OK… Scaly

You asked! Now you can hear what my reply is! I will not bite my tounge on this one!

For years now, I have NEVER tried or attempted to hide my real identity or who I represent. Your posting applies otherwise! All you needed to have done was to read my profile, or the numerous postings and threads that I have posted about public access on the "Wallace Gravel Pits". All of those letters that were posted concerning my issues about "public access" were signed by me (Bob Reid) and/or my organization, CPR-Fish (Cowlitz Plan for Restoration). DA!! Again, how about you?

Be honest now! You said "Even more were invited but a few, like Friends of the Cowlitz, didn't even respond back with a "no thanks! Is that you, CFM?? I guess not, since you are so ready to offer your time, efforts and money. (As long as certain major groups aren't involved?") For being a supposed "writer", what kind of B S was that statement Scaly?

It appears that you and your friends have only invited the people that you wanted to attend…right?

That's one of your group's biggest problems, and you know it! You need to feel what a double edge sword really feels like!

Ok, so now that you have asked, you shall receive an answer that should make you think twice before you make such stupid statements again!

Tell me, did you or anyone else in your group or organizations send either me (Bob Reid) or my organization (CPR-Fish) an invitation to attend…you already know that answer don't you! Did you loose my email address…I think not!

So please explain why you didn't invite me or my organization!

Which brings to the point that I have been trying to tell you guys for over 2 years now? Do your "home-work" first, before you open your mouths and get yourselves in trouble.

One more time, for both YOU and the rest of the uninformed board members that do not know the facts; I was a past president of the Friends of the Cowlitz (FOC) from about 1992 to late 1995. I resigned as their President, because the Board voted to give a large donation (20 times larger then any prior donation before) away to an outside party without notice. It all happen at a single board meeting with "no prior board notification" before that meeting was held. There was no representative there or available to answer our boards questions! Only half of the board members were there at that meeting! The party that requested the funding would not even come to our board meeting to justify their request for funding. That tells me a lot, what about you? That was a major problem for me since I was not only the "president" of that group at that time; I was also their "business manager" of that same organization. Just a little history here. When I took over the job of being their Business Manger and Treasure, we had less than $200 in our account. When I resigned, we had over $135,000 in our account! What does that tell YOU???

If you can't be there to answer questions, then you probably don't really need that $2000!

Anyway, the board passed a resolution to give away $2000 of the FOC funds without the "new treasures impute" ( he (not me) was not told of the request) nor was he there to ask any questions to the board or the requester. In a small group like the FOC, that $ 2000 dollars could have carried them on for a long time. That was why I "resigned" as their president! If that isn't what happen, lets hear from those of you that don't have a recorded copy of those board meeting….that just isn't going to happen!

Oh yes, forgive me for miss spelling the aberration for American Rivers as AM! Sometimes we are not as good as spellers as others, or lord behold, we make a typo mistake!!

I am sure that no one else has even done that ….right?

If you want to hear about American Rivers, I got more than you will want to hear!

Cowlitzfisherman