I'm definitely excited to see sport fishing and economic benefit showing up in the same sentence from the pen of a governor. I've long thought the overall economic benefit of sport fishing vs. commercial fishing should be our strongest argument in favor of increasing sport opportunity, so reading that was music to my eyes. I sincerely hope my hesitation is unfounded, but I think if everyone reads that letter again, they might see some of the statements preventing me from getting too excited about this just yet.

Remember that the author is, first and foremost, a politician, campaigning for re-election with every written or spoken word. He didn't get where he is by telling the majority of the voting population things they didn't want to hear. Most voters stop listening and start running for the polling booths as soon as they hear something they like. It's the words spoken beyond that point that all too often leave the voters wondering where they went wrong in the aftermath.

I should add that a reason to be more optimistic in this case is that this governor, based on his title, appears to be a doctor (not a lawyer), which should mean he's less adept at being ambiguous in what he says than most politicians....

Be moderately excited and extremely watchful is my mantra in times of political upheaval.