I received an e-mail tonight about a rally of farmers taking their tractors to the Statehouse. Also in the e-mail was information that I did not know. That the Department of Agriculture has been opposed to many legislature items against the recreational angler. Below is the e-mail I received, what do you think my fellow anglers?
Go to the link below and vote YES .
Farmers fear Corzine plan
Thursday, March 27, 2008
By Gene Robbins
Angry Hunterdon farmers plan to rev up their tractors Tuesday and drive them to the Statehouse to protest the governor's proposal to eliminate the Department of Agriculture as a Cabinet-level agency.
As many as 50 tractors and horse trailers from the county and northern New Jersey will rendezvous at Dave Bond's farm on Route 579 in Delaware Township. They'll gas up and leave by 8 a.m. to roll down routes 29 or 31 in time to reach a "Save the Department of Agriculture" rally in front of the Statehouse Annex, West State Street, from 10 a.m. to noon, rain or shine.
Not coincidentally, the Assembly Budget Committee convenes that day at 9 a.m. on the fourth floor of the Annex.
The slow-moving tractor-cade should be quite a spectacle, and could snarl commuter traffic. Farmers are out to make a point, although pitchforks and even placards on wooden stakes are prohibited.
From Tom Fote:
The saltwater anglers in NJ have not been treated fairly over the years by the Dept of Agriculture. They have supported the commercial fishermen over the recreational anglers at every turn. They support the menhaden boats in state waters, against striped bass gamefish, fought against recreational Sunday clamming and many other recreational concerns of the years.Their name was bought up at the latest Senate Environment Committee hearing of the Pots Off the Reef bill as supporting the potters over the recreational anglers. Over the years they were not friends of the Division of Fish and Wildlife and the recreational anglers. I would not consider it a loss at this time. Their functions could be absorbed by other agencies. A lot of the local agriculture board have commercial fishermen members and take up their positions at the local level.
You have a chance to show your feelings. The wording of the question is a little tricky since you need to vote yes if you support doing away with the Dept of Agriculture.
Tom Fote
Subject: NJ Dept AG
Below is a link to a poll on whether the Garden State needs the agriculture department. Please take the time to vote.
http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION
Go to the link below and vote YES .
Farmers fear Corzine plan
Thursday, March 27, 2008
By Gene Robbins
Angry Hunterdon farmers plan to rev up their tractors Tuesday and drive them to the Statehouse to protest the governor's proposal to eliminate the Department of Agriculture as a Cabinet-level agency.
As many as 50 tractors and horse trailers from the county and northern New Jersey will rendezvous at Dave Bond's farm on Route 579 in Delaware Township. They'll gas up and leave by 8 a.m. to roll down routes 29 or 31 in time to reach a "Save the Department of Agriculture" rally in front of the Statehouse Annex, West State Street, from 10 a.m. to noon, rain or shine.
Not coincidentally, the Assembly Budget Committee convenes that day at 9 a.m. on the fourth floor of the Annex.
The slow-moving tractor-cade should be quite a spectacle, and could snarl commuter traffic. Farmers are out to make a point, although pitchforks and even placards on wooden stakes are prohibited.
From Tom Fote:
The saltwater anglers in NJ have not been treated fairly over the years by the Dept of Agriculture. They have supported the commercial fishermen over the recreational anglers at every turn. They support the menhaden boats in state waters, against striped bass gamefish, fought against recreational Sunday clamming and many other recreational concerns of the years.Their name was bought up at the latest Senate Environment Committee hearing of the Pots Off the Reef bill as supporting the potters over the recreational anglers. Over the years they were not friends of the Division of Fish and Wildlife and the recreational anglers. I would not consider it a loss at this time. Their functions could be absorbed by other agencies. A lot of the local agriculture board have commercial fishermen members and take up their positions at the local level.
You have a chance to show your feelings. The wording of the question is a little tricky since you need to vote yes if you support doing away with the Dept of Agriculture.
Tom Fote
Subject: NJ Dept AG
Below is a link to a poll on whether the Garden State needs the agriculture department. Please take the time to vote.
http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=OPINION
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