From the Missouri Rural Crisis Center:
Please Forward!!!
STOP The Factory Farm Protection Bills!
The Legislative Spring Break is Over Monday (the 28th)!
Please Call Legislators THIS WEEK–
Tell Them to Vote NO on Senate Bill 187 & House Bill 209!!!
Tell them to VOTE NO on House Bill 100, House Joint Resolution 3
& House Joint Resolution 17!
Hundreds of phone calls and emails are making a difference! SB 187 & HB 209 have become very controversial in the Missouri statehouse. But the PRO-corporate agri-business, ANTI-property rights, ANTI-family farm bills are still moving! The following bills would have a radical and damaging effect on the property rights of Missouri ‘s family farmers and rural landowners and on our rights to local control.
Names of bills and legislators to call are below.
– Senate Bill 187 & House Bill 209 “The CAFO Protection Bills”:
Written to protect Premium Standard Farms (PSF; owned by Smithfield Foods–the largest pork corporation in the world), the CAFO Protection Bills would limit the rights of family farmers and rural landowners to defend their property through the court system.
House Bill 100, House Joint Resolution 3 & House Joint Resolution 17 would:
Restrict the ability of local elected representatives to respond to the needs of their citizens through “local control”.
Please Call/Email “Key Legislators” & Call/Email YOUR State Senator & Representative!
Tell them to VOTE NO on Senate Bill 187 & House Bill 209!
Tell them to VOTE NO on House Bill 100, House Joint Resolution 3
& House Joint Resolution 17!
* See Below for “Key Legislators”.
* You can call YOUR State Senator and Representative by calling the House Switchboard at (573) 751-2000 with your zip code.
An Attack on Rural Private Property Rights (The CAFO Protection Bills)!
Senate Bill 187 & House Bill 209
Corporate agri-business has deep pockets and significant influence in Jefferson City . At the expense of Missouri’s independent family farmers, rural landowners and their constitutional right to protect their property through the court system, corporate lobbyists have convinced some legislators of the need to protect a very small minority of corporate industrial livestock operations. Written to protect Premium Standard Farms (PSF), owned by Smithfield Foods, the largest pork corporation in the world, this misguided and dangerous policy would be protecting CAFOs at the expense of the vast majority of Missouri ‘s family farmers and rural citizens.
* Please tell Missouri legislators: “Taking away the rights of farmers and landowners to protect their properties through the court system is unconstitutional and just plain wrong! Vote NO on Senate Bill 187 & House Bill 209!”
An Attack on Local Control!
House Bill 100, House Joint Resolution 3 & House Joint Resolution 17
For 8 years, family farmers, rural landowners and county commissioners have fought against attempts to take away local control. Hundreds have journeyed to Jefferson City to ensure that our local elected representatives retain the tools necessary to respond to the needs of their citizens.
Yet again this year, bills (HB 100, HJR 3 & HJR 17) are moving through the House Chamber that would strip Local Control and the ability of local communities to protect family farmers and landowners from the negative impacts of industrial livestock operations.
* Please tell Missouri ‘s legislators: “Government is best when it is closest to the people. Don’t Mess with OUR Local Control! Vote NO on HB 100, HJR 3 & HJR 17”
You can call YOUR State Senator and Representative by calling the House Switchboard at (573) 751-2000 with your zip code.
Please Call Key Representatives!
Rep. Tom Loehner (573) 751-1344 Tom.Loehner@house.mo.gov
Rep. Jerry Nolte (573) 751-1470 Jerry.Nolte@house.mo.gov
Rep. Casey Guernsey (573) 751-4285 Casey.Guernsey@house.mo.gov
Rep. Diane Franklin (573) 751-1119 Diane.Franklin@house.mo.gov
Rep. Keith Fredrick (573) 751-3834 Keith.Frederick@house.mo.gov
Rep. David Day (573) 751-1446 David.Day@house.mo.gov
Rep. Kent Hampton (573) 751-3629 Kent.Hampton@house.mo.gov
Rep. Lincoln Hough (573) 751-9809 Lincoln.Hough@house.mo.gov
Rep. Mike McGhee (573) 751-1462 Mike.McGhee@house.mo.gov
Rep. Randy Asbury (573) 751-6566 Randy.Asbury@house.mo.gov
Rep. Delus Johnson (573) 751-3666 Delus.Johnson@house.mo.gov
Rep. Anne Zerr (573) 751-3717 Anne.Zerr@house.mo.gov
Rep. Galen Higdon (573) 751-3643 Galen.Higdon@house.mo.gov
Rep. Ray Weter (573) 751-2565 Raymond.Weter@house.mo.gov
Rep. Billy Pat Wright (573) 751-1494 Billy.Wright@house.mo.gov
Rep. Jason Holsman (573) 751-6607 Jason.Holsman@house.mo.gov
Rep. Joe Aull (573) 751-2204 Joe.Aull@house.mo.gov
Rep. Linda Black (573) 751-2317 Linda.Black@house.mo.gov
Rep. Doug Funderburk (573) 751-2176 Doug.Funderburk@house.mo.gov
Please Call Key Senators!
*You can email all Senators here: http://www.senate.mo.gov/webma…
Senator Rob Mayer: (573) 751-3859
Senator Chuck Purgason: (573) 751-1882
Senator Tom Dempsey: (573) 751-1141
Senator Kevin Engler: (573) 751-3455
Senator Brad Lager: (573) 751-1415
Senator Victor Callahan: (573) 751-3074
Senator Jason Crowell: (573) 751-2459
Senator Dan Brown: (573) 751-5713
Senator Jack Goodman: (573) 751-2234
Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal: (573) 751-4106
Senator Jane Cunningham: (573) 751-1186
Senator Mike Kehoe: (573) 751-2076
Senator Will Kraus: (573) 751-1464
Senator Ryan McKenna: (573) 751-1492
Senator Brian Nieves: (573) 751-3678
Senator Mike Parson: (573) 751-8793
Senator Jay Wasson: (573) 751-1503
Senator Robin Wright Jones: (573) 751-2606
Senator Jolie Justus: (573) 751-2788
Also, Please Call Governor Nixon @ (573) 751-3222-
Tell him to veto any bill (including SB 187, HB 209, HJR 3, HJR 17 & HB 100) that limits the rights of family farmers and rural landowners to protect their property through the court system, or restricts the ability of local elected representatives to respond to the needs of their citizens through “local control”.
Thank you for your time to engage in the democratic process to protect Missouri ‘s farm families and rural property rights!
Please feel free to call Missouri Rural Crisis Center at (573) 449-1336 with questions.