[EAS] Why "Voluntary"

[Bill Ruck]

Phil,

Yer preachin' to the choir.

Bottom line is that the major radio station owners are beholden to 
investors and they are much more concerned about being delisted than 
providing any public service.  When your stock is much less than 
$1/share management has few choices.

We DO need a system that accurately and promptly warns the citizens 
of the U.S.   I am not that worried about the Rooskies or even N. 
Korea but weather is something that we should be able to predict and 
warn about.

Bill Ruck
Curmudgeon
San Francisco

At 01:29 AM 7/10/2016, you wrote:
>. . .
>We should keep the bottom line in mind:  Saving lives is paramount.  If
>putting more teeth in EAS contributes to public safety and the continuity of
>government, I favor moving forward.  Throwing up our hands and complaining
>that we can't improve the system because a court might do something in the
>future doesn't get us anywhere.