Good to know the boss
So, the vast majority of the funding from Gov. Sonny Perdue's 'Go Fish' venture will go to ... his home county of Houston County.
There will be $30 million in public and private funds put aside for the tourism fishing program Perdue has been touting, and $22 million of the money will go to Perry, which is just down the road from his hometown of Bonaire. Aside from the fact that there is a terribly large body of water smack in the middle of the state, the whole thing reeks of the 'Good Ole Boy' system.
In more positive news, three area lakes will get funds to build 'mega-boat ramps' to help lure professional fishing tournaments.
There will be $30 million in public and private funds put aside for the tourism fishing program Perdue has been touting, and $22 million of the money will go to Perry, which is just down the road from his hometown of Bonaire. Aside from the fact that there is a terribly large body of water smack in the middle of the state, the whole thing reeks of the 'Good Ole Boy' system.
In more positive news, three area lakes will get funds to build 'mega-boat ramps' to help lure professional fishing tournaments.
posted by Jmac at 9:56 PM
4 Comments:
Welcome to American politics. When the government taxes people to build up a purse which it can then give to whoever it deems worthy, you get lobby-centered, good-ol-boy distributions of resources. Virtually everyone does this.
As an avid angler, I was both shocked and delighted by Sonny's Go Fish announcement in the beginning. In fact, I thought it was such a good idea that I was certain that it wasn't Sonny's idea.
Lots of states have spent far more than the original $19 million to promote themselves as fishing destinations and have reaped billions in economic development and recovery.
But, this new announcement is just wrong! It's a huge disappointment and the largest outcry is from other die-hard anglers and sportsmen around the state.
Those of us who actually fish and who understand how much money there is in the sport fishing business think this new announcement is just plain stupid! That money could have been spread around the state's magnificent fisheries and made all the nay-sayers and jokesters look just plain ignorant but, not now. Now, it's just a giant boon-doggle, pork project for Sonny's hometown buddies and we don't appreciate it one bit.
Sonny can go suck a crankbait!
Al
methinks "bring home the pork" was high on sonny's "do-list"
I'm not smart enough to do all that linky goodness stuff here but this is a much better article on the subject:
http://www.macon.com/197/story/223889.html
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