> CHALLENGE TO CAFO MASTER MATRIX
> Six Republican members of the Admin Rules committee will be filing an
> objection to the DNR rules on the master matrix, claiming it violates
> the laws' intent of one minimum score. This objection comes a week
> before the law is to become effective. What this means, according to the
> Administrative Rules Review Committee Powers, if the master matrix is
> challenged in court, the objection strips away the presumption of
> validity that is normally accorded administrative rules, and forces DNR
> to prove the legality of the master matrix. The next Admin Rules
> committee meeting will be Friday, Feb 21 at 8:45 AM.
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> Erin E. Jordahl
> Director, Iowa Chapter Sierra Club
> 3839 Merle Hay Road, Suite 280
> Des Moines, IA 50310
> 515-277-8868
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> www.iowa.sierraclub.org


What a clever little charade:  my former colleagues using the courts to
block a law that they themselves voted for.  And what a convenient way to
avoid the public scrutiny that comes with a messy floor fight to repeal
the offending sections!  What should one call such a ploy--a "judicial
rider"?

--Bill Witt
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