Stormy out today so doing the lazy bit ..... good to do.............

To the issue, yes they DO plan BUT a lot of competing interest are after the limited resources. That R 6 staff and some Olympia staff tried to get it is not enough. You have PS who always want the most, tribes want things, enviros .......... well you get it.

You have to get a plan that the agency agrees will work ( got it ), you have have a organized and focused LOCAL coalition with a spokesman THAT DOES NOT HAVE TIES TO SPORT VS COMMERCIAL, ( you don't have that ) and then you need a legislator ( Lynn and Sid who were majority leaders have retired ) that can double down the ante and force the issue to the top of WDF&W's problem list. So you have one out of the three but the one that takes the most time is done.

Bottom line? You need Rep Blake to have enough confidence in the local community sticking with him to go to the wall ......... hard, to force the issue. And not slamming non coastal folks your support is needed, but to legislators it is always the folks WHO LIVE IN THEIR DISTRICTS that matter most. Finally you need not just one legislator BUT the Coastal Caucus to support it.

If you don't have what it takes to do the above stay home as your gonna get ate alive by the competing interest in Olympia. Fact of life. Oh yeah one other thing. Mr. Phil ain't your friend! His job is to save the agencies structure at this point and he will get more cuts this special session that he will have to deal with. A gentlemen who was a budget writer for a governor once told me that it is budgeting by " pain management ". It will be Phil's job to manage the pain.