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Subject:		NYS Takes $ 100 million for General Fund
Name:		Stuart
Date Posted:		Apr 16, 08 - 12:02 PM
Email:		sbaunoch@excite.com
Message:		Posted on the NYSSA site by the President of NYSSA: I would like to thank all of the NYSSA delegates and members for their support and participation in this past weekend’s Annual Meeting & Forum. I am honored to serve as your President and look forward to serving this great organization. During my address to the NYSSA delegates, I remarked on the many issues facing the sport of snowmobiling including safety awareness, the rising costs of trail development and maintenance, and access to lands for trails. I also discussed working together to face the great challenges that lie ahead. We are presently faced with a serious situation that affects each and every one of the more than 200 local clubs that comprise NYSSA. As you may now be aware, NYSSA learned late Friday (04/11) that on March 7th or thereabouts, acting in accordance with Section 15 of Part T of Chapter 57 of the Laws of 2007, the Director of the Budget directed the State Comptroller’s office to transfer $100 million in available fund balances in Miscellaneous Special Revenue accounts to the state’s General Fund. As part of this transfer of these funds, $1 million was transferred from the Snowmobile Trail Development and Management Account. Please know NYSSA is adamantly opposed to the raid on this fund and is fighting to have this action overturned. The sweep of this money undermines the credibility of the fund, violates a public trust and will devastate our ability to adequately and safely maintain the state trail system and consequently jeopardize the impact snowmobiling will have on the upstate winter economy. Working with our government affairs and public relations consultants, we have already taken appropriate and necessary action to convey our strong opposition to New York State government leaders. These activities include: - Sending a letter of opposition to Governor Paterson - Meetings with key Legislators - Contacting NYSOPRHP and Division of Budget officials Over the next several days we will be finalizing a communications plan that will include a NYSSA "call to action", and will be contacting NYSSA club presidents directly and asking them to contact their respective Senators and Assembly representatives. We will provide the club presidents with the specific details of our message in order to ensure a clear, consistent, and resolute message. As I stated in my address yesterday, if we speak with one voice we will be successful. Please know that we will continue to expand and enhance these efforts with the goal of convincing state leaders to rescind this damaging proposal and put in place any and all necessary language that would prohibit such a raiding of this fund in the future. Please stay tuned for important updates on this very serious matter as this effort develops. Mike Fischer, NYSSA President
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Re: NYS Takes $ 100 million for General Fund by Bill · Apr 16, 08 - 12:29 PM Re: Re: NYS Takes $ 100 million for General Fund by Evan · May 4, 08 - 4:44 PM

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