At Tennessee Deer Talk:

Dear Governor Bredesen,

Many of the hunters in Tennessee, including but not limited to the hunters who have signed this petition, have lost confidence that the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission is acting in the best interest of hunters in Tennessee.

The many recent scandals in Tennessee state government, including the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the Tennessee Waltz investigation, dead citizens voting in state elections, among others have damaged the confidence of many Tennessee voters. The recent controversary over the attempted closing of Lock 5 has caused the hunters in Tennessee to loose faith in the TWRC who are supposed to be representing the interest of hunters.

Having a professional lobbyist on the TWRC in itself gives the appearance of impropriety but the recent actions by Mr. Hensley in the closing of Lock 5 at the request of a fellow lobbyist and land owner, Mr. McMahan, has a strong appearance of impropriety. The original decision to close Lock 5 and the way the it was done sets a dangerous precedent, and the way the issue was handled by the TWRC raises greater concerns that the commissioners are not representing the interests of the more than 200,000 Tennessee hunters.

Posted in uncategorized on July 14th, 2006 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |