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« Yes, even bureaucrats can have humor | Main | Old time LEO passes away »

Even bureaucrats can have a sense of humor

Posted by David Hardy · 23 October 2008 09:08 AM

Here's a scan of the original opinion. It's not the clearest image -- it's been sitting in my files for 21 years now. Click on the thumbnail to get it full size.
This is the original opinion she signed (mine is unsigned, since it came from my personal chron file--I would have the opinion as it went to her, the signed one would have gone into the departmental files. The tribe applied for listing, Fish and Wildlife kicked it to us, the legal shop, for an opinion. We all knew it was a publicity gig for the Tribe. Gale signed this opinion, and sent it to Fish and Wildlife, then the other bureaucrats got worried and had her sign another, perfectly serious, one. Fish and Wildlife in the meantime had passed the first opinion to the media and they loved it. But both opinions remained in the files. I'm told that when she was nominated the first opinion was hunted down and shredded. I don't have a copy of the second, serious, one since I didn't draft it.

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5 Comments | Leave a comment

Jim W | October 23, 2008 9:14 AM | Reply

Oh, I thought you had the original opinion that got signed off by her before they backtracked and issued this opinion.

Jim W | October 23, 2008 9:15 AM | Reply

Or was the original story that the petition just sat around for a while until someone overreacted and issued this? IE- that no one ever supported listing them under the ESA?

Don Hamrick | October 23, 2008 9:55 AM | Reply

What about Bigfoot? Ohh. Yeah. His existence hasn't been proven yet. (ROFLMAO!)

Deavis | October 23, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply

I can't see all of it for some reason (can't scroll down) but it is pretty funny on the first page.

Bill | October 24, 2008 8:38 AM | Reply

Yes, I'd like to see the rest of it also. I get only the first page. I like the "dietary change influenced by interaction with a local reptile." Pretty good.

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