1) You've overlooked the constant meddling by elected officials like our statelegislators,many of whom arestanding in the way ofa license increase because they say "constituents" are unhappy with deer hunting. Anytime one of them is unhappy, they summon the administration to their offices for another brow-beating, or show up at public PGC meetings to wag a finger at the board.

2) Political influence in the selection of commissioners (there are currently two empty seats on the board): Applicants must be interviewed by the Gov's Advisory council, then submitted to the Gov for consideration, thensubmitted by the Govto the Senate, for approval/confirmation. Darn near everyone within the political systemthat has an axe to grind, gets a say on who gets approved or not.Deals are made and people approved or rejected. It's why it takes forever to fill an empty seat on the board.

3) In addition to license fee increases, almost any changes the PGC wants to make in the way of major regulations, must be approved by the legislature, which means they appear before the House Game and Fisheries Committe several times a year (legisaltive oversight), to be grilled and often chastised about this issueor that issue. (They're often televised on PCN, makes for interesting TV).

As for audits, I believe the game commission is subject to the same financial audits that any other state agency is.