A proposed inland trawling ban left NC shrimpers boiling hot. Now what happens?
As if it already wasn’t hot enough in the Tar Heel State in late June, a small crustacean that’s long been a popular food staple at the N.C. coast has succeeded in sending temperatures surging at the N.C. General Assembly in Raleigh. But this has nothing to do with a polite squabble over the best way to cook shrimp. This, shrimpers and their supporters say, is about protecting their livelihoods. What happens now? With emotions raw in Raleigh, and the issue having spawned death threats against lawmakers in favor of the ban, it’s likely the issue of inshore trawling could be allowed to sink away for a few months − at least until the short session next year. Photos, video, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:35
The lawmakers don’t give a damn about the hard working citizens. They don’t think about how people that they put out of work will make a living and provide for their families. I don’t blame the commercial fisherman for threatening their lives at all. The politicians that come up with these stupid ass ideas should be forced to give up half of their pay to help retrain all these hard working citizens. They won’t though but they will damn sure give a illegal immigrant everything thet need for free. JS!