A friend, who is ex-military, says that all this is, is a military person leaving himself a "legacy", making his mark as it were, disregarding the wishes of the constituents of the state of Tennessee because they have no bearing on his actions nor are of any consequence to him, as he is not an elected official and cannot be held to harm for his actions.
Maybe the next commander of the Corps of Engineers can/will retract this moron's actions. We can only hope so because this action of restricting access to the immediate tail waters seems to be a foregone conclusion at this point in time.
I note that the TWRA officers on this page are decrying this action also, but in the next breath, they will be the ones issuing citations to boaters who venture into the "no boating" zone. If they are really serious about not wanting these restrictions, maybe they'll be "too busy" to write citations for these transgressions.....much the same as they don't seem to care to write citations to illegal fishermen below the dams who keep everything that comes ashore in their castnets.
If I have to pay taxes and register and number a canoe just because I put a "TROLLING MOTOR" on it, I'd like to see some enforcement of the laws already on the books concerning the castnetting crowd.
I'm done venting, thank you for reading!
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