AZ tells special interest groups HELL NO

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"PHOENIX ? The Arizona Game and Fish Commission voted unanimously on Jan. 10, 2012, to oppose proposed Arizona House Bill 2072, a bill that would have reserved a large number of big game tags for a ?qualified organization? to resell at auction or raffle."

"?Public trust assets must never be diverted to benefit special interests,? said Commissioner Norm Freeman. ?The language of the bill itself is fraught with problems, and the very premise should be discarded in its entirety.?



http://azgfd.net/artman/publish/NewsMed ... tags.shtml


Here is a link to the bill, sound familiar?

http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/bills/hb2072p.pdf

From another article

http://phoenix.fanster.com/2012/01/10/hb-2072-creates-a-stir-in-arizona/

"I think the biggest thing that riled people up about this proposal was the secrecy. It was tabled as emergency legislation. In spite of the fact that AZSFW claims to represent the interests of Arizona outdoors enthusiasts, nary a soul had heard anything about this. The conservation groups didn't know about it. The AZGFD Commission seemed to be caught off-guard. Why wouldn't the bill sponsor or AZSFW have solicited input from the hunting public or at least the conservation groups like the Arizona Elk Society or the Arizona Deer Association? Having some or all of these groups on board would have generated a lot of support for this bill. Especially if this legislation was ?good for the hunters and the wildlife?, why was the legislation handled this way?"

MAYBE UTAH NEEDS TO TELL SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS HELL NO!!!!!!
 
this was a shocker. I got the email late Friday night regarding the bill. nothing from AZ sportsmen for wildlife despite being on theioir email list. the secrecy of this and introducing it at the last minute really smells of dirty politics.....this action alienates Arizona sportsmen for wildlife with most sportsmen in AZ......allen Taylor........
 
Allen, when this story broke a couple of days ago, I went back through the archives here and found all the posts you made back in 2005 asking if this new Arizona organization was going to go after tags like the UT version did. And I read about how they all assured you that they were different, and that they would never go after tags in Arizona. That must smart a bit now.....
 
I remember posting quite a bit on it and like you said, all was supposed to be "not like Utah". I am concerned that nobody from AZ SW sent any emails out asking for input, nor did they inform any conservation groups or the AZGFD commissioners. Sure sends the wrong message when supposedly we as the sportsmen are not capable of handling political situations like lobbying so AZ SW is supposed to be the group taking care of my needs. I feel like abuse/deception has occured with the back door effort on this situation. By today some sort of email could have been sent out to quell these feelings that most AZ guys/gals will have.......Allen.......
 

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