What do you call it when criminals pay off cops and/or witnesses in order to prevent being arrested? Simple answer: Bribery. They lose their jobs and often go to jail.
I knew three judges in Miami in the early 1990s who took illegal payoffs in exchange for special favors. After being caught in a sting, they went to prison for bribery.
What do you call it when Congress uses taxpayer money to muzzle someone who alleges sexual harassment and/or assault by a member or employee of the House of Representatives or the Senate? Answer: Legal process. Not only that, this “process” has been engineered by Congress itself.
That’s like passing a law saying it’s OK to break laws if we are the law breakers.
This is beyond comprehension. A law was passed by Congress and signed off by President Bill Clinton in 1995, then put into effect in 1997, which not only covers allegations of sexual impropriety, but other administrative violations by employees. However, now that the secret is out, it’s pretty clear the original purpose of this funding. According to the Washington Post, a total of $17,248,854 of taxpayer funds has ostensibly been paid out as hush money settling 235 complaints since 1997.
Compliments of sleazy politicians, this abomination goes even further in humiliating and victimizing complainants. Victims of sexual assault and/or harassment must attend hearings before a panel then agree to attend extensive mediation and counseling. If that doesn’t work, the money is paid.
If such idiocy is condoned in the federal government, it could seep down to state and local levels allowing elected judges, mayors, governors and, yes, congressmen to act immorally or even illegally, providing hush money is paid. They all could create secret funds so bribery payoffs come from the taxpayers and not their own pockets. How non-transparent can it get?
– Who are the perpetrators of each allegation that resulted in an acknowledgment of wrongdoing and a payout?
– Names and details should be published in newspapers and online throughout the country.
– Each perpetrator must reimburse the taxpayer 100 percent from their person finances.
– Determine which of the “acknowledged” allegations are or could be considered a felony and/or misdemeanor?
– Those acknowledging guilt (by virtue of taxpayer payouts) should immediately resign or be subjected to impeachment.
– The same process of disclosure must be applied to any government representatives who chose to present hush money to alleged victims of sexual harassment from their taxpayer funded office budgets, as did Rep. John Conyers in 2015, according to a report from Buzzfeed News.
This all has nothing to do with political parties. Both sides own their share of guilt. But if these demands are actually met, I fear we would have the greatest government crisis of all time, with many empty seats in the House and Senate, and a state of utter confusion in Washington.
Regardless of power or position, no man or woman is above the law, or immune to standards of morality. The audacity that congress could allow funding to justify bribery to protect their own butts is disgusting.
Those affected might like to drag it out until it becomes distant history. That must not happen. It needs resolution now.
Marshall Frank is a retired Miami-Dade police detective and frequent contributor to FLORIDA TODAY.
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THE BIKERNET BAD JOKE LIBRARY IS STILL OPEN —
An elderly RV couple enjoying the lifestyle is sitting in the kitchen one morning, having their usual quiet breakfast. She in her old, thin nightgown… he in his robe.
As usual, he’s holding up the paper, checking the scores.
She is feeling wistful, thinking of the old days when their love was young.
“Arthur”, she finally says, “do you still find me attractive?”
Without moving his paper, he says, “Yeah… sure, Martha.”
“But Arthur, she says, “am I still sexy to you?”
From behind the paper he says, “Yeah, yeah… you’re still sexy.”
“But Arthur!”, she says, “You barely look at me anymore!”
He puts down his paper and looks across the table. “Martha!”, he says earnestly, “I love you so much. You are ravishing! …the most wonderful, sexy woman on earth! I couldn’t live without you!”
“Oh, Arthur!”, she says, “When you talk that way to me, I can feel my nipples get hot!”
He picks up his paper again and says, “Well, they should be hot. One’s in your coffee and the other’s in your oatmeal.”
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SCV Harley dealer first to accept Bitcoin for payment
Charles Winkelmann used the most modern of global currencies to buy a classic symbol of America last month when he bought a Harley-Davidson motorcycle with bitcoins.
“We know it was the first Harley in the United States, and perhaps in the world, bought via Bitcoin,” said Mike Moffett, president of Old Road Harley-Davidson, which has been on Centre Pointe Parkway since 2009, when it moved from Van Nuys. The dealership first opened in 1965.
Bitcoin, a digital and global currency, allows people to securely send or receive money across the internet. Money can be exchanged without being linked to a real identity. The mathematical field of cryptography is the basis for Bitcoin’s security.
The security of each transaction is assured by encrypting it, and linking it in an unalterable way to all previous transactions, and distributing the records, called blocks, to computers all over the world. Once recorded, the data in any given block cannot be altered without altering all subsequent blocks, which requires the cooperation of participants across the network.
Last month, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange said it will start trading Bitcoin futures later this year, once it receives regulatory approval. Cryptocurrency market capitalization has grown in recent years to $172 billion, with Bitcoin representing more than 54 percent of that total, or $94 billion, according the futures exchange. About $1.5 billion worth of bitcoins are exchanged each day.
“By accepting Bitcoin and getting the word out, we’re reaching another audience that we might not otherwise reach,” Moffett said.
His brother Tom mines cryptocurrency, and brought him up to speed on how it works.
“I talked to a couple of car dealers that accept Bitcoin, Lamborghini Newport Beach and Overland Park Jeep Dodge Ram Chrysler in Kansas, and they shared what they know. Then we signed up with BitPay, which converts the Bitcoin amount into dollars, so the transaction is seamless.”
Once they were set up to accept Bitcoin, they put the word on Reddit, the social news and discussion site, which is where, within a week, Winkelmann saw it.
“I was born in the Philippines and owe everything I have to America, so I wanted to buy an American product,” Winkelmann said. “If I see local businesses that will accept Bitcoin, I want to support them.”
Winkelmann first became aware of Bitcoin during the financial crisis, a few years after graduating with a degree in engineering from UC Davis. With jobs hard to find, he started looking into the new digital currency.
When he first heard about Bitcoin, one bitcoin was worth thirty cents. “At first I thought it was a scam, but then I did some research, and read a whitepaper called “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System,” by Satoshi Nakamoto, and decided to start mining bitcoins.” Mining involves solving complex computational puzzles and adding previous transactions to an ever-growing linked list, called a blockchain, in exchange for newly released bitcoins.
It’s unclear if Nakamoto was a single individual or a pen name for a group of authors of the whitepaper, which remains a useful primer on how Bitcoin works.
When Winkelmann, who lives in Gardena, started mining in 2011, it was possible to use off-the-shelf personal computers. More recently, only high-end specialized computers are up to the task. Slower computers consume more in power costs than they can generate in value.
These days, Winkelmann only uses Bitcoin for items that cost more than a thousand dollars, to avoid transaction fees on smaller purchases.
He has a Bitcoin tee shirt he bought with 9 bitcoins when they were worth $5 each. Today, one bitcoin is worth about $8,227, so these days he jokes about his $74,000 tee shirt, which he wears while tinkering with his Harley, which cost less than two of the fairly new currency.
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It is good to see Billy Lane in your stories again . One of my favorite chopper builders. Did pretty good for a aerospace engineer , just had a run of bad luck . Good to see him back in the headlines again . Have a Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
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Agreed. It will be nice to see what his genius comes up with up now that he’s back at it, or at least I hope to see it. Merry Christmas Gearhead.
Bandit will be back in a few days, as long as he isn’t drinking SO MUCH in Havana that he passes out and misses his flight.
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A farmer stopped by the local Garage to have his truck fixed. They couldn’t do it while he waited, so he said he didn’t live far and would just walk home.
On the way home he stopped at the Hardware Store and bought a bucket, and a gallon of paint. He then stopped by the feed store and picked up a couple of live chickens and a live goose. However, struggling outside the store he now had a problem – how to carry his entire purchases home?
While he was scratching his head he was approached by a little old lady who told him she was lost. She asked, ‘Can you tell me how to get to 1603 Mockingbird Lane ?’ The farmer thought and responded, “Oh! as a matter of fact, my farm is very close to that house. I would walk you there but I’m just trying to figure out how I’ll manage to carry all this lot.’
The lady suggested, ‘Why don’t you put that can of paint in the bucket? Carry the bucket in one hand, put a chicken under each arm and carry the goose in your other hand?’ ‘Why thank you very much,’ he said and proceeded to walk the old girl home.
On the way, he says ‘Let’s take my short cut and go down this alley. We can be there in no time.’ The little lady looked him over cautiously, then said, ‘I want you to know that I am a widow and, as you can see, without a husband here to defend me. How do I know that when we get in that alley you won’t hold me up against the wall, pull up my skirt, and have your way with me?’ The farmer said, ‘Holy Smokes lady! I’m carrying a bucket with a gallon of paint, two chickens, and a goose. How in the world could I possibly hold you up against the wall and do that?’
The lady replied, ‘Set the goose down, cover her with the bucket, put the paint on top of the bucket, and I’ll hold the chickens.
‘OLD’ IS WHEN…Your sweetie says, ‘Let’s go upstairs and make love,’ and you answer, ‘Pick one; I can’t do both!’
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NMA Lobbying in DC, Part 1 – Reeling in Traffic Enforcement: NMA E-Newsletter #464
By Gary Biller, NMA President
Enabled by contributors to our Spring 2017 Campaign, the NMA is pursuing its 2017-18 National Legislative Agenda in Washington. More precisely the current focus is on two of the agenda items – eliminating federally funded ticket blitzes and restricting the bounds of civil asset forfeiture.
Part 2 of this newsletter in coming weeks will describe our lobbying efforts to stop the indiscriminate government seizure of and profiteering from motorists’ property. The topic today is another form of robbery, one in which state law enforcement agencies are incentivized by the feds to conduct year-round, high-visibility traffic enforcement campaigns where safety engineering takes a back seat to ticketing activity as justification for more highway policing.
Communities know where their bread is buttered. Take Henderson, Nevada with a population of just under 300,000 as a for-instance. Just eight months into 2017, Henderson police completed their eighteenth enhanced enforcement action of the year with the support of $200,000+ of federal aid. Multiply that ticketing effort and funding by a few hundred similar programs run across the country and you get an idea of the magnitude of annual revenue generation that is enabled through the federal program.
That is one of the talking points that the NMA developed with Rob Talley, our Washington lobbyist, to persuade Republican, Democrat, and independent lawmakers to limit the budget of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to finance this perpetual highway robbery.
Ironically our effort has been helped by another federal agency that is piling on. Earlier this year the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) stepped outside of its normal aviation confines to issue a sweeping call for the states to get with it by lowering speed limits (after abolishing that “obsolete” 85th percentile method of determining safest travel speeds) and by installing speed cameras everywhere, even in states that prohibit the use of automated enforcement.
(As an aside, one of the most vocal members on the NTSB board promoting the “reducing speeding-related crashes” report is T. Bella Dinh-Zarr. She joined the board as vice chair in March 2015, timing that roughly fits the initiation of research for the report. She is a public health scientist, former employee of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and is a self-described avid walker and bicyclist.)
Talley sees that as an overreach of command-and-control enforcement that will help us organize opposition on Capitol Hill. After all, there can’t be too many drivers in the District of Columbia who haven’t been victimized by a camera ticket of some sort. Take a look at the following map of camera placements in the area, a graphic that you can be sure is among our lobbying materials. The Washington Post reported an increase of speed camera citations from 276,000 to 994,000 in the District over the last decade while ticket revenue from those cameras climbed from $20 million to $994 million. Is it safer to drive yet?
California: DOJ Submits Proposed Ammunition Vendor Licensing Regulations to the Office of Administrative Law
On Friday, December 1, the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Firearms (“DOJ”) submitted its proposed regulations regarding the issuance of ammunition vendor licenses to the Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) for review, regulations which are substantively unchanged from DOJ’s original proposal from July 14, 2017.
California law required DOJ to have implemented these regulations no later than July 1, 2017. This is because beginning January 1, 2018, almost all ammunition sales in California must be processed by or through a licensed ammunition vendor or California licensed firearms dealer. The regulations for the issuance of the ammunition vendor license needed to be in place by July 1, 2017, to allow ammunition retailers enough time to apply for and obtain the required license.
California’s Administrative Procedures Act allows OAL 30 working days to review the proposed regulations, but OAL can potentially decide to act well before that deadline, as we saw with the recently adopted “assault weapon” regulations. The deadline for OAL to make a decision on the final regulations is January 16, 2018, more than two weeks after the law is scheduled to take effect. Assuming OAL decides to act sooner, California ammunition retailers will not have enough time to apply for and obtain the required ammunition vendor licenses by January 1, 2018.
In September, NRA and CRPA submitted a written comment and provided oral testimony on DOJ’s proposed regulations. At this time we have yet to see if DOJ has addressed those comments in a “Final Statement of Reasons” as is required by law.
Continue to check your inbox and the California Stand and Fight webpage for updates on issues impacting your Second Amendment rights and hunting heritage in California.
Higher resolution would show just how densely clustered red-light, speed, license plate, stop sign and other types of ticketing cameras are in the area. (Is it any wonder that Washington DC outdistanced all other states as the entity that treats motorists the worst in this 2014 NMA study?)
Our lobbying message to federal legislators is this: Highway safety programs should be evaluated with safety performance metrics, not activity-based goals that can lead to questionable motivations. The effect that ticket-blitz enforcement campaigns have on safety is debatable. What isn’t debatable is that making funding contingent upon meeting certain activity levels is a direct incentive for state and local law enforcement to implement a quota system. At a time when we desperately need stronger bonds of trust and respect between the nation’s 250 million licensed drivers and police agencies, the current system is only making the situation worse.
Let’s be realistic, we are facing an uphill battle against an entrenched, self-perpetuating, money-making machine. If we can sway a few politicians – perhaps those from states that don’t like being told by the NTSB to ditch their laws against photo enforcement – we’ll have something to build upon.
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AMA News and Notes: December 2017
National and Regional News
PICKERINGTON, Ohio – The American Motorcyclist Association filed an amicus brief with the highest court in the land Nov. 20 defending the rights of motorcyclists against unlawful search and seizure as protected by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amicus brief was filed in case No. 16-1027, Ryan Austin Collins v. Commonwealth of Virginia. The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that, because Collins’ vehicle was a motorcycle and not a car or truck, the officers who searched under Collins’ motorcycle cover did not need a warrant to do so. The AMA’s brief argues that the judgment of the lower court should be reversed. AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman stated that the amicus brief points out an example of how motorcyclists’ rights can be threatened at all levels-and branches-of government. The AMA’s brief states: “This Court’s analysis should not be affected by the fact the vehicle searched was a motorcycle rather than a car or truck. … There is nothing inherently suspicious-and no inherent justification for a search-in the use or ownership of a motorcycle.” The brief points out that a motorcycle cover is commonly used to protect motorcycles from the elements, to provide privacy and to prevent theft. “By removing and looking beneath the cover of the motorcycle parked in the curtilage of the home, the police conducted a warrantless search in violation of the Fourth Amendment,” the brief continues. While the AMA’s brief expresses no opinion regarding the petitioner’s ultimate guilt or innocence of the alleged crime, it emphasizes that motorcycles should not be subjected to unreasonable searches and seizures. The consequences of the erosion of motorcyclists’ protections under the Fourth Amendment would be severe.
State News
RIVERSIDE. Calif. – The Wildomar Off-Highway Vehicle Area will be closed for at least a year due to the effect of an 866-acre blaze that started Oct. 26, Cleveland National Forest spokeswoman Olivia Walker said. The campsite at the south end of the trails also is closed. The OHV area has 8 miles of dirt trails and typically attracts 50 to 100 riders each weekend. It’s the only OHV trail in western Riverside County.
MORENO VALLEY, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management’s California Desert District is soliciting nominations for five members of its California Desert Advisory Council to serve three-year terms. The council’s 15 members provide advice and recommendations to the BLM on the management of more than 10-million acres of public lands in eight counties of southern California. The BLM will consider nominations until Dec. 4. The five positions to be filled are: one renewable energy industry, two public-at-large and two elected officials. Members help the BLM carry out its multiple-use mission and stewardship of 245-million acres of public lands. The nomination form is available for download on the Desert Advisory Council webpage.
CARRIER MILLS, Ill. – A federal grant will allow officials to develop a 26-mile off-road vehicle trail system at the Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area in southern Illinois. The state Department of Natural Resources received a $1.2 million grant from the federal Recreational Trails Program for a $1.5 million project announced in November by Gov. Bruce Rauner. State DNR funding will account for about $300,000 of the project and RTP funds, administered by the Federal Highway Administration, will provides up to 80 percent of its approved project costs. The governor said demand is growing for off-highway vehicle recreation, and the development will become a destination for riders from across the Midwest. Sahara Woods is about 340 miles south of Chicago.
HELENA, Mont. – Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks named Beth R. Shumate the new state parks administrator Monday following a nearly year-long vacancy at the post. Shumate has served as manager of Hell Creek State Park and, most recently, as FWP’s state trails program manager. Shumate is scheduled to begin work Dec. 4.
RUIDOSO, N.M. – Jill and Ron Andrews, who founded and organized the Golden Aspen Motorcycle Rally and AspenCash Motorcycle Rally/Poker Run, are retiring. The couple started the Golden Aspen rally 30 years ago. AspenCash is 20 years old. The two rallies, which drew about 25,000 registered participants to the area each year, will end unless someone steps in to take over. The Andrewses won the AMA Outstanding Road Rider of the Year Award in 2005 and were featured on the cover of the July 2016 issue of American Motorcyclist.
AUSTIN, Texas – A proposed change in park management could place decisions about access to public land in the hands of one person. The Austin City Council and Travis County commissioners are considering amendments to Chapter 12 of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve Land Management Plan, which governs Emma Long Motorcycle Park. Off-road motorcycle riding was among the grandfathered uses in Emma Long Metropolitan Park when the BCP was established in 1996 and has continued since, despite some trail closures contested by enthusiasts. In fact, all grandfathered uses were included in the original Habitat Conservation Plan and are acknowledged in the current proposal, which states, “continued public access at the same levels as were occurring in 1996.” Nevertheless, the current proposal goes on to say: “Any existing trails not approved by the Coordinating Committee Secretary will be closed.” The AMA is working with Austin-area riders to keep trails open and to stop this move to concentrate power in the hands of one bureaucrat. For more information, contact Friends of Emma Long Motorcycle Park leader Tomas Pantin atmoto@pantin.com, visit www.BestAustin.com or contact the AMA atgrassroots@amacycle.org.
Industry News
IRVINE, Calif. – Pamela Amette, vice president of the Motorcycle Industry Council, will be retiring in 2018 after a career of more than 40 years, announced Tim Buche, president and CEO of the MIC. Amette joined the MIC in 1975 as research director after nearly three years with Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA. MIC Executive Vice President Erik Pritchard is responsible for finding Amette’s successor. He expects the recruitment and selection process to take several months.
SAN DIEGO – “No Roads Required,” an exhibit featuring Kawasaki KX motorcycles and highlighting the bike’s 50-year history in the United States continues through January at the San Diego Automotive Museum. On display are:
- 1973 F11m 250cc Moto crosser
- 1978 KX80 Pre-Production – Frame No.12
- 1995 KX500 Baja 1000
- 2000 KX80 – James Stewart Team Green Championship bike
- 2000 KX250 – Ricky Carmichael AMA Motocross National Championship race bike
- 2004 KX125 – James Stewart AMA Motocross Championship race bike
- 2017 KX450 – Eli Tomac AMA Pro Motocross Championship race bike
- Ninja H2R Hybrid – Ricky Gadson Drag Race bike
The San Diego Automotive Museum is at 2080 Pan American Plaza and is open daily from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.sdautomuseum.org.
WILIMINGTON, Del. – Motorsport Aftermarket Group has announced it is using federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings to eliminate about $300 million in debt through a debt-for-equity exchange supported by more than 90 percent of the principal amount of the company’s prepetition first lien secured lenders and its asset-backed lenders. Chapter 11 provides protection from creditors while companies reorganize. Monomoy Capital Partners, BlueMountain Capital and Contrarian Partners will lead a new owners group when the company emerges from Chapter 11 proceedings. MAG has secured $135 million in debtor-in-possession financing from some of its secured lenders to keep the company functioning during the bankruptcy. MAG’s brands include J&P Cycles, Motorcycle Superstore, First Gear, Kuryakyn, Roland Sands Design, Vance & Hines, Renthal and more.
MILAN, Italy – Honda displayed a CB4 Interceptor Concept at the 2017 EICMA that included a fan that uses wind power to generate energy. The bike was built by the company’s Rome research and development center and was meant to meld café racer styling with the features of an endurance bike. The wind energy powers a touchscreen on the bike’s fuel tank that controls GPS and other electronic features. The fan is built into the motorcycle’s headlight housing.
SARASOTA, Fla. – Harley-Davidson has signed on as a “Lifetime Sponsor” of GreenZone Hero and became the exclusive motorcycle sponsor of GreenZone Hero. The GreenZone Hero mission is to recognize businesses that honor the country’s veterans. Harley-Davidson will be listed on the GreenZone Hero Founders page and each Harley-Davidson dealership will have the opportunity to have its own page on the GreenZone Hero website.
MADRID – Bultaco revealed its Albero electric motorcycle/bicycle at the EICMA in Milan, Italy. The company says the new bike “is all about fun and getting you places in the big city, and with zero emissions along the way.” The Albero is part of the company’s Brinco line, which mixes motorcycle and bicycle features for urban transportation. The Albero comes with a combination of electric propulsion-activated by a grip throttle-and independent pedaling, allowing the rider to adjust the level of effort he or she wishes to make.
International News
GOULBURN, New South Wales, Australia – New road repair materials are being blamed for motorcycle crashes, according to a report on MotorbikeRider.com. One rider died in a crash on a bridge near Goulburn. Journalist Mark Hinchliffe visited the area and wrote that “Less than a month after the roadworks were finished and the road returned to 80km/h, hot weather caused the road to literally melt.” He continued: “We were able to pick up gummy pieces of tar and could see where the surface was coming loose from a vehicle doing a U-turn.” Queensland Main Roads Department intended to place an electronic warning sign on the most dangerous corner, but posted the sign at the wrong location, despite being provided with GPS co-ordinates. “When advised of the error, they promised to change it and to fix the road,” according to Hinchliffe.
ISTANBUL, Turkey – A new app with a name derived from the Start Trek TV show helps residents and visitors find a ride on a motorcycle. The app, called Scotty, features a “Beam Me Up” button that summons a motorcyclist to your location. The service is similar to Uber and Lyft, with 2,000 riders logging 150,000 rides since it was introduced. According to a report in USA Today, Scotty is strict about its hiring practices. Riders must have five years of experience, pass Scotty’s driving exams, take a psychological evaluation and bring their bikes in for a monthly checkup. The riders’ skills are also tested on a track.
AMA News
PICKERINGTON, Ohio – Former AMA Board Member Charles R. Goman, of Winder, Ga., passed away Nov. 14 after a long illness. He was 73. Mr. Goman was an AMA member for 34 years and represented the Southeast Region on the AMA Board of Directors from 2009 until 2012. Mr. Goman’s widow, Donna, said he was diagnosed with dementia in 2011 and his health issues led to his leaving the AMA Board, but he never lost his enthusiasm for motorcycling.
PICKERINGTON, Ohio – Today (Dec. 1) is the deadline for nominating an individual or organization for one of the AMA Board of Directors Awards for 2018. The program recognizes the individuals and organizations who have demonstrated leadership, uncommon excellence, and dedication to the AMA mission of promoting the motorcycle lifestyle and protecting the future of motorcycling. Send your nomination to submissions@ama-cycle.org or mail it to: AMA Awards Program, American Motorcyclist Association, 13515 Yarmouth Drive, Pickerington, OH 43147. Individuals are encouraged to submit the name of a person or group that may qualify as an applicant for one the AMA Awards. A full list of the award categories can be found at www.americanmotorcyclist.com. When making a nomination, be sure to include the name of the award you wish the nominee to be considered for and, in 500 words or fewer, tell us why you think the person, organization or group stands out. Please, no self-nominations.
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