allright then how bout this, if someone on the BOD of tdha reads this, i would like to propose that the the TDHA drafts a letter to whom it may concern and attach an electronic petition, so that we may all sign it, then if after delivery of said petition the TDHA BOD's do not hear back from anyone within one buisness week they should release the phone number of whatever office we need to kindly, and tactfully call. Im pretty sure some folks did this last year but lets do it again. other groups of people in our country have learned that the whiniest baby gets the b@@b and its high time we get our shot
Like roughdog I do not plan to hunt a National Forest. However we need people to be on our side to prevent laws against us. I had some exposure to a congressman's office. Maybe some paragraphs that could be copied and pasted are good. If it is a form letter they go in a pile. If you seem to hold extreme views it is disregarded. If you continue to contact with extreme or crazy stuff you are put on a list to disregard completely. You can call your representative and speak to someone who will verify you live in district. (Never contact a representative if you are not in district they do not represent you.) They will open a file on the computer with your address and put you opinion in. They do this to represent the people in the district. This is their job and keeps them in office. A letter has your address so they can verify you are in district and they get your words correct. If you speak better than write then call. Writing allows you to be calm and have someone else read your letter to be sure that you state your opinion in a respectful manner. IF YOU ARE A HOTHEAD DO NOT CALL! or you will make the list every representatives office has by a different name. If your neighbors do not like the hogs or support hog hunting have them write or call. If you do not know who to call go here
http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/. Be sure to take Federal issues to the Federal Representative and state issues to the state representatives. If you are unsure they will tell you or just disregard what you say. For the most part hunting is a state issue.
If you live in Texas
http://www.fyi.legis.state.tx.us/ will tell you who represents you.
