Iowans Need To Support Local Control of Hog Lots

Fellow Iowans,

IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT FACTORY FARMS IN IOWA,
YOUR ACTION IS NEEDED TODAY!

A newly proposed bill, House File 873, presents COMMONSENSE LEGISLATION that would require large-scale confinements in your county to follow environmentally friendly guidelines and be placed farther away from neighboring residences, schools, churches, lakes and tourist destinations.

Currently less than 1 percent of Iowans own CAFOs and yet have all the rights. THIS BILL GIVES BALANCE to the other 99 percent of us.

Please call or email the following Representatives to show your Support for House File 873 (Kuhn/Frevert Bill). Remember to be polite and respectful when leaving a message or speaking with a legislator. Courtesy counts.

This bill is being met with a lot of resistance from corporate lobbyists representing the confinement industry. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT TO SAVE IT! Help clean up Iowa's rivers, lakes, air and streams…call the following legislators and your OWN TODAY!

THE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD NUMBER IS (515) 281-3221. If you can't get through please leave a short message.

Feel free to contact Speaker of the House Pat Murphy at:

Pat.Murphy@legis.state.ia.us

http://www.legis.state.ia.us/FindLeg/

Also contact GOVERNOR CULVER'S OFFICE:  (515) 281-5211.

For More Information and easier legislative access, please go to: www.LegislativeAlert-IA.net

BILL SUMMMARY
Passing this bill will provide a balance between the interests of the confinement industry and their neighbors in Iowa.

This bill is in great trouble, having been moved by Speaker Murphy to the House Agricultural committee and they will not vote it out without a large number of calls or emails from ordinary citizens supporting the bill.

If we want someone other than Farm Bureau to influence the outcome of this bill WE NEED YOU to contact your Representative regarding the commonsense legislation presented in HF 873.

TAKE ACTION TODAY! Contact the following members plus your own
Representative:

Agriculture Committee:
1.        Dolores.Mertz@legis.state.ia.us Chair
        H (515) 887-2952
2.        Mike.Reasoner@legis.state.ia.us Vice Chair
        H (641) 782-2693
        W (515) 281-3221
3.        Jack.Drake@legis.state.ia.us Ranking Member
        H (712) 784-3538
4.        Steven.Olson@legis.state.ia.us
        H (563) 659-9096
        W (515) 231-6469
5.        Helen.Miller@legis.state.ia.us
        H (515) 576-1352
6.        Dawn.Pettengill@legis.state.ia.us
        H (319) 475-2276
7.        Mark.Kuhn@legis.state.ia.us
        H (641) 228-2566
8.        John.Whitaker@legis.state.ia.us
        H (319) 796-4618
9.        Henry.Rayhons@legis.state.ia.us
        H (641) 923-2979
10.        Mark.Davitt@legis.state.ia.us
        H (515) 962-9345
11.        Betty.DeBoef@legis.state.ia.us
        H (641) 634-2227
12.        Nathan.Reichert@legis.state.ia.us
        H (563) 263-3057
13.        Cecil.Dolecheck@legis.state.ia.us
        H (641) 464-2913
14.        Doug.Struyk@legis.state.ia.us
        H (712) 329-3542
        W (712) 322-0102
15.        Marcella.Frevert@legis.state.ia.us
        H (712) 852-4950
16.        Kurt.Swaim@legis.state.ia.us
        H (641) 664-2455
17.        Elesha.Gayman@legis.state.ia.us
        H (563) 650-6140
18.        Andrew.Wenthe@legis.state.ia.us
        H (563) 379-7182
        W (563) 425-5260
19.        Sandra.Greiner@legis.state.ia.us
        H (641) 636-2293
20.        Gary.Worthan@legis.state.ia.us
        H (712) 732-6340
        W (712) 299-3039
21.        Dan.Huseman@legis.state.ia.us
        H (712) 434-5880