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walrus · 10-22-2010, 07:51 AM

I have at times been on public committees involved in planning at the state level. On some projects the planning was for thirty years in the future. I know that the one way to absolutely stop planned projects is by preventing funding. This even works when the opponent has more dollars than you to influence the elected officials.

A very effective way to ensure funding for a project is to establish a regulatory board. The members of these boards are appointed by elected officials and the general public has no idea who sits on these boards. Generally all the appointed members are from groups who have special and specific interest in the board’s purpose.

A well know example of this is the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Do you know who is on this board? Do you know the background of the board members? They decide what vehicles can be sold in California. They decide if you can register your vehicle in California, they impose air quality fee’s (smog checks) that funds them forever. NOW, can you guess how they got started? A prop on clean air, everyone wants clean air, who could possibly be against clean air.

We have a chance to STOP THE MPLA. Kill it’s FUNDING.

Prop 21 establishes regulatory boards:
(c) Four percent shall be available for appropriation from the fund to the Ocean Protection Council for marine wildlife conservation and the protection of coastal waters, with first priority given to the development, operation, management, and monitoring of marine protected areas.

(d) Two percent shall be available for appropriation from the fund to state conservancies for management, operation, and wildlife conservation on state lands that are managed for park and wildlife habitat purposes by those conservancies. A state conservancy may provide grants to a local agency that assists the conservancy in managing state-owned lands under that conservancy’s jurisdiction.

As you can see, this is another CARB targeted at outdoor recreationist posing as a State Park Bail Out. Everybody wants State Parks, right, who could be against a state park. YOU GOT TO READ THE TEXT OF THE BILL IT SAYS:

85% of the money raised from the new fee would be spent directly on maintaining and operating state parks.
The $130 million that the State of California currently spends on state parks would go into the state's general fund.

It doesn’t improve the parks, it allows the current funding to go back to the general fund and creates new REGULATORY BOARDS to restrict the public use of public lands and waterways.

IF YOU COULDN”T MAKE IT TO THE MPLA HEARINGS, but you want to continue fishing.

Talk face to face with your family, friends and neighbors about the hidden agenda in Prop 21. We have history to show what will happen if this passes. Vote NO, our kids should have a right to fish.

The defeat of Prop 21 could be a decisive battle in the war to protect public access to fishing, hunting, hiking and camping on California’s Public lands and waterways. The government can only regulate and restrict freedom if we give them the money. Stop the funding of MPLA.

10-22-2010, 07:51 AM	#7
walrus Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Baja fish camp Posts: 478	I have at times been on public committees involved in planning at the state level. On some projects the planning was for thirty years in the future. I know that the one way to absolutely stop planned projects is by preventing funding. This even works when the opponent has more dollars than you to influence the elected officials. A very effective way to ensure funding for a project is to establish a regulatory board. The members of these boards are appointed by elected officials and the general public has no idea who sits on these boards. Generally all the appointed members are from groups who have special and specific interest in the board’s purpose. A well know example of this is the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Do you know who is on this board? Do you know the background of the board members? They decide what vehicles can be sold in California. They decide if you can register your vehicle in California, they impose air quality fee’s (smog checks) that funds them forever. NOW, can you guess how they got started? A prop on clean air, everyone wants clean air, who could possibly be against clean air. We have a chance to STOP THE MPLA. Kill it’s FUNDING. Prop 21 establishes regulatory boards: (c) Four percent shall be available for appropriation from the fund to the Ocean Protection Council for marine wildlife conservation and the protection of coastal waters, with first priority given to the development, operation, management, and monitoring of marine protected areas. (d) Two percent shall be available for appropriation from the fund to state conservancies for management, operation, and wildlife conservation on state lands that are managed for park and wildlife habitat purposes by those conservancies. A state conservancy may provide grants to a local agency that assists the conservancy in managing state-owned lands under that conservancy’s jurisdiction. As you can see, this is another CARB targeted at outdoor recreationist posing as a State Park Bail Out. Everybody wants State Parks, right, who could be against a state park. YOU GOT TO READ THE TEXT OF THE BILL IT SAYS: 85% of the money raised from the new fee would be spent directly on maintaining and operating state parks. The $130 million that the State of California currently spends on state parks would go into the state's general fund. It doesn’t improve the parks, it allows the current funding to go back to the general fund and creates new REGULATORY BOARDS to restrict the public use of public lands and waterways. IF YOU COULDN”T MAKE IT TO THE MPLA HEARINGS, but you want to continue fishing. Talk face to face with your family, friends and neighbors about the hidden agenda in Prop 21. We have history to show what will happen if this passes. Vote NO, our kids should have a right to fish. The defeat of Prop 21 could be a decisive battle in the war to protect public access to fishing, hunting, hiking and camping on California’s Public lands and waterways. The government can only regulate and restrict freedom if we give them the money. Stop the funding of MPLA.