Koenings is a true politician. At the Port Townsend commission meetings it was startling to find out how much money WDFW is required to pay for non-WDFW agencies as their "share". The Washington State government bureaucracy under Gary Locke has grown to one of the largest per capita in the United States. Unfortunately WDFW has to pay millions for things that are not fishing or hunting related. The jockeying for dollars is beginning. Locke has fired off his lame duck proclamations to grow government even bigger before he leaves. These sneaky rats always go for the sacred cows when they threaten cuts. It makes me ill but it is true politics in the raw.

Talk about shooting yourself in the foot though. Shut down a potentially huge moneymaker like the Lake Washington Sockeye fishing season to prove a point or score political capital.

In between getting a boat show booth ready and sportsmens shows I will definitely be writing to my representatives about this and other funding issues.