Petition on Accountability of Proceeds from Sale a Public Resourse
07-05-2012, 01:19 PM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Allegan, MI
Posts: 8,019
"SFW receives tags for a small amount and sells them to the highest bidder without any control as to how, where and how much of money is spent."
Sir, that is not quite accurate as the Conservation tags that are auctioned off at the Expo do have requirements that the money be spent on approved conservation projects and those are audited and not what this petition is about. The petition is in regards to the 200 Expo tags that are taken out of the NR draws and the SFW receives $5 for each raffle ticket sold. That money amounts to cloes to one million dollars and there is nothing in writing in the contract requiring that a single cent of that money be accounted for or spent on conservation related matters. This petition will change the way business is being done and require that all but 10% of that money go back into approved projects just like the auction money. Please sign the petition and get everyone else you know to sign it as well. Thank you!!!
Sir, that is not quite accurate as the Conservation tags that are auctioned off at the Expo do have requirements that the money be spent on approved conservation projects and those are audited and not what this petition is about. The petition is in regards to the 200 Expo tags that are taken out of the NR draws and the SFW receives $5 for each raffle ticket sold. That money amounts to cloes to one million dollars and there is nothing in writing in the contract requiring that a single cent of that money be accounted for or spent on conservation related matters. This petition will change the way business is being done and require that all but 10% of that money go back into approved projects just like the auction money. Please sign the petition and get everyone else you know to sign it as well. Thank you!!!
07-05-2012, 03:48 PM
#12
Spike
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 6
Thanks topgun,
You are correct, I mixed up the convention tags with the conservation tags that do require 90% go to the state for conservation projects.
In any case the important point is that there is money which is derived from tags for which there is no accountability.
You are correct, I mixed up the convention tags with the conservation tags that do require 90% go to the state for conservation projects.
In any case the important point is that there is money which is derived from tags for which there is no accountability.
