coueshunter Report post Posted January 20, 2006 My 13 year old son has much more field experience and credibility than Jennifer. She may be a very good person but to appoint her in this capacity is just wrong. She will be deciding future issues for us sportspeople and without qualifications or a background lending itself to the "hunting/wildlife" heritage, I am concerned that she will be a yes person behind the scenes for Napolitano............Allen Taylor........ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
audsley Report post Posted January 21, 2006 I am concerned that she will be a yes person behind the scenes for Napolitano.. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have the same concern, but I'll have that concern about anyone appointed by this governor as long as the appointments are handled by the same staff she's been using the past three years. I'm trying to keep an open mind about this. Unlike the governor's first choice last year, I don't think this one was hand-picked. I think she came on her own. I also know there were other names in the pot who would have been worse. However, you have to wonder what promises are extracted from ANY applicant as a condition of appointment. It's the governor's staff that you need to worry about, since the governor herself probably doesn't care all that much about game, fish or anything else related to wildlife management. She has bigger things to worry about. If I had any trust in the staff handling the appointments, I'd have fewer worries about this one. Given the troubled relationship the governor's staff created with the state's sportsmen during the mountain lion fiasco and on other occasions as well, I think it would have been wiser to have appointed someone with whom sportsmen are acquainted and somewhat comfortable with. Obviously the governor's office sees no need to make appointments with which the state's sportsmen are comfortable. That part really bothers me. There is no effective communication between this state's sportsmen and the governor's office. That also bothers me, and it's something the governor needs to change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DesertBull Report post Posted January 21, 2006 She may have been chosen for other experience or qualifications, the same way some guys choose a secratary. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> HAHAHA!!!! That's what I was thinking but I was wasn't about to say it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KGAINES Report post Posted January 21, 2006 In the words of Napolean Dynamite, she has no skills. In all reality we don't know how she would work out, but I think a qualified person should have been chosen. In politics people nowdays only want somebody that will agree with them, if the person doesn't agree with the boss, they get fired. I hope Amanda and the ADA, can talk some sense into these people, but the governor has his own agenda and the hunting community be damned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JVS Report post Posted January 21, 2006 Who? Napaletano Dynamite? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KGAINES Report post Posted January 21, 2006 I am such an idiot, gosh why didn't I think of that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az4life Report post Posted January 21, 2006 She may have been chosen for other experience or qualifications, the same way some guys choose a secratary. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hmmm She was hand picked by Janet, Right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lfootmatt Report post Posted January 21, 2006 People need ot speak to their connections w/in AZG&F and see if we can get any direct feedback on her. Certainly not much experience. Sounds a bit fishy to me to give out such a high level appointment to. What NGOs did she work in/with? Has she ever hunted in her life? NRA Member? PETA Member or worse? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
.270 Report post Posted January 23, 2006 you guys are all actin' like she's so bad, heck she looks like the brightest bulb of the whole bunch to me. look at alla them morons. at least it don't look like she claims to be an outdoors-person, like them other clones. when she votes to further screw up huntin' and fishin', with the rest of them losers, at least we'll know she's actually doin' what she thinks is best. wait, what's that i hear? oh, it's just montana callin' me again. Lark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
az4life Report post Posted January 23, 2006 wait, what's that i hear? oh, it's just montana callin' me again. Lark. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I know what you mean..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TLH Report post Posted January 24, 2006 I don't think Nappy will pick a man for this appointment so you all might want to think about someone like Mary Jo Miller, this lady is smart, knows a few things about government and she listens to people when they speak--not just hear them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
audsley Report post Posted January 25, 2006 I believe it is tactically unwise to select any particular candidate. It is my understanding that the Arizona Deer Association has selected Art Pearce. I think this was a mistake, not because Art Pearce wouldn't make a good commissioner, but because it's the first step in dividing hunters. Groups who chose only Nancy Lewis or Mary Jo Miller have done the same thing. I think most sportsmen could agree that any of those three would be at least marginally acceptable. There is no way you're going to get all of the sportsmen's groups to agree on any one of those three. The best we could do is agree on a list. When sportsmen's groups back more than one candidate, the governor is free to say the sportsmen don't even agree among themselves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted January 25, 2006 I believe it is tactically unwise to select any particular candidate. ..... When sportsmen's groups back more than one candidate, the governor is free to say the sportsmen don't even agree among themselves. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well said! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
