shaking the branch in Wash DC!!!

**fowlscay** · 02-25-2010, 11:10 AM

Well 1st I would like to thank the Ocean City Fishing Center and Sunset Marina for arranging our 2 bus loads of body's . As well as the RFA which got us a great spot right across from the senate office building where the real work gets done .( not the big round building in the background) Our contingency consisted of all types people from head boat captain ,charter capts , tackle shop , marina ,fishing tournament directors ,boat business , news paper , mates , and to my surprise only a few anglers . This just goes to show you that this not just something that effects a few people from a group but it effects all of us . If fishermen and women stop fishing they stop buying boats which effects all of the family's that work at the boat plants. when the boat plant quits making boats the quit buying boat windshield s which effects a whole nouther group of family's at the windshield plant . get the picture I could keep on going and expanding out what the trickle down effect is of lost fisheries for ever !!! The point is that it is about USA jobs !!!Marine fisheries are a natural resource for the whole planet to share not to be allocated buy politics and bad science . i never in my life ever thought that I would be standing in a crowd of people clapping for Barny Frank but i have to hand it to the guys from Mass the did have a pile of there representatives there at our rally . I like this Scott Brown guy he looks like he can Git R done . The Mass guys paraded a whole pile of people over to there office next door to continue the talks . Hats off to them . I did not see any from my state MD ,which is disheartening . well any way this just a start ,we have to keep shaking the branch with beehive on it to get the bees attention . This can only be done by follow up calls ,letters, e-mails phone calls , more rallys ,... set up meetings with your local politicians to tell them how we feel . WE HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING THE BALL AND GET THIS DONE !!! All and all this was a great day , i even got to meet " The Box" in person

Tommy