Marlenee lost the election. Evidently there were more pro-pornography fans in Montana than he's banked on. But the ex-congressman soon landed on his feet, with his years of friendship for hunting rewarded with a job as a lobbyist for, well, let the gun fans tell you:
The Gottlieb-Tartaro Report,
$30/12 issues,
12500 N.E. 10th Place,
Bellevue, WA 98005
August, 2003
It's not often the GT Report singles out a gun rights defender for a special tribute. We do it this issue because of RON MARLENEE's decades-long record of defending gun rights in a way that deserves greater appreciation: defending the right to hunt.
Safari Club International, a leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and in promoting wildlife conservation worldwide, recently announced that RON MARLENEE, its highly effective lobbyist, will retire in December of this year but work on retainer through January 2004.
Gun owners everywhere owe MARLENEE a lot. MARLENEE served 16 terms as a U.S. Congressman prior to becoming SCI's lobbyist in 1992.
I know what you're thinking: Didn't we just learn that Marlenee served EIGHT terms? Yes. That's right. These little errors creep in and we have to make allowances. And I know what else you're thinking:
What does this have to do with Duncan Scott?
I will cheerfully admit that ex-congressman Marlenee's actions are in no wise indicative of Duncan Scott's character or beliefs, but I include this information because this is a BLOG, and, unlike commercial writing, I don't have to play mother may I? with some glassy-eyed editor, nor do I have a deadline or space restrictions.
When I cease to delight you, you will cease reading. So. I can include ex-congressman Marlenee because he's a colorful old coot, and a bit of Montana history. I also include him because to read his testimony AS a lobbyist is just plain pure-dee bizarro world fun:
TESTIMONY OF SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL
Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans, Committee on Resources
United States House of Representatives
on March 13, 1997
On the H.R. 39,
THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT CONSERVATION ACT
REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1997
Submitted by The Honorable Ron Marlenee
Director of Legislative Affairs, Safari Club International
In our view, the African Elephant Conservation Act is an extremely important piece of legislation because it assists African countries in meeting conservation goals for a species that we all believe is important...
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The program also teaches the game scouts to evaluate the elephant populations from the point of view of their hunting trophy quality. This is important because it maximizes the revenues that can be obtained from a use of this natural resource, while minimizing the biological impact of the program. The revenues are a key incentive to conservation, and provide much of the funding used for such conservation. I have attached a paper entitled "Returns from Tourist Hunting in Tanzania," which describes in detail the economic importance of this activity. [i.e. shooting elephants for trophies - HW] It states that foreign safari hunting (which is called "tourist hunting") had a value of more than $10 million for Tanzania in 1992....
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