When Wildlife and Fisheries were combined in the 90's I was really enthusiastic. Primarily I liked the hatchery potential for bettering our steelhead populations by doing river of origin stock because Fisheries had salmon hatcheries everywhere. We could improve the genetics and have a few fish to catch. It seemed to me that the only competing issues were fish management, and now they would be under one roof. Without writing a book about the mess we've been in for many years now, I'm going to stir the pot by saying I'm really disappointed with the lack of real leadership in the Commission. The Commission system theoretically should work. Why isn't it? Because it insulates bad work by WDFW staff from the government. What if WDFW went back to a system where the director was appointed to and directly accountable to the Governor? Then citizens concerns about actions at WDFW would go directly to the governor's office. Politics work. Look who the tribes deal with. Not the Commission. Good people are/have been on the Commission, but also a few idiots. Okay, now I'm ready for the nasty remarks about my just throwing out a thought. It's all politics and very little else. How can a couple dozen gillnetters be so successful, against half a million anglers?