interesting letter to editor
I saw this letter in the daily press today and thought I would share it with everyone. Apparently we are all a bunch of heartless jerks for wanting justice for the people that ILLEGALLY netted the walleye.
EDITOR:
Illegal fishing probe continues Escanaba, April 20, the Daily Press:
"The DNR discovered an unusually high amount of walleye being sold in the wholesale fish market during the past few winters resulting in the arrest of six members of the Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Tribe. Because of the magnitude and complexity of the case the DNR brought in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Attorney's Office."
I am in awe that catching fish can be complex and even more struck that catching fish can be a crime.
Instead of wasting on their derriere, we have six men trying to make a living fishing, a challenging brutal winter occupation, to feed their families during a depression.
Required reading for the DNR should be "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee." But really, can Michigan taxpayers afford to fund millions of dollars so DNR can prosecute fish (there must be billions of fish in these waters)? Especially since the state of Michigan is running a $1 billion a year deficit that will necessitate huge increases in our taxes.
Then, just recently, a truly poor women was sent to jail for a whole month by an judge costing the state $5,000 for an unpaid $100 fee that was her son's obligation. Surly, can these two cases illustrate how our legal system must have gone to hell?
James Vanlerberghe, Riverview, Mich.
"By the Power of Grayskull! I have the Power!"
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