HUNTERS BAG TWO IN JERSEY ELECTIONS
18/11/07 15:37 Filed in: New
Jersey Outdoor Alliance
IF there are any
politicians out there who believe hunters and anglers
do not exercise their voting rights, just look to New
Jersey.
Garden State sportsmen and women showed their political clout on Election Day by throwing out two incumbent lawmakers who repeatedly attacked the state's hunting traditions.
Garden State sportsmen and women showed their political clout on Election Day by throwing out two incumbent lawmakers who repeatedly attacked the state's hunting traditions.
Sportsmen and women
soundly defeated state Sen. Ellen Karcher
(D-Freehold) and Assemblyman Mike Panter,
(D-Shrewsbury) two anti-hunting lawmakers who had
sponsored legislation that would remove sportsmen and
biologists from the Fish and Game Council and allow
anti-hunting political appointees to take their
place. Panter also had sponsored legislation that
would ban bear hunting, fund the animal rights
agenda, and strip the New Jersey Fish and Game
Commission of its management authority.
"Hats off to New Jersey sportsmen who pulled together to send a message that our community will not stand idle while lawmakers attack the traditions of law-abiding sportsmen," U.S. Sportsmen Alliance president Bud Pidgeon said.
Hunters and anglers recognized that a bill introduced by Karcher and Panter not only would change the way the state manages wildlife, it most likely would be managed by so-called-animal rights people who probably would put an end to hunting and fishing in the state.
New Jersey sportsmen should continue asking their assemblymen to oppose AB 3275, which awaits a floor vote. Call (609) 292-4840 or use the Legislative Action Center at www.ussportsmen.org.
ken.moran@nypost.com
"Hats off to New Jersey sportsmen who pulled together to send a message that our community will not stand idle while lawmakers attack the traditions of law-abiding sportsmen," U.S. Sportsmen Alliance president Bud Pidgeon said.
Hunters and anglers recognized that a bill introduced by Karcher and Panter not only would change the way the state manages wildlife, it most likely would be managed by so-called-animal rights people who probably would put an end to hunting and fishing in the state.
New Jersey sportsmen should continue asking their assemblymen to oppose AB 3275, which awaits a floor vote. Call (609) 292-4840 or use the Legislative Action Center at www.ussportsmen.org.
ken.moran@nypost.com
