I just wanted to get this update out to folks who have been following the CA Lead Ban issue with me. I’ve exhorted folks to get out to the Fish and Game Commission meetings to challenge the new law and speak up on how it’s going to impact you. In a recent post, I mentioned that the next meetings are in Concord, CA on March 7-8, however a quick check of the meeting schedule shows those meetings in Stockton, CA instead of Concord. If you look at the link, you’ll also want to notice the times for the meetings!
0900 on a weekday morning is hardly amenable to public input!
I hope this doesn’t come as a sellout, but no matter how badly I want to be there, the real world won’t stop for me. I have a job to tend to, so won’t be able to attend these meetings.
Is it just me, or does it strike anyone else as somehow wrong that OUR Fish and Game Commission meetings are being held at times that are impractical for the general public to attend? I know I’ve heard other people comment on this before. Well, to me that makes one more thing that WE, as California Sportsmen (and women) need to address… or redress, as the case may be. Our interests and concerns should be a driving factor in the FGC meetings, yet when they’re scheduled at a time (and often in places) that make it impossible for us to attend, then we’re NOT being represented fairly.
Ahh… I’ll stop my gripe session now, but I do think this is a serious problem and no doubt at least one reason more hunters and fishermen aren’t being involved in the process.
More to come, I can guarantee that!
How do they think that any person with a real job can manage to attend that meeting. It almost seems to me, and I hate to say this, that it is done on purpose to make it difficult for people to attend. It truly irritates me and I don’t even live in California.