Sorry CM, I have to go along with Rojo regarding electing the commissioners. This is the exact opposite of trying to keep politics out of natural resource management. The winners will be the ones with the big $$$ and the political power. There is a lot of money in farming, cattle, timber, noncomsumptive use, even PETA that could come together and be part of commission coalition that may not vote along with the hook and bullet crowd. The commission and director relationship has its biggest shortfall as the weakness in specific direction to the Director from the Commission. The Director is given authority to make decisions under broad policy themes. Consequently, its murky trying to figure out who to blame for missteps. One can knock the old Dept of Fisheries system of a Director with full authority but at least one knew who to thank or blame. Chain of command and decisions weren't murky at all.