Tug, I've said before that I think we should elect Commisioners by Region. Must live in the Region and be elected by voters in said Region. Might be good to have them in DNR, with the elected Head and that person would be F&W Commission Chair who, like the VP, could only vote to break a tie.

I seem to remember that previous iterations of staff accomplished more per person than now but there are extra layers of administrivia required of them.

One aspect to remember is the huge change in work rules. When I started, in WDG, we were expected to work as long as it took to do the job. With no OT, Exchange Time, etc. My first boss, because he was a go-getter, took something like 5 days off his first two years, weekend included. Heck, in WDG we were expected to work Federal Holidays with no extra pay or credit.

WDF was better, early on, but now work time is very constrained so you do need more people to accomplish the same amount of work.