Dan Logue issued this press release:
North State Assemblyman and Chief Republican Whip Dan Logue responded to the passage of a bill to infringe on the rights of hunters. Senate Bill 1221 was approved today by the full Assembly on a party-line vote with Logue and fellow Republicans in opposition.
“I am disappointed, though not surprised, that the ruling party made the wrong decision in signing off on this terrible piece of legislation,” said Logue. “This bill poses a danger to a legitimate activity enjoyed by generations of Californians throughout the state.”
SB 1221 by State Senator Ted Lieu would prohibit the use of a dog when hunting a bear or a bobcat. Passage would also cost the state in lost revenue from the sale of hunting tags. It has been supported by a wide range of liberal groups, such as the Sierra Club or the Animal Legal Defense Fund. The debate has also generated controversy at a personal level when during the Assembly Appropriations Committee testimony for the bill on August 8th, a Senate staffer posted a pictures of opponents of the bill on his Twitter account under the tagline ‘hillbillies’.
“We are in a budget crisis – so why are bills being proposed to cut off funds from an activity people enjoy and are willing to pay for,” Logue asked. “The way the supporters of this bill conducted themselves showed an utter lack of respect and open contempt for the opinions and historic rural way of life enjoyed by generations of Californians.”
The bill now back to the state Senate for a final vote on Assembly amendments.
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“…a Senate staffer posted a pictures of opponents of the bill on his Twitter account under the tagline ‘hillbillies’.”
That’s rude and completely unnecessary. How does that help the discussion? I hope that staffer apologized.
My family has lived in Mr. Logue’s district for four generations. In our wide circle of family and friends we have deer hunters, elk hunters, bow hunters,duck hunters, geese hunters, quail hunters, dove hunters, fly fishers, sports fishers, ice fishers, wild turkey hunters and game scouts. I have to say though, that during that time I personally have met only one bear hunter that used dogs. He was a wealthy, big game hunter from Colorado who flew in from out of state. Aaanyway, my concern is with the forests and homes that have been under imminent threat for the last going on four weeks. Could Mr. Logue avert his attention from the shiny bear object and give us a report on the Chips and Ponderosa Fires? It’s my understanding that Governor Brown declared a state of emergency 3 days ago. I found out on Yubanet. Thanks for breaking from your busy day in Sacramento.
Kate
An excellent reply, Kate. This bill about dogs and hunters is a total waste of time.
Our fakirs in Sacramento, on both sides of the aisle, should be placed under Dome Arrest the next time they come into session. Bread and water only, for a month, with a very short list of very difficult goals: achieve a balanced budget, begin the process of tax reform, begin the process for education reform, and review the California Code to get rid of bureaucratic inefficiency. Only supervised use of electronic devices, to prevent pizza deliveries.
Give them one month. Set benchmarks along the way…for example, if they can perform a California Code review that simplifies the code and makes life easier for small business, they get some pancakes and syrup instead of bread and water.
If they can begin the process of re-writing the California Education Code, Mickey D’s all around.
If they start to realistically address tax reform, and actually pass some legislation, let them back for a one night visit to one of their old haunts: Spataro, Frank Fat’s, or Esquire Grill (under police escort of course, so they don’t run into the lavy and start ordering takeout after grabbing someone’s iPhone).
Sound like a plan?
I’m down with that!
I thought somehow that we had become advanced enough as a society to believe that we don’t need to kill everything to live on this planet…. If we do need to kill something then it can be done humanely, and chasing a animal (with dogs) for 4 miles doesn’t qualify!
I’m down with that!
I don’t know much about the habits of bear and bobcats but I tend to think that a bear or bobcat would climb a tree to get away from a dog at some point.
Where is the sport in exhausting your prey and shooting it out of a tree?
I approve of this legislation.
What Brad said.
There is nothing sporty about using dogs and ATV’s to tree a bear and shoot it. In fact it is disgusting and bizarre. Who knew we had a bear over population problem in California? I find it ironic our state animal and symbol on our flag was hunted out of existence in California. Not a good part of our history.
- direct quote from California State Library
“The California grizzly bear (Ursus californicus) was designated official State Animal in 1953 – more than 30 years after the last one was shot. The grizzly bear is also honored on the California state flag.
Before the grizzly bear was exterminated in California, this magnificent animal thrived in the great valleys and low mountains of the state (probably in greater numbers than anywhere else in North America).
As humans began to pour into California, the grizzly would not retreat from advancing civilization. Standing their ground, grizzly bears killed livestock and interfered with settlements. Less than 75 years after the discovery of gold, every grizzly bear in California had been tracked down and killed:
“The last one was killed in Tulare County in 1922, more than 20 years before the authority to regulate the taking of fish and wildlife was delegated to the California Fish and Game Commission by the State Legislature.”
Yeah, shooting animals out of trees is horrible. Unless you’re talking about nasty blue jays, for which I suggest a simple K-Mart pellet gun to kapow! the leaves next to them so they will take their most unpleasant sounds elsewhere.
Or you could look at them bastards this way: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Publications/Birdscope/Autumn2004/Birdnotes_Aut2004.html
For the Blue Jay problem if you are so inclined
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/outdoor-cats-are-prolific-killers-study-finds
The blue jays in my back yard terrorize my otherwise-
great hunter cat.
Yeah, we have a great mouser and she hates the blue jays with a passion. They’re uncatchable, and they bug the &!%# out of her.
I couldn’t find a good blue jay recipe on the Internets but I did find this: http://matthewmullenix.blogspot.com/2006/03/hunting-eating-wild-birds.html
Pocket lasers work great on pigeons, Cats and dogs discourage our almost non existent jays.
Doug LaMalfa’s all over this one like a hound dog too, providing this update:
http://www.cssrc.us/web/4/news.aspx?id=12590
Doug and Dan must use the same firm to track voter demographics in their districts. Methinks they’re a generation behind.