Debbie,
About the legislative committee, Bob Mulqueen told me last time I talked to
him that Senator Jack Kibbie had various bills for local control that he’s
introduced over the years. I think Kibbie will be one of Mulqueen’s first
contacts for proposed legislation. Should “we” (ok, sorry) contact Kibbie
too? Jack Kibbie was my senator until the 2000 redistricting. He got me
going on industrial ag when he helped bring the Water keeper’s Alliance to
Emmetsburg. I was so sickened by that meeting that I’ve been working this
issue ever since. Our local group, IA Network for Local Control, has also
been in contact with Representative Marci Frevert. She has past House bills
for local control too.
Do we have an Excom meeting in November? If so, maybe the legislative
committee could meet then too, and I could gather some of these old bills
(or Lyle? Is this something you have access to?) to use as a starting point
for proposed legislation that Sierra will support?
Donna
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Subject: Re: Denise O'Brien
Since we have a state PAC we can use our resources to let everyone know who
we have endorsed. I will check with the state and see if there is a value to
this or if it is covered as one of those things that a C-4 can do. National
is always good to touch base with in order to disucss what to do about
comunication regarding members of congress we have endorsed.
Donna Buell wrote:
Sierra Club has endorsed Denise O’Brien for Secretary of Ag. Let’s help her
get out the vote!
Donna
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NY Times Editorial on Secretary of Ag Race
Date:
Tue, 10 Oct 2006 09:52:55 -0500
New York Times Editorial
A Farm Race in Iowa
Published: October 10, 2006
There is a governor’s race going on in Iowa Culver vs. Nussle, a tossup
but the race to watch is the one for secretary of agriculture. Both
candidates support ethanol production, and who wouldn’t when ethanol has
given Iowa the lowest fuel prices in the nation? But otherwise they are
about as different as it is possible to be and still be an Iowan for
agriculture. Bill Northey, a Republican, farms corn and soybeans and has
been endorsed by the Farm Bureau. His Democratic opponent is Denise O’Brien,
who raises poultry, apples and strawberries. She and her husband farm
organically, and her campaign vehicle is a green biodiesel school bus.
The candidates capture a real split in the farm world in Iowa and the
nation as a whole. Mr. Northey proudly represents the industrial vision of
farming that has turned Iowa into the land of the two-crop, corn-soybean
rotation, a place where the chance to produce corn-based ethanol looks like
diversity. Ms. O’Brien has been unfairly accused of belonging to “fringe”
groups, and she is clearly not the Farm Bureau candidate. “Organic” is
anathema to the Farm Bureau. But she is a reminder that Iowa would be better
off with greater agricultural diversity, stronger communities and a greater
emphasis on the health of its natural resources.
The sharpest difference between these two candidates concerns the ability of
counties and towns to restrict the siting of feedlots and farm operations
that concentrate huge numbers of animals. Mr. Northey believes in a single
set of regulations across all of Iowa’s 99 counties. Ms. O’Brien argues that
factory farms should be regulated by the state but that communities should
be able to voice their concerns too. After all, they are the ones who have
to live downwind.
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