by Guy Page
Funding for the Salisbury fish hatchery today was approved in a Senate committee today, Sen. Russ Ingalls (R-Essex) told VDC.
Ingalls, who spearheaded the effort, said he expects support for the restored funding to be near-unanimous on the Senate floor.
Sportsmen rallied at the State House two Tuesdays ago to express support for the hatchery, regretfully slated by the Department of Fish & Wildlife to close for budgetary reasons despite its vital role in stocking rivers and lakes with trout, highly prized by anglers.
If passed by the Senate, it still must gain approval in the House.
No packing at the polls? – GunSense, a gun control organization, held a noontime press conference Friday March 1 in support of House legislation to prohibit carrying firearms at the polls.
Asked if this bill would violate constitutional right to carry, GunSense advocate Laura Subin said even Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas recognized states’ right to prevent potential violence at election gathering places.
The bill, now in House Judiciary, should come “off the wall” and up for discussion, Subin said.
Coyote bill may fail – other news of interest to sportsmen and sportswomen, the Senate appears to lack the votes to approve H.258, which would have prohibited coyote hunting with dogs and significantly reorganized the Fish & Wildlife Board. The changes would take away its rule making authority and give the Legislature more power to appoint members.
VDC’s source says the bill may be two or three votes shy of the 16 needed to pass the Senate.
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gun ban at polls//// no law enforcement allowed at the polls/// what is good for one is good for all/// right///
I will be carrying when I go to the polls to vote on Tuesday.
Democracy is when two wolves and a lamb vote what to put on the dinner table. Liberty is when the lamb is well armed.
Considering the amount of grisly crimes in Vermont and elsewhere, the illegals and perpetrators only need pills, needles, knives, direct energy weapons, tacticle nuclear weapons, bioweapons, or numerous flying fists to cause death and dismemberment. The sheer ignorance of gun-control zealots is as laughable as it is illogical, but violent criminals love them for their efforts nonetheless.
Has a gun ban ever reduced crime, or the suicide rate? We desperately need ELECTABLE gun rights advocates this November.
It seems very premature to postulate that S.258 will fail considering it is on the agenda this coming week. People should still be contacting their Senators and asking them to oppose the bill. Find them here:
https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/
Yes, I agree Mike. Opponents of S258 need to stay vigilant. My point is to share the good news that the votes (at this point) are said by one key senator to be against it in the Senate.