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>This legislation simply changes the current
>reg from "may" issue to
>"shall" issue for these same
>8 tags.
>
>The benefit statement being peddled by
>the legislator's is the $200,000.00
>revenue benefit to F&G.
>Also, tags issued on the
>back of NR tag pool
>and therefore not impacting Idaho
>residents. Typical win-win argument.
> Sounds good.
>
>One question? If F&G is
>in need of funds, then
>why have they not previously
>issued these since it has
>been their option? Maybe
>because they know we don't
>want them.
Yeah sounds good if it was just as simple as that.
But there's plenty more to it, like the increased power it would give legislation
To control fish and game.
If they get their foot in the door on this, then likely it won't be long before the fish and game department would end up being puppets on a string with politicians and orgs. Like SFW pulling the strings.
Also when I was at the meeting in the Jerome office the question was asked as to what guarantee there would be that no more tags could be issued? the answer was there is no guarantee.
So there is a real chance the number of these Governors tags, conservation tags, or whatever you want to call them could easily end up going from 12 to 100s before we know it.
Another question asked at the meeting was where will the funds Generated from the sales of these tags be spent, the answer was up to 30% could go to Access yes, anything else is yet to be determined.
Now, we have the issue of the Sportsmens groups being the ones auctioning these tags off, IMO it's pretty much a given that SFW is foaming at the mouth to get their hands on these tags,
do we really need this group gaining traction in Idaho?
Haven't we learned anything from what's going on in Utah?
Do we really want that sort of crap going on in the state of Idaho?
Another question we need to ask is why is this so urgently being pushed through?
Slow down a little bit get the word out a little better and allow more people to respond, about 90% of the people I have talked to about this didn't have any idea that this was going on.
We need to get this bill shut down now, The potential consequences will be irreversible and quite possibly devastating to Our young hunters and the average guy.
From everything I see is that the only ones that stand to benefit are certain sportsman groups, guides, landowners and rich folk.
also how far is 200,000 really going to go with the F&G budget at 137 million? is all the potential damage it stands to cause really worth 200 Grand?
And that is just a few reasons why I think this bill needs to be shut down, there's plenty more.