THE PROGRAM

Redding, CT., New First Selectman  Julia  Pemberton is spending a lot more time with  David  Streit ( Chairman of - Fairfield County Deer Management Alliance and the primary in - Be Safe Redding.Org. ). It would seem that the " Program " derived in 2009 and initiated in 2012 / 2013 as the CDC ITM tick study, and run by the Connecticut agriculture experiment station ( CAES ) has hit a few snags lately.  Killing ( 250 + ) deer may take a little longer to do than anticipated. But with the fraudulently applied for and recently received CDC grant of  $900,000, all of us get to share in the cost. The " Program ", which is little more than a slick way to kill ( 250 + ) deer in the town of Redding, Ct. under the disguise of the CDC ITM tick study. Just tell the residents that the deer are the cause of Lyme disease enough times until they start to believe it.  Redding had ( 8 ) cases of reported Lyme in 2010 and (10 ) cases in both 2011 and  2012, hardly an epidemic.  Next you have to find a way to conduct the extermination without anyone else finding out what you are doing.  Find ( 9 + ) private land owners that will let you conduct a tick study on their property, to fend off the coming Lyme disease epidemic.   By using private land owners town officials do not have to inform the unsuspecting public what they are doing, ( no public hearing or public notification, etc. ). If you use public / town owed property town officials would have to notify the public.       Now you have to find an exterminator to kill the deer and the town of Redding, CT. and CAES chose to use their long time friend, the  ** " Sharp  Shoot " Company - White Buffalo who charges $400 per deer. Now  $400  might sound like a lot of money to kill ( 1 ) deer but one only has to look at one definition of " Sharp Shoot " to understand Why ?    **  " Sharp  Shoot " -   " A person who engages in short-term business dealings with the purpose of making a large, quick profit without regard to scruple ".      First selectman Julia Pemberton  and " The  Program " coordinator David Streit forgot to explain to White Buffalo that they could only shoot deer located on the private property, that they actually had written permission for.  White Buffalo, Inc. ( operating at night ) proceeded to shoot from private property at deer that where on both land trust and town owned properties of Redding, Ct.  Unfortunate for White Buffalo is the fact that each deer killed on the town owned property ( which they did not have written permission for ) come with a heavy fine of  $500 +. White Buffalo was very successful on this property where they killed ( 16 ) deer x $500  =  approximately  $8,000 +.      White Buffalo used a second Redding property that had given the town permission for the ITM study, but the property was outside of the ITM one square mile test area by ( 1/8 + mile ), so the special permit issued by CT. DEEP was invalid for the property.  White Buffalo killed ( 11 ) deer on this property.  It looks like the State of Connecticut DEEP and / or the CDC may be getting back quite a bit of the money they paid White Buffalo when you consider that they worked from ( 9 ) different locations in town.  White Buffalo, Inc. grossed  $400,000 in 2012 operating as a non profit company and after these recent activities may actually become -  Non Profit  !        Other infractions of Ct. hunting laws made by White Buffalo on these two properties where   1 - Use of .22lr, .223 caliber rifle to hunt deer ( 27 ) counts - $13,500 2 - Hunting deer at night ( 27 ) counts - $13,500 3 - Hunting on property without written permission ( 27 ) counts - $13,500 4 - Hunting within 500` of an occupied building without written permission ( 11 ) counts - $5,500 5 - Use of a Silencer during hunting ( 27 ) counts - $5,400 6 - Hunting without a Connecticut big game license ( 27 ) counts - $2,349 7 - Hunting deer on less than 10 acres with a rifle ( 27 ) counts - $13,500           Total Fines for the ( 2 ) Redding, Ct. properties would be approximately    $75,249.00     Will the CT.  DEEP Prosecute ?  Or will White Buffalo get another pass as they did in Greenwich