[sbe-eas] Florida CFO urges FCC to halt use of wireless emergency alerts

[Stephen Weber]

“Political Tripe”

Good name!!! LOL

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Subject: Re: [sbe-eas] Florida CFO urges FCC to halt use of wireless emergency alerts

And I guess he doesn't know what a test is, or why anybody would ever need to do testing on systems.

My big question is what does WEA testing have to do with Florida finances?  Does the CFO really have nothing better to do?

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On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 10:51 AM w2xj w2xj.net<http://w2xj.net> <w2xj at w2xj.net<mailto:w2xj at w2xj.net>> wrote:
I guess he is just unaware that we’ve had national alerting for at least 70 years, beginning with CONELRAD.


> On 11/02/2023 1:05 PM EDT Aaron Read <readaaron at friedbagels.com<mailto:readaaron at friedbagels.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Honestly, Sean, I'm mildly offended that you sullied our fine listserv with
> this political tripe.  ;-)
>
> But seriously folks, this is political pandering...no, it's
> *scaremongering*...and nothing more.  I'm sure Patronis, a former State
> Representative, Rick Scott appointee, and no doubt DeSantis acolyte, will
> be screaming for the WEA system to be used when the next Category 5
> hurricane destroys The Villages.
>
> https://www.wlrn.org/news/2018-11-06/jimmy-patronis-wins-full-term-as-floridas-cfo
>
> - Aaron
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 9:55 AM Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com<mailto:sean at donelan.com>> wrote:
>
> >
> > The CFO of the state of Florida is asking the FCC to "immediately halt any
> > further utilization" of the federal government's wireless emergency alert
> > service.
> >
> >
> > https://myfloridacfo.com/news/pressreleases/press-release-details/2023/10/30/cfo-patronis-to-the-fcc--halt-utilization-of-the-national-wireless-emergency-alert-system
> >
> >
> >
> > Apparently, the State of Florida knows how to issue a press release, but
> > doesn't know how to submit comments to the FCC.  His letter has not
> > appeared in the ECFS yet.
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