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Thought some of you may be interested in this. Thanks Jean! ________________________________ 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. -------------- Original message -------------- 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]. >> >> >> >> Materials created and maintained by the Mackinac chapter of the >> Sierra Club. >> Sierra Club Website Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Policy. >> >> You have received this email on behalf of a colleague or friend who >> thought you'd be interested in this message. We will not directly >> send additional emails to your account unless you sign up at our site >> http://mackinac.sierraclubaction.org.>> > ________________________________ Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars <http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE0OGRsc3F2BF9TAzk3MTA3M Dc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3Y2Fycw--> at Yahoo! Autos. <http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html;_ylc=X3oDMTE0OGRsc3F2BF9TAzk3MTA3M Dc2BHNlYwNtYWlsdGFncwRzbGsDbmV3Y2Fycw--> If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html