Recently, the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission signed a deal with Chesapeake Energy Corp. to drill on 11,500 acres of land. The five year deal provides the Commission $29.5 million with the option to renegotiate when the lease ends. The Commission, about as independent as an agency can get from the state government, has already been generous enough to share that money with the Oil and Gas Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality.
I may not be to fond of the Game & Fish Commission but they are entitled to spend the money as they will to improve the "Natural State."
However, Governor Beebe has demanded that the money be turned over to the state and be dolled out to many agencies that may not spend this money on wildlife/environmental protection.
In the article, Beebe even stated that he was willing to change the constitution amendments to get his way.
The big article can be found in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette for Wednesday July 30th and to smaller articles can be found here and here.
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