Lead Ban Chronicles – Good News from Woodlands

It’s good to hear that some common sense prevailed. I’m sure this issue will come up again at some point, and we’ll have another round of people who want to expand the ban, but I’m glad for now that people used their heads. That is good news all around.

I wonder how many of the No votes were due to the lower tag revenues? This was hitting them square in the pocketbook at the same time the state has run itself out of money. What ever their reasons for voting No, I am happy to see it.

Thank you for posting the information. Thank Holly for her good presence at the meeting(s).

Jean is not right; that kind of thinking is unfortunately out there in the public but has never been true in my 20+ years from the inside. We are not guided by how much revenue might get created/lost when it comes to resource conservation issues. Eric

I am glad to see Eric Loft is participating in the conversations on this sight. I had the oppurtunity to debate with Dr. Loft at a meeting in Hollister concerning mountain lion problems on July 8th 2009. I was a little concerned with Dr. Loft when he tried to discount my concerns about the Hill Bill money not being used properly. Some of you reading this may wonder what Hill Bill money means or where it comes from. 54% of your deer tag money goes into a designated fund called the Hill Bill fund and that money is supposed to be used strictly for deer herd management through out the state. Well that is not the case. I can tell you this if I were a biologist working for the DFG I would make it a personal mission to see that the Hill Bill money was used what it was collected for. Deer herd improvement projects. I did not get an answer from Dr. Loft about installing big game guzzlers to spread the deer herd out in areas were the lack of water is the only factor making an area unuseable for deer. We all know of areas that could potentially be great habitat for deer if only there was water. I understand that a new Assembly Bill is working its way through that will require better accountability for sportsmen money. What is the Bill number Dr. Loft? I also understand that the governor dismattled the Williamson Act which cost the state 48 million dollars a year to keep in effect but the Mountain Lion Foundation gets 30 million a year of your tax money. Something is terribly wrong with that picture.