I've been supporting BAN, too, BUT...
I am a long-time TU supporter, and I pay another $50./yr as an individual member to support NSIA, because they are responsible organizations (as well as the strongest supporters of sportfishing). As for those two,I understand and accept that they MUST be cautious in what they endorse, or they'll lose the respectable reputations they have earned in our legislative bodies and other forums! Going with emotions is easy, guys. If either of these, or other opposing groups, had been offered a chance to help draft the initiative the glitches could have been caught, and I'll bet we'd have a proposal that only the commercials would be against!
15 years ago, TU got slammed for opposing I-84,a totally illegal state initiative to overthrow Boldt (a federal decision). When I-84 passed in the general election, it went nowhere, because it was illegal, but TU lost nearly half its members around the state. I got the recent state letter, too, which emphasizes that we have our personal choice to make, but in good conscious the leadership can't endorse 696 as written. I know all the co-signers and there's not a one with an ulterior motive. These guys are avid salmonid fishers, and the NSIA guys are dependent upon sportfishing for their livelihoods; don't you think they've maybe given all this some very serious thought??? Vote your consciences, after looking at ALL the angles, but try to see where they are coming from.