LOL! I wonder what his FR screen name is.
/johnny
Wellll, there was a case in Pa. a few years ago when a tugboat lost control of it’s barges and went over a dam. Two or three tugmen were drowned. Of course, it all depends on how much of the river will be off limits to fishermen. Either way, I can see it’s a state’s issue.
Their right public safety is the Provence of the state and individual. Washington has no business butting in.
Let the State or its citizens decide what risk is acceptable.
It’s not that the USACE is being “smarter than the rest of us”, in this case it is McConnell being dumber than Ashley Judd, or pandering to those who are. It’s their dam, and their responsibility to set safety rules. Are they being over-cautious? Of course. Is the dams’ main purpose to create fishing spots? Of course not. May as well bitch that the FAA doesn’t let air passengers walk in front of jet engine intakes on the apron. Isn’t that a violation of our right to go wherever we damn please also?