Amber
Just got you message today.  If you can e-mail fact sheet, I can reproduce
Daryl Smith

Amber Hard wrote:
>
> Uneasy about suggesting a caucus resolution?  Want to do something to help
> out on a local campaign?  Or just looking for something more to do on Monday
> night? Then I have the opportunity for you...
>
> Iowa PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) is launching its state campaign to
> clean up large-scale animal confinements. We all know animal factories are
> out of control in Iowa---football field sized "lagoons" of liquid manure
> overflowing in rivers, lakes, and streams; contaminating waterways, polluting
> drinking water, and killing fish.  We have to do better.
>
> The Governor and DNR have some pretty good proposals for local control,
> integrator (owner) liability, and flexible citing that will take sensitive
> areas into account.  Although steps in the right direction, these proposals
> really fix the symptoms, not the problem.  We need a moritorium on new or
> expanding animal factories of greater than 1000 animal units.  This year, an
> election year, may be our best bet to get this done.
>
> So, we are distributing factsheets with a clip-off postcard to legislators at
> the Iowa precinct caucuses on Monday.  We need help to get this done at as
> many caucuses as possible.  All I would need you to do is pass these
> factsheets out at your neighborhood caucus.
>
> If this is something you'd be willing to do, email me your contact
> information, so I can get the factsheets to you in time.
>
> Thank you!  If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
>
> Amber Hard
> Issue Advocate
> Iowa PIRG
> 424 10th St. Suite 302A
> Des Moines, IA 50309
> 515-282-4193 (phone)
> 515-282-4196 (fax)
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>
> Iowa PIRG is a non-profit, non-partisan consumer and environmental advocacy
> organization.
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