<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Noise pollution is a health issue--the source of much early deafness due to the shock to the ear canal hairs that conduct sound. We're seeing more and more deafness and earlier loss of these hairs in 20-somethings and middle-agers. It's a good issue.<DIV>What do you want to do about it?</DIV><DIV>Andrea</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Mar 8, 2007, at 8:18 AM, Duende wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">As many of you know, I'm a motorcyclist and love my sport. However I'm totally put off by the tremendously loud bikes(and some cars) that shatter the peace on a continuous basis. I have yet to meet anyone not riding one of these machines who feels much differently than I do. How can one start a petition to limit this. (or enforce existing laws maybe) Locally for starters and statewide eventually. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Also, considering the reception I've gotten to this issue it would probably behoove the Green Party as a whole to push this. We sure can use the press.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Peace</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Duende</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>________________________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you."</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Oscar Wilde</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">sosfbay-discuss mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org">sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss">http://lists.cagreens.org/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>