If I read the below statement correct we could all pitch in 100.00 and get us a lobbing firm that would take our case. 15,000,000 that is million with an M. is a lot of cash and we all know money talks and BS walks. I know there are lawyers on this forum that can draw up the needed papers and get us headed in the correct direction how about it? I will put in the first 100.00 to get it started. Lets start a list of who is willing to put in $100.00 to help. if we get started with 3 or 4 MILLION there would not be a way to stop us. Come on fellow fishermen and fisher ladies let support our right to fish. each one of us has spent several thousand dollars to go fishing so 100.00 is cheap to keep that right. Quit bitching and start doing something about it. What lawyer will offer a couple of hrs of their time to help us. Who on here understands how a lobbing firm works and how to hire a good one? Lets take our right to fish back before we lose it all. they know if we don't band together they can push us around.
David I hope you don't mind I used this post that I copied from another post
"I have been active in this fight for several years, but I remain frustrated because my fellow fishermen would prefer to sit around and gripe about the situation instead of doing something. There are roughly 3500 Charter Boats along the gulf coast and in FL. If every one of these guys pitched in $1000 to help fight the left wing environmental lobby, they would have a total of about $3.M to fight the lobby. On the other hand, there are almost 150,000 individual recreational fishermen in that same region (I cant find my data on this right now, so I don't have exact numbers, but these should be close). If each recreational fishermen pitched in $100 to help fight the cause, thats $15,000,000. $M is a damned sight better than $3-M. Yet everyone's bitching but the ones putting their money where there mouth is are the Charter guys.
Fishermen, all of us, use untold amounts of time, energy, money, etc thinking about, discussing, reminiscing, boats, fishing, tackle, etc. Not to mention the amount of resources that are required to actually GO FISHING. That's what gives all of us our common bond. At least when it comes to boating, fishing, etc, we all invest lots of time, energy, and money in it. I am always disappointed when no one wants to stand-up and fight for it.
Maybe, when the Govt, gets finished taking fishing and boating away from us, we'll be able to invest all that energy and money into knitting, basket weaving, crochet, and the like. I don't know about you, but thats a day I am really looking forward to!
As far as the peaceful protest goes - let me know if someone wants to have random fella tag along. Kamori is still on the hill.
David A. Purvis
(251) 656-2352 "
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let"s take our right to fish back! 
