Arrogant and obnoxious – he’s cost Idaho taxpayers a lot of money for his selfish ways.

He should shut up and disappear.

I don’t think he has all the answers. No one candidate ever does, but I’d give him a chance over re-electing Otter or Risch.

I don’t give a damn what his policies are, I care about why he’s running in the first place. The tea party folk kicked his ass off the stage for a reason.

And since, as I stated, I’m not good at following politics, what are the views that he has that make him stand out to you as someone that you would vote for?

I can’t believe that someone with as much bad press as Rammell is even bothering running for office. Nearly every news story about him regarding his candidacy is flanked by another story somewhere in the paper about him doing something negative.

I personally will never vote for this man for anything because I totally disagree with his “fish in a barrell” elk farm. I know that is said and done (I hope so anyway) but I feel very strongly that the whole concept is wrong. I rarely have strong feelings one way or another about a politician because I don’t understand politics or follow it as closely as I probably should, but I would not vote for this man.

No one judges you on the way you live and when the Governor, Gov. Risch in this case does not even understand that Fish and Game does not regulate Rex Rammell’s farm is just plain wrong.

Gov Risch was a glory seeker and wanted to do anything to make his 7 months in office a mark in history.

What I challange the readers today is this: Gov Risch added a one cent tax to all the readers.
This tax was voted down by all the hunters and voters of Idaho.

Guess what, the one penny tax has no home but the general fund.

Why are we not all doing something about this. It effects all of us.

I am working on this procedure of special session and then taxation is purely illegal.

For all the folks that wrote a comment on Rex Rammell asking for him to be put in jail without any facts. Why are you not asking Lt. Gov Jim Risch for his termination of office?

He is not being terminated and he is asking for you to make him the next Senator of Idaho.

He was looking for a little news to get your attention in eastern Idaho.

I guess he got your attention and you wish to punish your fellow neighbor instead of a professional politcal candidate.

He didn’t come out and admit he had been dumping the carcasses (and certainly didn’t apologize for it), but said as of now and in the future they will be disposing of the guts in a safer matter. He realizes the danger the guts cause in attracting grizzlies and said he will not be part of the problem.

It’s nice to see someone make a change that benefits everyone in the area, rather than being bull-headed about their rights or irresponsibilities.

To dump the guts out on the grounds outside his compound seems to communicate a great deal about how little concern he has for his neighbors, for the entire region (in enticing bears), and his ethics in running the shooter bull operation.

Does the department of agriculture have any guidelines for how these guts should be disposed of properly, or were they leashed by the shooter bull industry?

The situation with the elk guts shows how little disregard Mr. Ferguson has for his neighbors and fellow human beings. With his deep pockets, it is well within his ability to clean up the mess from his fake hunting business.

Specifically, a Meadow Creek Road elk ranch somewhere around Island Park, owned by a Mike Ferguson?

The issue is that folks are saying his ranch is dumping the elk guts outside their property, and not burying them. The big piles of elk guts are attracting bears to the area, which obviously creates related problems.

Today’s PR editorial suggested this Mike Ferguson who owns the elk ranch also owns the Bear World located near Rigby? Anyone know for sure on that?

the PR reports our legislature failed to pass even the most watered-down rules for these shooter bull operations.

Including all of their antics this year, this could be the biggest waste of a legislative session ever.

What a waste of a legislative session. What a waste of taxpayer money this year. What a waste of legislators. What a waste of hot air.

Can anyone see a citizen’s initiative being launched to try doing what our legislators could not find the stomach to do?

responsibility for their businesses, whether it be cleaning up hazardous waste, fixing

OSHA violations, mending fences or what not. If Rex Rammell is in the elk farming

business, then it’s his responsibility to keep his elk penned in. The fact that a grizzly

opened up his fence (I find that a little hard to believe) doesn’t matter. It’s still his

responsibility to keep his animals in. If he runs his operation in grizzly country, then

he should go about making his fences grizzly-proof and face the consequences when his

animals escape, by whatever method.
I personally think that Gov. Risch’s move was hasty, maybe uncalled for, and a bit

asenine, but all the same, Rammell should be made to pay for his mistakes.
So far, no one has mentioned the $750,000 in fines that the Idaho legislature let him

off on in the past. I’ve never heard what those fines originated from, or why they let him

off. I wonder how many politicians he had in his pocket to get that job done?
My opinion again: Just because of all the uproar and taxpayer expense this latest fiasco

has caused, Rammell should be made to pay those past fines plus all the expenses to remedy

the current situation.
On top of that, I see the Idaho legislature trying to pawn off their measly licensing

fees on elk ranches now. What good will that do? The real way to do it would be to have a

meaningful but reasonable licensing fee, put it in a fund along with the fines assessed

from violations like Rammells, and use that money to take care of situations like the

Rammell one and the similar one going on right now with the Rulon Jones thing. That way

the business of elk farming would fund the expense of policing itself. The taxpayers like

you & me wouldn’t have to shoulder the burden of paying for these few (15 I think) elk

farming operations and the hassles they create.
That’s just a basic thought. Maybe someone out there could add to it & come up with

something workable.

Did the media say anything about the fact that a grizzly bear tore out the fence holding his elk?

And now there is a similar issue with the Cedar Creek Ranch in the Wolverine Canyon near Firth, requiring double fencing for that canned hunting operation, what have you heard about that?

Although I think Rammel is a bit over-the-top, he has some valid points, the governor was out of line ordering the elk shot, and so was the Fish and Game, I don’t think people know that the Dept. of Ag are the govt. entity incharge of elk breeders…not the Fish and Game.
All the testing that came back on Rammel’s elk was negative for disease and the genetics for impure came back negative also, I don’t know if those reports were in the general media either, and none of this information is found on the Fish and Game website.

So I am just curious as to why so many people are angry at Rammel personally, he is standing up for his rights, maybe a bit more extreme than most of us would go, but nontheless, this is America and we have a right to make a living any way we choose as long as it is legal.
And if we believe we are being treated unfairly and unjust then we have another right to pursue justice.

On another note, the legislators/politicians Rammel is attacking are the very ones being verbally attacked in another essay on this site… interesting indeed.

About the grizzly that tore his fence, I had not heard that before. However, the fact is he was not taking care of his business. He said he was recovering from back surgery. Did he not have family, friends, employees, or even a neighbor he could call and ask to check his fence once a day? He failed to take proper care of his business and claims it is not his fault, therefore he is failing to take responsibility.

Everything I have heard is that state law already clearly says the Risch’s actions were justified. If the law proves to have been wrong, that is another thing, but as far as I’ve seen Risch was legally sound in the order. Rex does not acknowledge that, he claims the order was illegal, and he muddies the issue.

Rex also fails to mention that many report he and his family chased elk into thicker brush with ATVs, making it harder for everyone to get to the escaped elk. He fails to acknowledge his role in that and therefore fails to accept responsibility.

I am glad to hear none of the disease tests were positive, however I have heard that Rex has fought all efforts to test his animals. I heard he first fought the Fish and Game’s efforts, then got his legislature buddies to change the authority to the Ag Dept, then got his buddies in the Ag department to look the other way and give him more leniency in testing. Mind you this is what I’ve heard from a few sources, definitely nothing I can say is fact.

So maybe if Rex took responsibility in assisting the government in testing his animals instead of hampering their efforts, we might have known better the state of his herds.

My personal beef with him is that he acts all pious and like he alone knows what is right, and he has consistently failed to ever take responsibility for any mistakes he might have made.

I could be a lot more sympathetic if he could admit he has not been perfect throughout this ordeal.

Rex is reportedly upset that the judge wouldn’t let Rammel turn his misdemeanor ticket for obstructing justice into a three ring circus with him lecturing the court on his constitutional beliefs.

I still think Rex’s logic is flawed, and could lead him to dangerous thinking and dangerous places.

He starts with a reasonable belief, that his escaped elk is still his property. He then goes out on the limb and thinks he is justified to do normally unreasonable actions, because it goes back to protecting his constitutional right.

Following this thinking can lead to dangerous places. We all know a homeowner has a right to use deadly force against burglars, right? Does Rex think he could apply deadly force to people hunting his escaped elk, because again it is an extension of protecting his property?

I have heard Rex jumping up and down screaming for months in the media and on the Neal Larson show about his rights, but have never heard him say a single word about his responsibilities that go with those rights.

Someone please ask the man to consider his responsibilities associated with his rights. Until now we have seen no attempt to take responsibility, and no acknowledgment ever that he could have possibly made the slightest mistake through any of this saga.

Rex will not get any support while he continues to hoot and holler without being humble enough to admit he ever made a mistake, and while he refuses to take any responsibility for his actions.

Failing to acknowledge his associated responsibilities makes him no different than a welfare recipient suckling on government.

Who knew Rex Rammell was such a Hilary Clinton fan?