<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Sligh1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Friends of Iowa is a group that are trying to change the law so NR landowners can get buck tags every year and if you come here and buy land you are guaranteed buck tags. They are wealthy and getting very aggressive on getting their agenda passed (big time lawyers and lobbyists). (side effects- giant outfitting increases, leased land everywhere (I can explain how), NR buying up much or most of land (the 5-7% of ia land that's timber), giant increases in land prices, severely decreased access, giant tracts of land that likely won't get enough does taken, Iowa hunting as you know it- GONE. If you like Illinois, that's a sneak peak).
http://www.friendsofiowa.com
My strong opinion and what I believe to be fact:
Vast majority of their support, founding, members, etc come from folks like REALTORS who want land prices to go up, folks who make money of out-of-staters, outfitters who want more $ from guiding, some NR folks that already own land here (yes I think they want to kill a buck every year BUT also want land prices to go up in many cases) or those with rich out of state buddies, etc. Not all BUT that's what I think is most the support. Their motive involves $ and wanting to change the laws that have been on the books for decades (what's made Iowa, well Iowa and what's made it great).
The part that caught my attention is, I hear debates on here on varieties of topics and on other sites all the time that I can see BOTH SIDES and both sides are being honest, transparent and make excellent points with good motives. When I read
http://www.Friendsofiowa.com I can't believe what I am reading, I just shake my head almost the whole time (even when I am trying to have an open mind). The way they put things and testimonials, etc just makes me sick. In my opinion, they come off like shisters (spelling?) or the race peddlers you see in the news, stuff like them being discrimated against, sob stories that you just know are a show, how states like Illinois are so wonderful, how Iowa is going down the crapper, etc. It comes across so in-sincere and you can see right through it!!! You'll find 5 dozen examples of pure garbage (and I tried to read it with an open mind!!!) So many of their facts are wrong (iowa and B&C book bucks, etc, etc, etc,), so misleading and they seem like a group that will spin any argument anyway they have to so that their motives (fueled almost entirely by greed in my opinion) get satisfied. They come across like shister politicians or lawyers (just like how they got so CLEVER with their name- give me a break!!!!!) and they will destroy what makes iowa great. That's my opinion and strong belief AND how I perceived it when I've read it over and over. I guess I won't explain it anymore, read it yourself, you'll know what I mean, it's just awful and makes you want to gag it's so tacky and COULD BE such a TRAGEDY if these folks get their way!!!!
They will GREATLY AFFECT EVERYONE ON THIS SITE!!!!!!!! So, the regular guy wants to know, "what can I do"? Would y'all start by saying join IBA????? I know I did, put my small amount of money where my mouth is and made people who are REALLY the friends of iowa know about this group. Spread the word, join IBA and others speak up what the "regular guys" like me can do?!?!?!? </div></div>Whats wrong with that Sligh? According to some on this site it is just some hard working hunters like you and I just trying to make a living. It's called business! /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif
