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Quote from: Blacktail Sniper on November 27, 2022, 11:27:04 AMIf you really want to get the attention of those concerned, start making public information requests for copies of reports, notes from meeting, emails, text messages, memos, policy directives, etc. from each Commission member, and whomever the WDFW contact person is they report to or get reported from. You can even do one for Inslee and any information emails, memos, etc regarding spring bear, cougar hunting or any other hunting related topics. This will get their attention, I assure you.But what would be best is if multiple people submitted requests for the same information. Legally they cannot ignore any request without danger of having to pay out money to the requester for not complying with the law. If several dozen different people start asking for the same stuff, it is going to raise someone's blood pressure...a lot!If you want to make a wheel squeak and not have it brushed aside, this is the way to go!Yes, it will cost a little bit, but the fees for copying stuff and mailing (or pick it up in person if you like) is small, usually a few cents per page for photocopies and postage.Just to let you know I am speaking from experience, I just went through this with a department of Thurston Co. Started a Junk Vehicle inspection request in July, their website says up to a couple months to complete the process. Called in Sept just to simply see where I was in the process, first voicemail was ignored, second call was a bit more serious sounding and that one was returned and got the inspector to actually come out and look at the vehicles, then nothing further. Another voicemail message in Oct was ignored, so Early Nov, I submitted a Public Information Request for the status of my Junk Vehicle Inspection request. In about 3 days I had a call from the inspector and about a week later my paperwork arrived in the mail. Had I not used the Public Information Request Law, I would most likely still not have my paperwork. So, in short, one person making one request was able to force them to do their job, imagine the attention it will generate amongst WDFW and the Commission if 2 or 3 dozen requests come in asking for the same information...Also by making requests for the same information, they must send the exact same information to each requester or they will be in violation of the law. SQUEAK....SQUEAK....SQUEAK....I just wanna see Commission members emails for the past two years.You know there is some dirt in there.
If you really want to get the attention of those concerned, start making public information requests for copies of reports, notes from meeting, emails, text messages, memos, policy directives, etc. from each Commission member, and whomever the WDFW contact person is they report to or get reported from. You can even do one for Inslee and any information emails, memos, etc regarding spring bear, cougar hunting or any other hunting related topics. This will get their attention, I assure you.But what would be best is if multiple people submitted requests for the same information. Legally they cannot ignore any request without danger of having to pay out money to the requester for not complying with the law. If several dozen different people start asking for the same stuff, it is going to raise someone's blood pressure...a lot!If you want to make a wheel squeak and not have it brushed aside, this is the way to go!Yes, it will cost a little bit, but the fees for copying stuff and mailing (or pick it up in person if you like) is small, usually a few cents per page for photocopies and postage.Just to let you know I am speaking from experience, I just went through this with a department of Thurston Co. Started a Junk Vehicle inspection request in July, their website says up to a couple months to complete the process. Called in Sept just to simply see where I was in the process, first voicemail was ignored, second call was a bit more serious sounding and that one was returned and got the inspector to actually come out and look at the vehicles, then nothing further. Another voicemail message in Oct was ignored, so Early Nov, I submitted a Public Information Request for the status of my Junk Vehicle Inspection request. In about 3 days I had a call from the inspector and about a week later my paperwork arrived in the mail. Had I not used the Public Information Request Law, I would most likely still not have my paperwork. So, in short, one person making one request was able to force them to do their job, imagine the attention it will generate amongst WDFW and the Commission if 2 or 3 dozen requests come in asking for the same information...Also by making requests for the same information, they must send the exact same information to each requester or they will be in violation of the law. SQUEAK....SQUEAK....SQUEAK....
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Just went thru the 2021 spring bear harvest reports. 117 permits were not reported. 258 of the spring permits reported apparently didn't hunt. Lost opportunity for someone else, incorrect reporting, or did non-hunters apply? Drawing and not hunting doesn't reflect well on the interest in spring bear. Hunter success % calculated off number reported as hunting. Just observations while killing time.
Ya, there was a lot of contention with folks buying spring draws and not hunting when successful vs folks who take it seriously...a tag that's easier to draw became harder to draw and even less hunted. I think I got 6 pts, but I did waste my 1st spring tag during a big home moving I didn't know was going to happen when I applied. I vowed to take my next tag far more serious but wasn't even drawn again.The answer is OTC spring bear but ya, Washington sux.
