Did Pledger Receive Pay for Play?

Nice article written by Mr. Pledger.

I wonder if he is just another in the long line of people the wetland group have pushed into making a complete fool of themselves by either writing or speaking the words of a bunch of self centered hunters. I suppose it is possible the wetland group has given out another free membership to someone who is willing to forget about the facts and pass on their beliefs.

In Kane County Illinois several years ago a columnist wrote an article about a judge that was similar in facts. The judge took the paper to court and won a huge judgment. The opinion of the court was that the paper had an obligation to make sure all the information printed was in fact the truth.

The Gazette surely should have the same obligation to at least read something before it goes to print. They have printed enough articles about the Lake District to at least be able to take some responsibility for this article. The guy doesn’t work directly for the paper so it’s OK?

For those clubs to take credit for the rip rap is a complete joke. If we dig into the facts we could find they took the money and did the work with volunteers from their own clubs.

Lets video the next Annual Meeting and send it to the TV stations so they can show everyone just how interested these guys are in protecting anything except the right they think they have to kill as many waterfowl as they choose. They are blasting away in the morning at least an hour before sunrise on the weekends and I wouldn’t be surprised if they drive over the lovely orchids on their four wheelers on the way to the duck blinds.
Ned