re: Petition for the Resignation of Charlie Melancon from Office

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other than snapper, what's your beef?

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Snapper is a huge issue for me. We have worked very hard to ensure that Louisiana and Gulf fisherman have adequate accessibility to the red snapper that are off the coast of our states. Finally a few years ago, all of the states came together and were working to get our snapper back to the recreational guys.

Incomes Charlie Boy Melancon. Mr. Melancon has so little experience with wildlife and the outdoors that it is an embarrassment to our state to have him at the helm of the department.

The outdoorsmen voted for an increase in license costs to fund this red snapper initiative. As we always do, the sportsman are paying to protect the resource that tree-huggers cry over. This is money from our pocket. The price increase was voted on at the same time the Federal Duck Stamp prices went up. No one complained. We know how important the conservation of these species are to us.

Now, the Political Puppet that is Charlie Melancon steps in and nixes the very thing we agreed to increase the license prices for. Did the license fees return? Of course not.

If you buy a fishing license and enjoy the bounty that the Louisiana outdoors offers, you should be upset about how LDWF is being run by this man that does not care about Louisiana's Wildlife or Fisheries