02-24-2016, 09:39 PM
[url "http://www.standard.net/Recreation/2016/02/10/Transparency-still-debated-around-2016-Western-Hunting-and-Conservation-Expo.html"]http://www.standard.net/Recreation/2016/02/10/Transparency-still-debated-around-2016-Western-Hunting-and-Conservation-Expo.html[/url]
Good read. Looks like it's business as usual for the good old boy government in Utah. With that kind of money laying around, I'm surprised the Utah Attorney General didn't get his hand out.
During the fall of 2015, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation submitted a bid to host the expo for the 2017-2021 period. The elk foundation included a provision in their proposal promising that 100 percent of revenue from expo permit sales, in addition to half the of gross revenue from the expo, would go directly back to DWR-approved projects.
But the [url "https://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/2015-12-18_justification_statement.pdf"]Wildlife Board ended up choosing the SFW and the MDF to host the expo again[/url], citing a lack of detail from the elk foundation about how it would handle data security protocols.
On top of that, four of the seven current Wildlife Board members have direct ties to SFW, as either past presidents or committee members. While three of those people recused themselves from the vote, the fourth person, SFW member Donnie Hunter, cast the deciding vote.
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Good read. Looks like it's business as usual for the good old boy government in Utah. With that kind of money laying around, I'm surprised the Utah Attorney General didn't get his hand out.
During the fall of 2015, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation submitted a bid to host the expo for the 2017-2021 period. The elk foundation included a provision in their proposal promising that 100 percent of revenue from expo permit sales, in addition to half the of gross revenue from the expo, would go directly back to DWR-approved projects.
But the [url "https://wildlife.utah.gov/pdf/2015-12-18_justification_statement.pdf"]Wildlife Board ended up choosing the SFW and the MDF to host the expo again[/url], citing a lack of detail from the elk foundation about how it would handle data security protocols.
On top of that, four of the seven current Wildlife Board members have direct ties to SFW, as either past presidents or committee members. While three of those people recused themselves from the vote, the fourth person, SFW member Donnie Hunter, cast the deciding vote.
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