SF 432 Update: Fighting To Keep Manure Out Of Iowa's Water Supply
You would think that politically, this would be the easiest thing in the world.
As you know, our
legislators caved in to corporate big-moneyed pressure with the passage
of SF 432 through the Senate with a vote of 43-6 [scroll down for previous posts on this topic….but first, the votes.]
THE GOOD SIX SENATORS: The only Nay votes to this terrible bill – Joe Bolkcom, Johnson Co.; William Dotzler, Black Hawk; Jack Hatch, Polk; Pam Jochum, Dubuque; Matt McCoy, Polk; Herman Quirmbach, Story. All Democrats. Call and thank them. But what is wrong with the rest of the Senate Democrats? (Or the Republicans for that matter, but we seem to expect so little from them anymore…)
THE BAD FORTY-THREE SENATORS: Voted YES! to manure run-off into our drinking water source – this would be everybody else in the Senate, unfortunately…if your senator's name is not on the “GOOD SENATOR” list, you need to contact them and find out why. Write down what they tell you and send it to us at Blog for Iowa, blog3@democracyforiowa.com.
Put “Why My Senator Wants Manure In My Drinking Water” in the Subject line. Maybe you can get them to explain why you should want them to continue holding public office if you can't even count on them for this one small thing. Once we gather a few of the senatorial reasons, we'll start posting them right here on this blog.
Take action NOW
1.
Join with us for a critical press conference and lobby day at the State
Capitol TODAY, March 30 at 10:45 am.
Following
the press conference, we will lobby our legislators and deliver letters
to key leaders to make sure our message is heard loud and clear.
2. Contact key leaders
at the Statehouse. We need you to tell Governor Culver, House
leadership Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Speaker Pat Murphy and
your House representative to tell them to stop kowtowing to corporate
ag special interests and stand up for our water quality and the common
good. Call on them to protect everyday Iowans and to stand in
opposition to SF 432. Follow this link to send them an email, or you can give them a call.
Gov. Culver: 515-281-5211
Rep. McCarthy: 515-281-3054
Rep. Murphy: 515-281-5566
House switchboard: 515-281-3221
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