Thanks, Donna. So many people put in a great effort on this issue.  
Unfortunately even our legislative friends would not get their  
colleagues ‘on record’ on the health effects amendment in either  
Chamber. But we do have the final passage records.

On occasion, I wonder why I switched!

Lyle


On Apr 24, 2008, at 7:44 a, Donna Buell wrote:

> Thanks for all the hard work, Lyle.
>
> Silly me, I thought when we worked so hard to elect a Democratic  
> Governor, Democratically-led House and Democratically-led Senate  
> that we would at least be able to have a discussion on the  
> environmental issues in the Democratic State Platform.  NOT.
>
> It seems our Democratic leadership is more inclined to push the CAFO  
> industry’s agenda than that of the majority of the Democratic  
> Caucus.  House Speaker Pat Murphy.  Senate Majority Leader Mike  
> Gronstal.  We need to hold the leaders accountable for their  
> behavior as well as staying in constant communication with our own  
> legislators.
>
> We have a voting record now.  Hold the politicians accountable.   
> Elections are this fall.  If only the issue would go away, but we’ll  
> have hundreds more new CAFOs by next legislative session…..
>
> Donna
>


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