N.Y. Senate overturns saltwater license

[BassBuddah]

The Recreational Fishing Alliance reports the New York Senate passed bill S6250, by Sen. Brien X. Foley, that would overturn the state saltwater license imposed this year as part of Governor Patterson's budget. The vote was 60-1 with one abstention. The companion bill, A09234, is still tied up in the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee.

Foley noted that the funds collected aren't going into marine conservation, as had been planned, and that anglers shouldn't be burdened with a license at this time just in order to comply with the federal requirerment for regislation. His bill sets up a system to provide that information without charging anglers.

[blitzhunter]

Now that's good news.

[surfstix1963]

Finally some good news not that I was against it but as it was mentioned above the money wasn't going to where it should have been and the other fear I had being a NY'er is the price wasn't staying there long before they realized hey this is good revenue lets raise the prices over and over again until it starts to fizzle out then we can find some other way to screw them over.

[stormchaser]

Foley noted that the funds collected aren't going into marine conservation, as had been planned,

And didn't they promise when they first began that they weren't going to divert it?
Another reason to distrust all politicians.

[surfstix1963]

They always say that to cover their butts everything ends up in a general fund which is what fills the politicians pockets its their private fund that we keep adding to,thats why nothing ever gets done and we are always broke to many deep pockets.