Watch out CA Lt. Gov. Newsom coming to MT

m1fan

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If you are not aware of what is going on in the land of fruits and nuts and how it has a MT connection, I'll keep it brief.

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for CA F&G Commissioner Dan Richards to resign after legally harvesting a mountain lion in ID. Newsom was interviewed today saying he hunts and is going on a deer/elk archery hunt in September. I don't think he will be welcomed with open arms but who knows...

http://www.ltg.ca.gov/news.2012.02.27_Richards.html
 
This is a huge fight out here. Dan Richards, the current President of the California Fish and Game commission, went on a legal guided mountain lion hunt in Idaho, posed with a dead lion (big tom) and claims he ate it.

Gavin Newsom's dad is a judge (retired) and wants a seat on the fish and game commission.

Gavin, the lieutenant govenor, was putting political pressure on Richards to resign originally. Richards has basically laughed at him, saying he wished hunting mountian lions in Calif were legal.

The Libs are up in arms and some members of the legislature are attempting to have Richards fired. His position is appointed by the Govenor and the Govenor is a Democrat too.

We'll see how this plays out.
 
So he legally took a mountain lion in Idaho and Gavin wants to him to resign because of it? And people wonder why Id like that state to fall off into the ocean!
 
I hope he does another lion hunt here in MT.

My bone is no stranger to
great envy!
 
Newson believes if it's illegal in cal if should be illegal every where. Unless your from a south American country than your legal to do what ever you want.
 
Newsom stated publically that Richards should abid by the "morales" of California (oxymoron) and since the voters (1990) voted that it is illegal to kill mountian lions, he should be held accoutable for what he did in Idaho.

Richard's response was that gambling is illegal in California so all of the Legislature that have gone to Nevada and gambled, should resign.

The libs have since moved on to some other feel good project. Chalk up a win for the good guys.
 
My intent was not to bore the good folks in MT with the CA dirty laundry but warn them that the dude from SF might be headed their way to hunt.
 
I didn't read anywhere that he would be headed to Montana. What makes you say that?




I wanted to take a scalp,but the kill was not mine.
 
LAST EDITED ON Mar-24-12 AT 11:34AM (MST)[p]Maybe we could get Richards and Newsome on the same mountain, at the same time. Guess who I'll be betting on?
 

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