Victory In Illinois

[team37]

District 17 and the AMA along with track owners racers riders and TV crews marched into the Illinois capital , And took Mary flowers Democrat-Chicago ILL. and the rest of congress by complete surprise. All flowers had for facts and figures was we have to save our children. And the Bill that would have prohibated anyone under the age of 16 to ride offroad was defeated. By her display of anger in the hallway afterwords the offroading community of Illinois has not seen the last of her.

[T@AFP]

That is GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!
Complete Kudo's to all involved!!!!
Hope that will show up on CNN or U Tube.
Please keep us informed to any information or press release that may occur.

[mini racer #39]

I FOUND THIS, I WAS LOOKING FOR VIDEO.

With special thanks Bob Pistole from Sunset Ridge MX in Walnut, IL, as well as RedBud's Amy Ritchie, here's more on the defeat of the controversial Illinois House Bill 3914, which would have basically made it illegal for anyone without a driver's license or under the age of 16 to ride an off-road motorcycle or ATV. ABATE (the motorcyclists' rights organization from Illinois) has an office in Springfield and caught the legislation first, and notified AMA District 17 officials. "The district did a great job of getting the word out," reported Pistone. "There were over 200 people at the committee meeting this morning. The committee allowed the general public to speak, and he was impressed that one of the kids spoke up against the law. There were promoters and riders from just about every D17 division there: MX, Hare Scrambles, Dirt Track, Enduro - lots of riders and families, and that made a big impression."

The representative who pushed for the legislation-- Mary Flowers -- was not very convincing, added Pistole. "All she did was recite statistics and didn't seem to understand anything about riding or racing, and she couldn't pronounce 'Polaris.' Regardless, there didn't seem to be much support for the law from the representatives on the committee, and the vote seemed like just a formality, coming out at 17-3 against.

Special thanks should be noted for Illinoise State Representative Bob Flider, who was on the panel and supported the motorcycle and ATV riders.

[Logan #34's Dad]

SWEET!!!! We all need to keep an eye out for this kind of thing. As we all know or are learning OUR polititians throw in their agenda's into good bills and hope to get it by the people. And once it is signed into law then it's almost impossible to get rid of it. The word is PORK!
GREAT JOB ABATE and DISTRICT 17!
JOIN THE AMA!