pardon my ignorance, but is the position of ADCNR Director an elected or appointed position?
Appointed by the Guv. Good reason for all of us to quiz the candidates next year.
I thought the conservation director was appointed by the governor, and Sykes was a regular state employee? I don't really know; things change and I haven't kept up with all of them. Charles Kelley kept the position for decades. Governors and directors came and went, but nobody messed with Kelley.
It will be interesting to see how the spin the low harvest report. My guess is that it's so bad they just ignore it for a while. It will be hard to get anyone to believe the harvest was under 10,000.