What the heck? Maria Cant-do anything-well or Deborah Senn? I don't want to get off on a rant here but if you folks think that a couple of nanny state socialists will in any way improve life or fishing in this state you're all licking frogs. Who has appointed the last few WDFW chiefs? Liberal democrats. Who has run this state into the ground financially, morally, educationally? Liberal democrats! Deborah Senn is personally responsible for the cost of health insurance in this state doubling over the last 6 years (ask your boss!) and the number of insurers going from over thirty to TWO. Yeh, that is freedom of choice. Liberal democrats have cost this state over thirty million dollars is DSHS settlements this year alone!!!!!! How much fishing opportunity could that buy??????? Slade is no saint I admit, but he is a far cry better than someone who thinks they know better what kind of car you should drive (a public bus), how you should raise you kids(on ridlan in a failing public school unable to read)If you think you can raise your kids, just swat one on the behind at a mall and see how long it takes CPS to visit your home, how much of your money you should be able to keep(inflation 2.5% property tax increase 20% in 2000, 13% in 1999)What you can eat(recently introduced "fat tax" to discourage meat eating), how much fuel you can buy($0.43 PER GALLON gas tax), how free you can be(2 sheriffs for 720 square miles in graham with 40 mph roads, that means a one hour response time and Maria and Deborah don't think we can be trusted with weapons to defend our families, in an area with the highest concentration of meth labs in the state!!!!!!) What you can own(if you think you own your home, truck, boat just stop paying your lease payments to the gov't(TAXES,FEES,TABS) Hell, us peasants can't even fish for pleasure without PAYING FOR THE PRIVELEGE(paying for certain, unalienable rights) If you guys want to be single issue voters, go right ahead. If you really want to make this a better country for EVERYONE (not just me,me,me) vote for MORE freedom, LOWER taxes, LESS gov't intrusion in our lives. If you don't like Slade, vote for a conservative libertarian. Remember, those dams were there for a long time BEFORE the fish runs went to hell. Idaho steelhead travel over 8 dams and they still have good runs most years. (yes I know they also have the largest hatchery)