Subject: [Tweeters] Re: [obol] hunting vs birding, biking, etc
Date: Jan 22 12:23:54 2010
From: Bob Flores - rflores_2 at msn.com


Agreed the anti-tax and bossiness were the nay sayers for taxing sporting
goods that birders would use.

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From: "DJ Lauten and KACastelein" <deweysage at verizon.net>
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 9:25 AM
To: <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
Subject: Re: [obol] hunting vs birding, biking, etc

> I'm not sure this is exactly what happened. My recollection is that the
> bird seed companies completely balked on the tax idea, and also the ORV
> community, and various other businesses. I do not recall hunters and
> fisherpeople balking that loudly. Maybe I missed something, but I
> recall it being big business who didn't like the idea.
>
> Cheers
> Dave Lauten
>
> Wilson Cady wrote:
>> Back three or four decades ago when there was a move to tax birders
>> with fees on bird books, bird seed, binoculars, etc. the bill was one
>> proposed by Audubon. It was not blocked by anti-tax groups but rather by
>> the hunting and fishing organizations who thought it would give too much
>> control of what happens on refuges to the non-consumptive users of those
>> lands. Too bad we still have a schism between the two groups that
>> prevents us from joining together to lobby for habitat purchases for the
>> good of the wildlife we both enjoy.
>>
>> Wilson Cady
>> Washougal, WA
>>
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