Mudslinger at it again

[SpoonDog]

22 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

As for maintenance, I can tell you that all they did to the access nearest to me after the flood was sub-contract some landscaping business from Iberia to stop by and push the ramps clear with a bobcat (10 minutes tops).  Two months later the giant piles of trash and wood debris still remain next to the ramp.  We picked the trash out of it ourselves (11 big bags worth) and scooped off the courtesy dock because it looked like hell and was blowing all over the parking lot. 

 

...so what you're saying is, last year MDC did something which directly benefited you. 

 

I don't know how many people use LOZ boat ramps in January when average daily temperature is just above freezing, and maybe you're right that after record flooding the best use of MDC time and resources is to make sure one boat ramp is cleared AND the surrounding area is properly manicured for the handful of people using it between now and spring. Maybe. 

 

But if some brush next to a boat ramp bothered me enough I was willing to rescind the conservation sales tax or restructure MDC...I'd ask some questions about myself first, then I'd call MDC to do something about the brush next to the boat ramp.  You know, instead of being ticked about it for two months.  But that's just me.  Different strokes, I suppose.

 

$12.50 for every $10,000 dollars spent in the state.  That's what goes to MDC.  Less than a pizza.  I'm sure there's some mismanagement of MDC funds, I wish I'd get more out of it.  But I also realize the amount I pay is inconsequential to my daily existence, and in return I get a whole lot of things I like.  Maybe you don't agree, and that's completely fine.  You can have the opinion MDC is overbudgeted or that they don't do enough- but to suggest they do nothing is simply dishonest.  

[fishinwrench]

Your intentional spin on my views and statements is rediculis.   I'm not even gonna counter that.

[Chief Grey Bear]

24 minutes ago, SpoonDog said:

...so what you're saying is, last year MDC did something which directly benefited you. 

 

I don't know how many people use LOZ boat ramps in January when average daily temperature is just above freezing, and maybe you're right that after record flooding the best use of MDC time and resources is to make sure one boat ramp is cleared AND the surrounding area is properly manicured for the handful of people using it between now and spring. Maybe. 

 

But if some brush next to a boat ramp bothered me enough I was willing to rescind the conservation sales tax or restructure MDC...I'd ask some questions about myself first, then I'd call MDC to do something about the brush next to the boat ramp.  You know, instead of being ticked about it for two months.  But that's just me.  Different strokes, I suppose.

 

$12.50 for every $10,000 dollars spent in the state.  That's what goes to MDC.  Less than a pizza.  I'm sure there's some mismanagement of MDC funds, I wish I'd get more out of it.  But I also realize the amount I pay is inconsequential to my daily existence, and in return I get a whole lot of things I like.  Maybe you don't agree, and that's completely fine.  You can have the opinion MDC is overbudgeted or that they don't do enough- but to suggest they do nothing is simply dishonest.  

Spot on perfect again Spoon!!

[bkbying89]

Over the years, I can think of a number of things the MDC has done that benefited me the major one was the acquisition of Whetstone Wildlife area. I have hunted that whole area and fished in its ponds. I just fished the Red Ribbon area on the Meramec River. There were a lot of things done every day in our names for our benefit. I am proud of the job our MDC has done and think trying to fix it when it is not broken is wrong.