[mazzgolf]

I'm adding up all the fines he'd owe if he lived in this state - I think I'm up to $50,000

 

[mazzgolf]

This got me thinking about the trap ban in this state - I googled to find more about it. Came across this article from almost 30 years ago - published in 1986 - reporting on the legal effort trappers were putting forth to try and roll back part of the ban. Get a load of this quote from the then president of the anti- group "Friends of Animals" (remember, from 1986) - she said:

"All our state and federal policies for wildlife are being set by the munitions industry and that's it," said Herrington. "We're doing our best to get trappers out of business. The situation is just drastic, and time is of the essence now. There will be no wildlife left by the year 2000 in this country unless we do something."

Riiiiight. No wildlife left IN THE COUNTRY by the year 2000 - which was only 14 years in the future at the time she said it. She was "just" a bit off. And these are the people our past politicians (current ones, too?) actually listened to. :screwloose: No wonder our state is the way it is now. [eyeroll]

Sorry for hijacking the thread - now back to our regularly scheduled program...