>>I don't think it's a respect thing so much as it is a decency, tact thing. We've labeled him pretty harshly. I know if I were him, after reading some of this stuff, I wouldn't give us the time of day. Add to the recipe that he heads up the TPWL committee, and this becomes a horse I wouldn't bet on. And even as I say that, there's still a chance that they will let us hunt.

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>>I know you are the tenured soul here - I respectfully ask how would you expect them to vote after publicly making labeling him the enemy?



We already know how he will vote, since one of the TPWD commissioners paid him $5000 (It's in his campaign records). The vote can't hinge on one person or we have already lost. What we have pointed out to other members of the house and senate is that he pulled one over on them too. We also have to show the law in it's present form does NOT address any of the concerns it was drafted for. Cited were concerns over commercialism and safety. There is not one record of a traffic accident caused by herpers and yet over 3000 traditional hunting accidents in a little over two years. The does not address commercialism at all, just where the commercial collectors can collect.



Now I respectfully ask you, who are your people and how can you help us?
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