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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I don’t know how many of you are on the ABATE State Discussion List, but if you are not, please read Nick’s important message below. He’s asking everyone to print a petition and have 10 people sign it. Pretty easy to do. You can either scan/email, fax, or mail to him. Also, our meeting is a week from Sunday and you could bring them with you and I’ll make sure Nick gets the copies. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This is mostly an off-road issue BUT it also affects us because it will repeal part of a helmet use requirement by California and can be beneficial when we introduce our next Helmet Modification Legislation. ABATE has an off-road division and we try to support their issues just as we’d like them to support the street bike side.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If you’d like to read the bill, here’s a link: <a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_1801-1850/ab_1835_bill_20140218_introduced.pdf">http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_1801-1850/ab_1835_bill_20140218_introduced.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To keep track of the bill, this link will help: <a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery">http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery</a> I think.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This won’t take much of your time, and is a step forward in the fight! Please do your part.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Nancy<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> news@abate.org [mailto:news@abate.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>ABATE News<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 23, 2014 4:11 PM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ABATE News<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> CALL TO ACTION! GREAT NEWS! 05 23 2014<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=432 height=159 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF76A0.AE71C410" alt="local 23"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>May 23, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Hello ABATE member!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Great news folks! Assemblymember Kristin Olsen’s staff just informed me that her AB 1835 made it out of the full Assembly Floor today on a vote of 44 – 23! AB 1835 repeals the mandatory usage of helmets by adults in Side X Sides. This is awesome news for freedom lovers! The bill will now advance to the Senate Transportation Committee in a couple of weeks. I will ride to Sacramento for that hearing as I did the Assembly Transportation hearing and would love for any of you to join me. I will let you know the date.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>But what we need right now</span></font></u></b> is for each of you to print out at least one of the attached petitions and have just ten people including yourself fill it out and sign it and send it back to me. If each one of you do that, we will have over 10,000 signatures to take to the capitol in a couple of weeks! We only have a couple of weeks, so I am hoping that each of you will complete at least one petition (more if you would like) and send it back to me via email <a href="mailto:nick@abate.org" target="_blank">nick@abate.org</a> OR fax <a href="tel:760.253.4642" target="_blank">760.253.4642</a> OR snail mail Nick Benson Sr, 25434 West Main Street, Barstow, CA 92311.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Remember, just ten signatures from each of you could make or break the next vote! Please get them done now!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please do NOT respond directly to this email, it is NOT monitored for incoming messages. Please DO contact us at <a href="mailto:nick@abate.org" target="_blank">nick@abate.org</a> or <a href="mailto:carol@abate.org" target="_blank">carol@abate.org</a> for questions or information.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thank you for being an ABATE member!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><img border=0 width=224 height=65 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF76A0.AE71C410"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nick Benson Sr<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Board Member & Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>ABATE of California, INC</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>10240 7<sup>th</sup> AVENUE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>HESPERIA, CA 92345-2631<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Phone: <a href="tel:760.956.1669" target="_blank">760.956.1669</a> / Fax <a href="tel:760.956.6519" target="_blank">760.956.6519</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.abate.org" target="_blank">http://www.abate.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></span></font></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3950/7544 - Release Date: 05/22/14<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>