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To whom it may concern,
I am taking this opportunity to air my frustration with the
California Air Resources Board. There has been a total disregard
for the plight of the small independent trucker and what we have
gone through since 2007 when the recession has all but crushed any
hope of making a decent living in California. We have a major
investment in truck's that were sold legally in California and now
do to your decision to change the air quality standards our sole
source of income have been rendered useless unless un affordable
retrofits or replacement of the truck entirely takes place. In my
mind if you want this done then pay for it out of the states
coffers !  Oh,ridiculous you say; impossible from a fiscal stand
point, now your just beginning to understand the ridiculous nature
of your request on the trucking industry !
 As a precedent I would like to remind you of just a few items that
were grandfathered into the auto industry and feel the same
grandfathering should take place in the trucking industry regarding
older trucks. 1.seat belt requirements 2.lap belts vs lap and
shoulder restraints and the fact that cars with no belts weren't
required to have any installed at all. 3. five mile an hour
bumpers. 4. The most pertinent of all the fact that every time CARB
requested tightening of the emissions regulations you never once
forced car owners to retrofit their cars to meet your new demands
!.Why then do you insist on crippling an already suffering industry
whose profit margins have been seriously eroded by skyrocketing
over head such as fuel,tire,oil and repair costs ?
 I just hope that my plea does not fall on deaf ears. I believe the
people employed in the public sector have no real idea what this
recession has done to the entire private sector. The sacrifices
that have had to be made just to stay afloat and scrape together
enough every month just to pay the bills. we're talking corn flakes
and beans and rice, holes in our clothing and patch repairs on
every thing that breaks in our lives. I'M NOT OVERSTATING THE DIRE
SITUATION HERE ! I'm merely trying to paint you a mental picture of
the reality of the situation. Your inability to grasp the situation
is evident in your television commercials. The one with the women
that states " just do it, comply "  Comply with what? Mortgage our
upside down homes or sell our 20 year old patched together cars.
Thank You,John Dutra.