Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney says that he never intended to demean Amateur radio in an exchange with a television reporter two years ago. This, as the debate over his comments flares anew on the ham bands and on hobby radio blogging websites nationwide.
Amateur Radio Newsline's Don Wilbanks was the one who contacted Mitt Romney and asked him to explain:
It all began during a televised Town Meeting that aired on November 16th of 2005 on segment 2 of WCVB television's "When Disaster Strikes" The program featured public safety and volunteer organization officials from across Massachusetts.
Moderator Natalie Jacobson had asked Governor Romney questions about communications interoperability, and communication without commercial power.
During the exchange Jacobson commented '...so you don't see yourself getting down to ham radio operators?...' The then governor replied: "No, we don't need to deal with ham radio operators. We have power systems that allow us to speak with one another and to manage our response."
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I received a similar email from the Romney folks regarding the statement Gov. Romney made back in Nov. 2005's Townhall meeting. Here is what the email said:
Mitt Romney Banner
Dear John:
Thank you for following up with me on the responsibility of Ham Radio Operators. The exchange with Natalie Jacobsen was meant to imply that we need to strengthen our emergency response infrastructure, rather than demean the important role I recognize that Ham Radio Operators play around our country. I hope this will clear up any confusion.
Again, thank you for contacting me. I encourage you to visit my website at www.MittRomney.com for updated information on other issues that may be of interest to you. I look forward to hearing from you in the future, and earning your support.
Sincerely,
(Mitt Romney Signature)
www.MittRomney.com
73 de N7TEK
Hello John,
Thanks for the comment, I am not to much for putting political stuff on our blog but this is / was something that cut me to the bone. As an assitant EC for Anderson County but I am also a local Volunteer Fire Fighter with Andersonville VFD.
We are a poor department by most standards but we have to maintain the same standards as a paid professtional department does. But as a ham I think we sometimes meet or exceed the communications capablities that we have avaliable to us in the fire service or police service.
It is the people like him that set us up for faliure as a nation when something goes wrong by not using the people how can help and be independent of the main system.
But this may a non-issue now that he has withdrawn from the race.
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