New commissioners

[Ridgeratt]

I have shot trap with Woody Meyers I do think he will be fair and beneficial as to the other appointment I don't know anything about the person. 
But I do have a question on Lorna Smith. Can we get current up to date photo of her on the WDFW website. Good night the photo she has posted looks like her sorority photo.

[elkboy]

Woody Myers is a very solid biologist and a great person.  I think he'll make a fantastic commissioner, and be a good voice for hunters.

[Jake Dogfish]

I have already shared my opinion of the “lawsuit” and I don’t have any pictures of Lorna. 
That said it’s hard to overstate the good commissioners we have lost the last couple years so I’ll focus on grading Inslee’s recent replacements:
Linville   B
Lemkeul D
Koontz   F  (gone)
Ragan    F
Smith    F
Rowland F-
Even if the two newest are ok, the predator starvationists can do whatever they want.

[bigtex]

Of course.

But let's not pretend they're losing sleep over it.

Being sued is part of being an elected official. In fact Inslee had been sued 84 times in the past two years alone.

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[Special T]

I have already shared my opinion of the “lawsuit” and I don’t have any pictures of Lorna. 
That said it’s hard to overstate the good commissioners we have lost the last couple years so I’ll focus on grading Inslee’s recent replacements:
Linville   B
Lemkeul D
Koontz   F  (gone)
Ragan    F
Smith    F
Rowland F-
Even if the two newest are ok, the predator starvationists can do whatever they want.

I Think a B rank is generous for Linville. IMO she is a consensus seeker and is too squishy of a voter. She can only really be counted on for the hard line votes.

Jim Anderson gets an A in my book

Mc Issac and Thorburn were A+ advocates and it kind of came down to 1 vote for me. They both voted to keep the coyote derby. It was politically and visually a  looser but they stuck with the arguments and didnt let up.

[GASoline71]

...and refused to renew the term of Commissioner Kim Thorburn, who has been a faithful ally of extreme hunting groups whose primary goal is to "maximize" hunting opportunities.

What in the wide world of sports is an "extreme hunting group"?  LMAO...

The crap these people make up and thrive on is a nightmare to us mere mortals... 

Gary

[Jake Dogfish]

...and refused to renew the term of Commissioner Kim Thorburn, who has been a faithful ally of extreme hunting groups whose primary goal is to "maximize" hunting opportunities.

What in the wide world of sports is an "extreme hunting group"?  LMAO...

The crap these people make up and thrive on is a nightmare to us mere mortals... 

Gary

You are dropped off in the middle of desert with a gun, a knife and as much ammo as you can carry.  No food or water. 

[Special T]

...and refused to renew the term of Commissioner Kim Thorburn, who has been a faithful ally of extreme hunting groups whose primary goal is to "maximize" hunting opportunities.

What in the wide world of sports is an "extreme hunting group"?  LMAO...

The crap these people make up and thrive on is a nightmare to us mere mortals... 

Gary

You are dropped off in the middle of desert with a gun, a knife and as much ammo as you can carry.  No food or water. 

 

I can think of a few members that could meet that descriptioin!

[Dhoey07]

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/mar/05/questions-and-answers-with-steve-parker-washington/

Not very impressed.

[KNOPHISH]

Tip toeing the interview which is sounding pretty squishy.

[harveymarv]

not impressed at all. total cop-out not answering the spring bear question. saying he hadnt heard any of the arguments does not inspire confidence.

[Bullkllr]

I found this encouraging:

"The commission is a policy-making body that directs the priorities and activities of department staff. The communication is in both directions; the commission is dependent on the department’s technical analyses to provide the scientific foundations for commission action. The commission combines this with applicable law and stakeholder priorities to arrive at decisions that, first, provide necessary and adequate protections to the state’s fish and wildlife resources and, second, provides the resource “owners,” for lack of a better term, with the use and enjoyment of those resources they have come to expect."

But before I got to the end I realized the overall tone seemed to keep siding with Baker and Smith strongly on the table.

[pickardjw]

"Stakeholder priorities" sure sounds like something Smith would say. And we all know who her stakeholders are...not us

[bearhunter99]

I found this encouraging:

"The commission is a policy-making body that directs the priorities and activities of department staff. The communication is in both directions; the commission is dependent on the department’s technical analyses to provide the scientific foundations for commission action. The commission combines this with applicable law and stakeholder priorities to arrive at decisions that, first, provide necessary and adequate protections to the state’s fish and wildlife resources and, second, provides the resource “owners,” for lack of a better term, with the use and enjoyment of those resources they have come to expect."

But before I got to the end I realized the overall tone seemed to keep siding with Baker and Smith strongly on the table.

Technical analysis that they then ignore in favor of their bunny hugging "stakeholders".....

[hughjorgan]

not impressed at all. total cop-out not answering the spring bear question. saying he hadnt heard any of the arguments does not inspire confidence.

Woody Myers said the same thing other than he said he was a ware of the vote.