Davis Budget

[HaveGunWillTravel]

i was never a big fan of using pig tags anyway............

 

[snoopdogg]

I've got $20.....

 

[Mattk53]

I'm a teacher and Davis is proposing a 40% cut to all public schools. This Idiot is ruining our state, How did he win after the energy joke!

Matt

 

[wavesfr]

I'm moving, And people say canada is socialists? Can't be as bad as Kalifornia right? It just seems to get worse every year. I call & write the higher ups,but guess what never get our way. Just gonna get more crowded more expensive & more LIBERAL.

 

[shaginator]

I'd gladly pay $1,000 for a Gray Davis tag.

 

[New Pig Hunter]

Fellow Hog Hunters,

I've already waded into this thread earlier..... my recommendation still stands.

WRITE AND CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS !!
DO IT NOW !!

I myself am not encouraged: there may have been some re-districting where I live in SoCal and my new state senator is a demoRat !! Fortunately my assemblyman is republican.

Call these people, tell 'em you don't want pig tag fees raised, FreeDivr2's first paragraph makes good sense about "why" fees shouldn't go up. And make sure you also send notice to Davis' office too.
The NRA website has a link to help with all this, providing mailing addresses, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers. Sorry, I don't have the URL here at home.

If you're fed up with all this nonsense, that put's you on the front lines of the battle. And people on the front lines learn quickly they must fight or die because no one else is going to do it for them.

The old cliche is, "put your money where your mouth is." This time, put your time where your heart is. If you want pig tag fees to stay the same, spend your time to let your "elected" officials know three things: 1) you vote; and 2) you don't want the fees to go up; 3) you'll be watching to see how your elected officials respond to your needs.

Good Luck and Get Busy,

Carl

 

[COHunter]

Too bad you cant make your Fish & Game department an enterprise agency. The only money it gets is what it self generates. Our State is making cutbacks in almost every Dept, but the Division of Wildlife has a $25 Million surplus that is untouchable by the State.

Would that work out there, or is Hunting & Fishing not big enough ?

 

[Richard McCullough]

I would be willing to fork over 20.00 if it will work, I know calling our officials doesn't, been there and done that.

 

[rookiehunt21]

i also have a twenty waiting in my wallet!

 

[BigDog]

Hi folks. Sounds like most of you are just as peeved about this as I am. Seems to me that the most productive method to voice our outrage about this is to flood them with mail.

I propose that we put together a letter that states our feelings, that addresses how much money we already contribute in relation to what the state and the antis contribute,the history and purpose of the pig tags and the stipulation of where the money is supposed to be spent. And anything else that we can think of beside foul names.

Once we have a draft, then we can make a copy addressed to each representative. Then make a couple hundred copies of each and send them out to every person who wants to be heard. They can then sign them and mail them to the appropriate addresses.

I guess we could save some money by posting the letter and the names/addresses of the representatives and then each person would have to download and address each letter.

This will of course cost some money for copying and mailing charges but it appears that most of us are hot enough about it that there will be enough money to cover those expenses.

What do you think?

Let's not let this one go on without a fight.

 

[Dirk J]

Davis Blows, We need Wilson back in office, or somebody who doesnt spend money like a woman who is at shopping mall

Dirk J

 

[cincoflatspirate]

My wild pig hunts just turned into domestic pig hunts. It's time to be an outlaw(again).

 

[New Pig Hunter]

Yo, Big Dog,

since your posting followed mine, I'll trust you read mine about getting busy.

Now YOURS is the kind of attitude that wins battles !! You are right: it will cost some money now, but it may end up being less than the cost of pig tag fee increases for who knows how many more years to come.

To make matters "worse," I saw Guv Gray this very evening on Nightly Biz Report..... as near as I understood it, he is proposing that to check out a book from a library is gonna cost "something" ?? That needs some research to find out what he was saying.
These "good folks" we'all are paying to give us "good guv'mint" are digging deep to raise cash and lots of it.

Anyway, WE'ALL need to do as Big Dog says: kill some trees, write some letters, and flood and inundate the state capital and let those generous folks know we have something important to say and don't want to be ignored.

Will they ignore us ?? Don't know, they haven't been inundated yet. But let's not assume what they're gonna do before they do it. Are they arrogant ?? Heck yeh they are, what do we do to make them otherwise besides roll over and ignore the situation.

Battles are won by keeping the heat on until someone gives in. Who's gonna give in, us or them ?? Only one way to find out who's got the juice.....

Carl

 

[MrMullen]

Well, Davis just killed the Fish and Game Budget.
How? Well when you kill a Hog, your just going to keep that tag in your back pocket, and if the game warden gets asks you about it, your just going to put that tag on the dead hog. Well, if he does not get ya (99% of the time), then your going to keep that tag and use it next time. I bet you could go all year on a single tag. I am betting poaching is going to go through the roof and I can't wait until California has to start paying "professional" hunter to kill off wild boar. Dummies.

Can you buy a single tag?

And another thing, if you did not vote to Simon, it's your fault!


Hey, what is the address of the Fish and Game people?

 

[Hawghunter]

Unreal, what a jerk. I got $20.00 to stand up against it...

 

[bighorn67]

I got word from DFG that if the proposal goes through they won't sell them in books any more, just singles. I think it's a bunch of sh%$.

Dave

 

[rookiehunt21]

I can't believe this subject just died off. Seems like everyone wants to put in their opinion and be done with it. Maybe i am wrong, and everyone is handling this on their own. In my opinion we need to join together and fight things like this. Mass numbers is what it will take. Just look at proven systems like the N.R.A. If anyone is working on something please let me know so I can help. I know my mind is working a mile a minute to do what I can. I am now 23 years old with two very young sons. There is alot of hunting and fishing do be done in our lifetime. That is only if guys like Mr. Davis don't take that right away from us. I will be damed if i just sit back and watch theses guy's take everything i love. It is now or never. It is disapearing piece by piece, year by year.

 

[Bill in SD]

Try calling the Sacramento office..... It kinda reminded me of when I watched a married with children episod and Al was on the line pushing buttons for 24 hours to find a part on his Plymouth Duster.

I called the licensing office and got routed to voicemail. I could not talk to a semi live person. Of course the voicemail is full, so I could not leave a message.

I guess they figure that it is more efficient for people to field messages and call people back (long distance) than have someone answer the phone.

I remember someone saying watch for the unreal logic as the State trys to cope with the budget after they have been spending money like idiots.

Bill

 

[shaginator]

Just occurred to me... Davis IS a pig.

Wouldn't our current tags still apply?

 

[RIFLEMAN]

All of my emails, from those to the hog biologist to the administrative offices, have gone unanswered. I haven't even received one of those automatically-generated responses!!!