Lyle, I'm confused by this message.

If Sierra Club et al are against adding the manure stockpiling issue to this bill, then wouldn't the Kuhn amendment removing the manure stockpiling issue be a good thing?

Why is a vote FOR that amendment a vote with Farm Bureau, etc.?

Thanks in advance for clarifying.

Laurie Belin


--- On Thu, 4/17/08, Lyle Krewson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Lyle Krewson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: HF2692
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008, 6:08 PM
> Colleagues:
> 
> This is a scorecard issue.
> 
> HF 2692 was introduced on Monday by the Majority and
> Minority Leaders  
> of the Iowa Housed. It includes the issues, from earlier
> bills, that  
> are needed for Iowa to be in compliance for the
> de-delagation issue.  
> In addition the leadership added the Manure Stockpiling
> Bill that DNR,  
> IEC and Sierra Club have been working to get defeated or
> amended. Lots  
> of pressure was placed on the members of the House
> Agriculture  
> Committee.
> 
> The following Committee Members voted FOR the Kuhn
> Amendment, which  
> would have removed the Manure Stockpiling issue from HF2692
> in House  
> Agriculture Committee yesterday:
> 
> Dolores Mertz (D, District 8), Chair
> Jack Drake (R, District 57), Ranking Member
> Mark Davitt (D, District 74)
> Betty De Boef (R, District 76)
> Cecil Dolecheck (R, District 96)
> Elesha Gayman (D, District 84)
> Sandy Greiner (R, District 89)
> Dan Huseman (R, District 53)
> Steven Olson (R, District 83)
> Henry Rayhons (R, District 11)
> Mike Reasoner (D, District 95)
> Nathan Reichert (D, District 80)
> Doug Struyk (R, District 99)
> Andrew Wenthe (D, District 18)
> Gary Worthan (R, District 52)
> 
> A vote FOR would represent the Farm Bureau, Pork
> Producers’ and  
> AgriBusiness position.
> 
> The following Committee Members voted AGAINST the Kuhn
> Amendment,  
> which would have removed the Manure Stockpiling issue from
> HF2692 in  
> House Agriculture Committee yesterday:
> 
> John Whitaker (D, District 90), Vice Chair
> Marcella Frevert (D, District 7)
> Mark Kuhn (D, District 14)
> Helen Miller (D, District 49)
> Kurt Swaim (D, District 94)
> Ray Zirkelbach (D, District 31)
> 
> A vote AGAINST would represent the Sierra Club, Local
> Control  
> Coalition, IFU, DNR and IEC position.
> 
> Leadership in the House has made this into a very difficult
> issue for  
> their members, just as with the Odor Control Bill, which is
> being  
> debated as I write this.
> 
> Lyle Krewson
> 
> 
> ____________________________________________
> Lyle Krewson
> Sierra Club, Iowa Chapter Lobbyist
> 
> 1725 S. 50th Street #602
> West Des Moines, IA 50265
> 
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