from theseguidelines and sentence Duncan to only 4 years, the absoluteminimum sentence allowed by law. The defense also motionedto suppress the testimony of “Doc” Reichenbach, claiming preju-dice and that ABATE is not an affiliate. Judge Takac denied thismotion, stating that he allowed numerous testimonies from de-fense witnesses that could very well be deemed prejudice aswell.On September 30, 2011 at 8:30 am Judge Takac will sentenceBruce Duncan at the Fifth Judicial Courthouse, Lake County, on550 W Main St. Tavares, FL. Members from at least six ABATEof Florida chapters attended the Sept. 19th hearing. Motorcy-clists are asked to show support for Steve Muller’s family and letthe public know that we won’t stand idly by while we’re gettingkilled on Florida’s roadways. Contact Lake County Chapter President Casey Staley at 407-469-2455 or [email protected] for additionalinformation on the September 30, 2011 Sentencing Hearing.

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From the Motorcycle Riders FoundationWashington, D.C.

TEA Extension The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) haslearned that, with current authorizations set to expirein the next couple of weeks, the U.S. Congresspassed legislation that would authorize surface trans-portation programs for several more months.

By voice vote, the House passed a bill (HR 2887)that would extend surface transportation programsthrough March 31, 2012. The bill also would extendcertain highway-related taxes, including the gas tax,which is set to expire on September 30 under themost recent long-term surface transportation reau-thorization. The Senate also passed the extensionlate on Thursday, September 15. This bill has beenthe vehicle for numerous motorcycle-related laws.HR 2887 is expected to be signed into law very soon."The extension keeps the current motorcycle aware-ness and education grants flowing. So far the gov-

ernment has returned $49 million dollars to the mo-torcycle riders in the country; I call that a good start,"said Jeff Hennie, MRF Vice President of GovernmentRelations.The bill, which should be the most bipartisan bill inthe entire Congress, has been stymied for a number of legislative and political reasons – so much so thatis now linked to the Federal Aviation Administrationfunding bill which is on its 22nd extension going back

to 2007.House Transportation and Infrastructure CommitteeChairman John Mica (R-FL) said the short extensionrepresented a "bipartisan, bicameral agreement tomove forward," but warned that it should not be a"temporary Band-Aid."

As always, the MRF will keep you updated on thisissue and every other issue affecting motorcyclists inthis country.See you in the wind,„TEDDYBEAR‟ ■




















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WHO WE ARE . . .

We are a non-profit organization of motorcycle en-thusiasts from all walks of life. We lobby and edu-cate the government and the general public to pro-mote motorcycling in a safe and positive image.We endeavor to enlist the cooperation and participation of all organizations and individuals thatshare a similar interest in preserving our Americantradition of FREEDOM. We promote motorcyclesafety, training, & political awareness. We ARE NOT A CLUB OR A GANG. We fund our work through toy runs, poker runs, campouts, and other motorcycle activities. We are your neighbors &friends who work, pay taxes, and get involved withour community. We serve and support our countryand believe in freedom. We use all legal means to protect our rights without infringing on the rights of

others.

OUR GOALS . . .

To become a powerful and viable political force inlegislative matters concerning the motorcyclist.

To promote the safe riding habits without infring-

ing on individual freedoms.

To motivatethe bikers towrite letters totheir legislators before, during,and after the

legislative ses-sion.

To furnish our members witha newsletter tokeep all bikersinformed inregards to up-coming legisla-

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