(H/T – Charlie)
James Klauser, former administration secretary under Governor Thompson, unloads with both barrells on the DNR regarding their pier proposal. When he asked about the 3-foot depth limit under a pier, he got this response from a high-ranking DNR official – “No diving. No swimming. No fishing. Piers are for access to a boat, that’s all." Well, add “no modern boats” to that “banned” list; Klauser points out that most modern inboard-outboard boats draw 36 inches, so they’ll be scraping bottom when they’re tied up dockside.
He goes on to rip the DNR for not differentiating between small lakes and larger lakes (larger lakes require larger piers to protect the boats tied to them), the arbitrary limitation on the number of boats in the water based on shoreline frontage, the likelyhood that most newer piers will not be in compliance with the DNR rules, and the process used to come up with the new rules (no hearings in Lake Country, discouraged public participation).
Go, read the whole thing.
I’m still waiting for someone to explain the “no-knock” search policy that DNR wardens think they can execute.
They’re a bunch of “compassionate” lieberals. “Petty” things like the Constitution don’t apply to them, especially when they’re on the prowl for a snowmobile rider or a bird feeder.
Considering that Wisconsin’s waterways belong to the public – as long as they are navigable by boat or canoe – this is preposterous regulation run amok. This needs to become an election-year agenda item, and the DNR muckity-mucks who dreamt it up need to be looking for new jobs.
Posted: No Fishing…
Steveegg posts on an article by James Clausen, former Gov. Tommy Thompson’s administration secretary, about the stupidity of the DNR’s proposal to limit piers to a three-foot depth…