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Originally posted by femfisher:
I have been lurking here for a while now and usually keep my opinions to myself....But this is just so ridiculous...

Why will sportsmen (and women) spend thousands on gear and boats, and next to nothing on politics.

It is past time for us on all of the Northwest BB's to let bygones be bygones. Band together. Let's create a Political Action Commitee, organize, and pay some dues. Do the math folks. (just 1000 members x $25.00 month = $25,000 per month!) If each and every one of us were to pay a small monthly fee.....elected a governing board, and hired a professional Lobbyist.....we could get some serious changes enacted. Money talks.

I will continue to lurk here... waiting for you all to come to your senses.


I totally agree with you. It just seems that sportsmen are cheapskates (no offence intended). I worked hard collecting signitures for the Ban All Nets innititive and I believe that it failed because of lack of funding. It was decided that if we could raise $1 million, it would pass because we could afford to get it into the media, TV advertisements, radio advertisements, etc. Instead, we couldn't get enough money, and all uninformed voters saw was adds saying it will cost people jobs. If everyone who bought a fishing liscense chipped in $10 - $20, we could have easily raised the money.