Wrong. Once again birdman is posting about things he knows not his about. Do you see a trend?
RMEF made a decision to submit a proposal in response to the state?s open invitation in its administrative rule. When the asked me to help them with the process, I knew going in that the State of Utah would not let that contract go to another conservation group. RMEF is the only group that submitted a proposal pursuant to the DWR?s own rules. Once the DWR received RMEF?s proposal, they chose to ignore their own rules and prior practice to implement a formal RFP, which changed the criteria and was drafted in a way to favor the groups that had the prior contract.
RMEF played along and submitted an even more generous response to the RFP, knowing the odds were stacked against them. When the DWR rejected RMEF?s proposal in favor of a proposal that returned a fraction of the money to wildlife, RMEF made a decision to move on and focus their mission. To put it simply, RMEF is not in the business of suing states and other conservation organizations, and this is a Utah problem that Utah sportsmen will need to resolve.
As someone who was involved in this from the beginning, I was not the least bit surprised with how this all went down. I knew it would be an uphill battle for any group to get a fair and legitimate shot at that contract but I hoped RMEF?s proposal would at least draw attention to the problem we are facing in Utah, and it did:
https://kutv.com/news/local/allegations-of-corruption-surround-utah-hungtin-and-conservation-expo
And to top it all, the DWR came back 2 years later and finally amended their rules to allow them to use the RFP process that they already used in 2016. Is that how government agencies are supposed to operate? In Utah, that is how we do it.
There you go birdman but I am sure you already got the ?real story? from serving on one of your important committees. Don?t let facts get in the way of a good story!
-Hawkeye-
My Favorite Expo Tag Quotes:
"It is fair to ask how much comes in with the five dollar application fees and how much went onto the ground.? Don Peay of SFW during 3/31/2005 Wildlife Board Meeting.
"There will be a full accounting of how the applications fees are spent.? Don Peay of SFW - 9/26/2006 - Monstermuleys.com