Hmm .......... ah well yes and maybe no. He was a rather high up D Senator and his comments were directed toward the inability to address issues brought forward by the public. At the time If I recall correctly it involved ESA stocks / harvest and the lack of equality between Sports and Commercial harvest, in particular in river terminal. Might add that he supported bringing the Commission back but in the end felt it created a situation that stonewalling became acceptable.

Did not say I agreed but if one wants to maintain the Commission structure one should get a feel for what some feel is a short coming that is seldom discussed. He lamented the fact that the lack of consensus amoung sport fishers really undermined efforts to move their issues forward as the commercial interest ( including tribal ) were in lock step. It was a interesting conversation to say the least, bit of a eye opener for this opinionated old goat.