trinlayk
trinlayk says:
http://learningresourcesinc.blogspot.com/Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Good News from Washington
Bloomberg.com announced tonight the decision of the CPSC to exempt certain natural materials today (thanks, Eagle Eyes Kathleen Fasanella!).
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a0Xr2Iw1Vi_8&refer=us This is partial relief for sure, but the quotes in the article and tenor of the decision suggests at a minimum that we are being heard. If this is where they are at today, there is hope we can move them further before National Bankruptcy Day. Even though they promise that the "toy police" won't be at our doorstep by February 11, the real issue for all of us not really what happens on Feb. 11, but rather what happens on Nov. 11 or sometime next year, when the CPSC is supercharged with more funding, a new Chairman and ample resources released from pereptual rulemaking and squabbling. We need to head off CPSC 2.0 when they turn into a lean, mean enforcing machine. I have never had a problem with a regulatory agency focused on real safety issues (let's not forget, we are all consumers and have kids of our own) - but that's not the focus on the CPSIA, the law of the land. The CPSIA is about fear and vengence. Let's keep plugging away! Rick
Posted by Rick Woldenberg, Chairman - Learning Resources Inc. at 11:44 PM
