Thought some of you may be interested in this. Thanks Jean!
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From: Linking growers, consumers, and all those in-between
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jean Doss
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 2:43 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: How to track legislative activity on an issue of importance to
you
There are a number of options:
1) go to the Michigan Legislative Website and look at committee notices.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(5xobg455plw0b3enamsbv2ai))/mileg.aspx?p
age=CommitteeMeetings
You may also use this web site to review the actual text of bills, read
bill analyses, see where a bill is in the legislative process (still in
committee? passed on chamber and now in the second? etc.).
To search by bill number, topic, sponsor, order of introduction, etc.:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(5xobg455plw0b3enamsbv2ai))/mileg.aspx?p
age=Home
2) Contact the committee chair or clerk and ask to be put on a listserv
to receive committee notices. So for example, your interest areas are
largely agriculture and environmental issues, you would contact the
chairs of the
House Agriculture committee
House Great Lakes and Environment committee
Senate Agriculture committee
Senate Natural Resources and Enviromental Affairs
3) A private news service has a nice FREE area on its website: Gongwer
Michigan Report.
Go to its home page and look at "Public Services" and click on
"Schedules/Events." This is updated through out the week.
http://www.gongwer.com/
4) One final note: things change frequently and with very little notice
in Lansing. If you plan on driving to town for a committee hearing or
some other event, find some one (perhaps your own state rep, a bill
sponsor or committee clerk) and check in with them at the last minute
(by close of business the day before) to make sure your event hasn't
been cancelled or rescheduled.
I hope this helps.
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From: JONATHAN SOLIS <[log in to unmask]>
Where can i find more information concerning this matter? Where
and what time is the committee taking place?
Solis,
Caroline Baum Webber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
FYI
- Caroline Webber
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI
Begin forwarded message:
>
>
>>
>>
>> Help Raise a STINK!
>> Senators want to legalize animal factory pollution!
>>
>> Dear Friend,
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, May 24, the Senate Agriculture Committee
will consider
>> two packages of bills that de-regulate the polluting
animal factory
>> industry and make their pollution LEGAL! Please help
us stop this
>> from happening!
>>
>> Problem:
>>
>> Senate Bills 501-504, sponsored by Sen. Gerald
VanWoerkom and Senator
>> Patty Birkholz, will make animal factory pollution
legal and will
>> punish citizens who call to report pollution
incidents. These
>> senators are tr ying to exempt Michigan's 200 animal
factories from
>> pollution laws that all other industries must obey.
They also want to
>> scare citizens from reporting pollution discharges in
their
>> communities by making them pay the state's costs of
investigating
>> pollution complaints. Senator Brown introduced yet
another package of
>> bills (SB 447 & 448) that do nothing to solve the
problem.
>>
>> Solution:
>>
>> The Senate Agriculture Comittee will convene a second
hearing on both
>> packages of bills this Thursday, May 24 at 8:30am.
Between now and
>> then, we need to raise a big STINK - and let the
entire committee and
>> the bills' sponsors know that the citizens of
Michigan will not stand
>> for legalized pollution.
>>
>> Action Needed:
>>
>> Please send an email to members of the Senate
Agriculture Committee < BR>> ;> and bill sponsors and let them know that
you oppose any effort to
>> deregulate animal factories.
>>
>> Deadline for responding: Please take action by
[Thursday, May 24].
>>
>>
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