lobsterman
Sr. Member
Hi Robert,
i just saw your post and imediately copied your text / comments and tried to post them, but when i got to the states website, i realized that the time for comments had expired last year , i guess i should have known to check the date of your original post.
but i was just curious how did you make out ?, unfortunately i can guess .
as a commercial fishermen, while attending public comment hearings, we were told by a gov. official that although they were required to hold the public hearings and request comments, they were not in any way required to listen to them or allow any credence to any of our comments what-so-ever. and they were going to do as they saw fit. ( after he said that to the group of angry fishermen, i thought he was going to be lynched, we probably should have lynched him, they wouldn't be able to ignore that comment ).
i am afraid that we are all the victims of the "we know whats best for you" policy making procedures, that goes on all too frequently these days, it seems that our votes and voices don't mean a thing anymore. they are going to do what they want to, regardless of what we say.
i just saw your post and imediately copied your text / comments and tried to post them, but when i got to the states website, i realized that the time for comments had expired last year , i guess i should have known to check the date of your original post.
but i was just curious how did you make out ?, unfortunately i can guess .
as a commercial fishermen, while attending public comment hearings, we were told by a gov. official that although they were required to hold the public hearings and request comments, they were not in any way required to listen to them or allow any credence to any of our comments what-so-ever. and they were going to do as they saw fit. ( after he said that to the group of angry fishermen, i thought he was going to be lynched, we probably should have lynched him, they wouldn't be able to ignore that comment ).
i am afraid that we are all the victims of the "we know whats best for you" policy making procedures, that goes on all too frequently these days, it seems that our votes and voices don't mean a thing anymore. they are going to do what they want to, regardless of what we say.