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Originally Posted by Travis C.
I know we all want to stop this at all cost but has this been brought up:
Once he leaves in June, can the incoming commander remove it and fall back in line with the previous commanders?
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Its been my observation that once the government puts a restriction in place for the "good" of safety, it's about impossible to get reversed. That's why we must not let up on the letter writing to elected officials. After the meeting, I had about a 10 minute chat with the public affairs guy. For those there, you'll remember he was the one at the podium picking out the hands raised to comment. After I told him I was a retired public affairs person from the Army, he actually opened up a bit to talk. My question I directed to him, (I could see talking to Delapp would go nowhere) was that if Delapp wanted to, could he reverse the decision to barricade the dams? I think the PA guy was sincere in his answer of 'no', it comes down from a higher decision and a joint decision among COE officials. That was my thoughts all along that Delapp was the messenger, not the decider. Which goes back to all of us to continue to contact officials who represent us. Everyone has a boss, and if we can get the right officials to dig deep into the root of this, they may, and hopefully, be able to get the COE to use an alternative plan to enforce fishermen to stay out of the spillway during heavy discharge but allow us in when its not. For those who stayed for the entire meeting, I think the better questions came in the end. I personally want to thank Doug Markham for speaking up in the end. He sure has been a leader in trying to head this off at the pass. We need to continue to follow his lead and not let up. I have two grandsons with a third on the way, and I want to be able to take them fishing below the dam one day, not tell them stories how we 'use to fish those waters.' amen