In the case of WDFW, it's the Senior leadership who is giving out half truths and are failing to do everything to work towards a real solution. Senior Leadership!! Not staff. These are the guys who are paid BIG MONEY to know, and to fix things when they are brought to their attention.

For example, they tell us repeatedly that "There is nothing else they can do other than ask the tribes for cooperation in opening up the NOF meetings. They say, the Tribes are sovereign and do not have to obey the state Open Public Meetings Law. What the DON'T TELL US, is that if the Commission truly believes what they have been saying, about Transparency being so important and vital, all they have to do is ADD a few words into the North of Falcon policy when they vote to adopt it and WALLA! Transparency is now MANDATED by law! Of course, the tribes can now choose to attend or not, but the meetings must, by law have public oversight!

So, why didn't they do that last year when we asked? Why did they bring in the lawyer to give a presentation on how they can get around it?

Because, they are AFRAID of the TRIBES!!! Plain and simple!

They've known about the piggy backed permit problem for a long time. They've know that it was being used to get concessions that in a fair system would not happen.
They knew that IF the public found out about what is REALLY going on, all HELL would break loose.
So, they did nothing, and still say there is nothing more they can do but ask the Tribes permission.... That is the Ugly Truth!