Don't get me started...
"Sutton, like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his state Natural Resources Agency secretary Mike Chrisman, don’t care that the state faces the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
So what if the Department of Fish and Game can’t afford to buy enough trout food to feed its newly hatched fry, fingerlings and sub-catchable trout.
So what if there’s not enough money to pay game wardens, key staff people to do research.
And finally, so what if the Marine Life Protection Act was so poorly funded it had to be rescued three times, the most recent by environmentalists using over $18 million of the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation’s money. The estimate by the Department of Fish and Game is that it will cost the state $30 million to $40 million a year to manage, enforce and do public outreach for the state’s network of marine protected areas. This, in a state that can’t afford to buy trout food for its hatchery fish.
Sutton and Chrisman, who represent Gov. Schwarzenegger, just want the MLPA to go forward. Worry about the money later. Let the next Governor, the next resource secretary and the next fish and game commissioner worry about funding this underfunded, boondoggle of an act."
Hey Mike Sutton, I'm sure you eat seafood...how do you like your fish?
Protected, then enveloped in nets, floundering out of water on a warm deck, just to be immediately frozen, ready for your plate?
Or are they just delivered, fresh, from any area you choose...
I think that is just the loophole we needed to delay the proceedings based on conflict of interests...
Conflict of Interest:
More generally, conflict of interests can be defined as any situation in which an individual or corporation (either private or governmental) is in a position to exploit a professional or official capacity in some way for their personal or corporate benefit.
Can't get any clearer than that...
