Joan Hurlock of Buhl, a hunter and angler, was rejected by Senate for post.
Joan Hurlock and Idaho Fish and Game Commission Chairman Randy Budge met with Senate Resources and Environment Committee Chairman Monte Pearce prior to the hearing on Hurlock’s nomination for the commission. Pearce was trying to get her to withdraw without a fight.
“We’re going to look like bunch of men beating up on a young woman,” Hurlock said Pearce told her. “He said if I withdrew ‘I am sure the governor could appoint you to another commission, maybe the nursing board.’ ”
“I told him, ‘Senator, I’m not qualified to serve on the nursing board,’ ” Hurlock said.
The Senate followed Pearce’s committee’s recommendation and voted against her nomination 19-16 Monday.
Pearce said Friday he was not going to get into a he said, she said situation.
“I’m not going there,” he said.
For God’s sake, are these people too stupid to live? If they’re going to actually believe these sorts of things, aren’t they at least intelligent enough not to say them out loud?
Exactly. No matter what their talking points, these slack-jaws think the “little lady” should stay at home and serve her man.
Uh, nope!
What was the cost to Idaho taxpayers for settling Pam Lowe’s suit against the Transportation Dept? $614,000 for attorney fees, and a $750,00o settlement.
I hope she sues them blind.
On what grounds? I did not see any education or experience directly related to F & G. I certainly would not recommend her to that position with the facts reported. I’m not sure why Otter even recommended her except as some kind of twisted favor. Maybe you need to investigate Otter’s recommendation reasoning.
It’s funny these politicians are saying she’s not qualified for the position. The same politicians who were potato farmers or ranchers with not much political experience prior to getting their current jobs!!
Watch it, you are just making too much sense.
Maybe Monty was making the point that Joan was as qualified to be on the Nursing Board as she is for the IDFG Commission?
Joan had ample warning of this battle. She knew the feeling of many, many hunters and anglers. She was encouraged to continue by people who may not have the best interests of hunters and anglers in mind.
The vote to block her appointment was appropriate for Idaho. It would have gone the other way in her home state of California.
How does Jeff Siddoway have a passion for hunting when he fences off thousands of acres of winterrange from Idaho wild deer and elk populations. Then charges thousands of dollars for a person to shoot an elk in a pen?
Methinks the legislator has fantasies yet cannot live them, also not qualified.
Pearce is just displaying his brain washed cult thinking of women are subservient to males over the age of 12. She is far more qualified to be on the board than Pearce is to judge such appointment. She is a law enforcement officer and a forensic scientist. With a family history in regard to fish and game via her father.
Pearce should be ashamed but he won’t because he’s sexist.
Since when does rubbing shoulders with greatness make another person great? Joan’s dad was a CA fish and game officer. That does not make Joan a great commissioner. Also, since when do we want someone who learned the ways of a fish & game agency in CA to come run IDFG? Never!
C’mon! Sexism, elitism, lawsuits… Why can’t you Hurlock supporters get over the fact that she was rejected because she was not qualified? You all sound like the same people who have to give trophies to all the teams in Little League so no one gets their feelings hurt.
Grow up.
Monte’s comment without context sounds horrible and very old school. Not going to assume what he meant, but the fact that her defeat was a foregone conclusion tells me maybe Otter should have re-examined his choice. I am sure Ms. Hurlock is a dutiful Republican blah, blah blah…but she could not convince the panel that she was qualified on the issues.
The Idaho legislation finally got one right.
Well, they’ve gotten two right… It’s too bad the last time was way back in 1974.
Tell me this wasn’t a sexist denial. The good ole boys wanted one of them.
Until these arrogant, ignorant, self-serving b#%#ards have to start paying for lawsuits out of their own pockets, this kind of conduct will continue in Idaho politics.
Let’s review the history of the people in the Senate. How much hunting/fishing experience do they have as a group? Enough to be qualified to appoint a Commissioner? Or words to that effect. Unless you think they all spend their vacations hunting.
The Rock is NOT qualified for his job and yet he continues on.
Let’s review the history of the people in the Senate. How much hunting/fishing experience do they have as a group? Enough to be qualified to appoint a Commissioner?
Absolutely! There are many, many examples of Idaho legislators who have 10 or more, decades even, of hunting/trapping/fishing experience in Idaho. Each and every one of them is far more qualified than Joan Hurlock to be a commissioner.
just pointing out that the Idaho Fish and Game doesn’t just manage big game. They manage for fish, upland birds, furbearers, and even non game species. You don’t need to hunt every year to be able to make an educated decision on an issue.
Here’s a link to the qualifications (thank you, DFM’s Shelby Kerns):
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title36/T36CH1SECT36-102.htm
“The selection and appointment of said members shall be made solely upon consideration of the welfare and best interests of fish and game in the state of Idaho, and no person shall be appointed a member of said commission unless he shall be well informed upon, and interested in, the subject of wildlife conservation and restoration.”
Show me where it says anything about “must hunt and fish on an annual basis.”
Of course, it does only say “he”…
Ummm pretty quiet there Free Trapper? Your internet go down?
How does Jeff Siddoway have a passion for hunting when he fences off thousands of acres of winterrange from Idaho wild deer and elk populations. Then charges thousands of dollars for a person to shoot an elk in a pen?
Read more here: http://blogs.idahostatesman.com/hurlock-said-pearce-thought-she-should-go-for-nursing-board/#comment-1656#storylink=cpy
When does the book come out?
I certainly hope she had more experience than just hunting and fishing every since how old, also what her father taught her. What is her education background is it in a wildlife field or in business?