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Old 04-29-2014, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Smalls View Post
That's why I said a name would be great with this story. If this is some Guy that spent his whole career just doing sampling or something, its no big deal.

But from the sounds of things, its not. This guy sounds like he was a biologist manager, possibly over the old marine fisheries program. This is a former biologist with an intimate knowledge of how WLF is set up.

Are you honestly saying this is misinformation? That this guy doesn't know what he's talking about? Sounds to me like he has a damn good idea of what he is talking about.
I agree. The reasoning the biologist gives seems very sound. It is telling that no one is answering by giving a contrary view of the facts, but rather pretending that the fee hike has 99% support.

When I was an Air Force civilian employee, the opinions aired on funding issues were always in support of increased funding for Air Force projects. I was often in favor of cutting bloated DoD funding, but I tended to keep my opinions to myself at work. The sequester was particularly unpopular. I actually supported what the Republicans were trying to do in Congress, but there may have been negative consequences for speaking about it at work.

The appearance of support among a majority of state employees who are being paid from these funds should not be taken as overwhelming support.
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