Informed decisions? What do you mean exactly? Informed from sell out agenda? As long as TPWD doesn’t take away my right to hunt snakes I will support their turtle banning agenda? As long as I can get the road ban over turned I will appease TPWD by lying that I don’t sell wild caught herps? Or by being a commercial business, then buying wild caught snakes from a commercial collector and then going to a TPWD meeting and bad mouthing commercial people? Martin Luther King didn’t say I have a dream but those folks in the south have a point too.

Yes, we do need to band together with all stakeholders. But if stakeholders are selling out the herp industry then they are committing treasonous acts. We can not sit by and allow this to happen. We have enough to deal without being undermined by self serving, sell out stakeholders. We need to expose them, educate them and hope that they change their ways. But by you mentioning them it just gives them credence. Further, from what you have said you don't support many of their actions, policies and statements. What are we to do with these folks? Folks who are stakeholders yet are so selfish or ignorant they are treasonists? I take a very firm approach to this and rightly so I believe. If you know better but still support policies, make statements or take actions that undermine or are clearly against or opposite to the herp industry you are aiding the enemy, you are a sell out. I will call them out every time. I will not just sit here and allow them to sell my rights down the river for their imaginary gain.

Welkerii

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• An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - EricWI, Tue Dec 14 22:31:35 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - mpollard, Wed Dec 15 14:18:02 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - aquick, Wed Dec 15 20:59:13 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - mpollard, Thu Dec 16 17:13:35 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - jscrick, Sun Dec 19 08:27:05 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - jscrick, Sun Dec 19 12:53:03 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - jscrick, Sun Dec 19 12:58:52 2010
• Watch out for sell outs! - OHI, Sun Dec 19 16:49:23 2010
• RE: Watch out for sell outs! - jscrick, Sun Dec 19 17:58:26 2010
• RE: Watch out for sell outs! - jscrick, Sun Dec 19 19:21:37 2010
• I can't support treason! - OHI, Sun Dec 19 23:04:23 2010
• RE: I can't support treason! - jscrick, Mon Dec 20 07:42:22 2010
• RE: I can't support treason! - wireptile, Mon Dec 20 10:56:34 2010
• RE: I can't support treason! - jscrick, Mon Dec 20 11:29:03 2010
• I am sure this is a malignant problem - OHI, Tue Dec 21 04:43:00 2010
• Systemic might be a better term... - jscrick, Tue Dec 21 13:16:28 2010