[Excaliber]

OK, heres the latest, and it looks like GOOD NEWS!!!

The House (being pissed at DOT) made sweeping changes to the Bill and wanted to "eliminate" the State DOT "recon" people entirely. We felt this was SO radical the Gov would veto for sure. SO, yesterday at a hearing for the Bill the "Club" WAS successful in getting the Bill BACK to it's original wording.

Essentially:
NO "re-construction inspection required for cars 1967 and back."

It gets better! A "deal" has been struck with the DOT boys! They will NOT PROTEST the Bill IF we limit the number of cars to 100 per year. Hmmmm,,,,, you think they been talking to someone in California?

At this point it appears there is no one left to protest the Bill. The scheduled meeting with the Governor (was this Friday, 9 am) has been cancelled as the Gov's advisors indicated they WOULD recommend the Bill when it got to the Gov's desk. Thus, there is nothing left to "argue".

This is not totally a "done deal" there are a couple of "committees" or "hearings" still scheduled on the matter. Anything could happen between now and then. BUT, it sure looks good, I think it's a GO.

Ernie