Rep Ross Joins Attack On Mdc

[rFisherk]

I'll bet an old fashioned letter is still most effective. Email is easiest. Let me know if you actually get your Rep. on the phone.

You can get contact information for all three methods here: http://www.senate.mo.gov/LegisLookup/default.aspx/leg_

[rFisherk]

Grizzly asked: "Can someone give me a number to this Ross guy, or any of the other Reps that are attempting the same?"
Beyond the two bills by Ross (outlined at the top of this thread), here's a list of the bills, and their authors, currently threatening MDC.
SB 56 (Munzlinger) - Eliminates hunting, fishing and trapping permit fees for Missouri residents.
SJR 1 (Munzlinger) - Modifies the membership composition and terms of service of the commissioners on the Conservation Commission.
SB 178 (Munzlinger) - Modifies provisions relating to captive cervids.
SB 337 (Munzlinger) - Bans the Conservation Commission and the Department of Conservation from engaging in prohibited conduct with a connected not-for-profit corporation.
HJR 27 (Spencer) - Proposes a constitutional amendment reducing the sales tax from 1/8 of a cent to 1/16 of a cent.
HJR 28 (Spencer) - Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the conservation sales tax to be approved by voters every 10 years.
HB 315 (Brown) - Requires the Department of Conservation to conduct testing of deceased deer found along state highways for chronic wasting disease.
HB 316 (Brown) - Requires Conservation Commission members to register as lobbyists upon appointment by the Governor and to follow all lobbyist rules and regulations.
HB 317 (Brown) - Requires the Department of Conservation to reimburse automobile owners up to $500 for damages inflicted upon their vehicles by deer.
HB 479 (Houghton) - Exempts data collected by state agencies under the federal Animal Disease Traceability Program from disclosure under Missouri’s Sunshine Law.
HB 710 (Basye) - Allows nonresidents who own property or pay income taxes in Missouri to receive resident hunting and fishing permit privileges.
HB 763 (Houghton) - Prohibits the Conservation Commission and the Department of Conservation from engaging in prohibited conduct with a connected not-for-profit corporation. (This last bill,

This last bill and SB 377, I believe, are aimed primarily at the Conservation Federation of Missouri, because they are starting to make a lot of headway in the current fight for conservation.)
You can get contact information for all elected officials here: http://www.senate.mo...fault.aspx/leg_

[rFisherk]

Another very effective thing any of you can do to combat this attack is write a "letter to the editor" and send it to your local newspaper. This is especially helpful if you live in a rural area. Some of the big city dailies are just starting to pick up on this, but the little weeklies all across the state have nothing, and the vast majority of the public don't realize the looming threat to conservation.

If you do so, please post a copy of it here, and a link to the paper, if available, so we can celebrate it.

[Brian Sloss]

I called my senator and talked to his rep. He would not say what they were going to do, just that the bills were in committee. I let him know that I was opposed to them all, hopefully that means something.

[Seth]

I'll admit that I haven't paid much attention to anything political, but this is one thing that bothers me enough that I want to let somebody know of my opinion. Are you all writing to every one of your representatives or just certain ones? The rep search that was posted above gave me this for my address.

Using this address, your local legislators are:

• Senatorial district 006 - Senator Mike Kehoe

• House district 062 - Representative Tom Hurst

• U.S. House district 03 - Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer

Your statewide elected officials are:

• Governor Jay Nixon

• Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder

• Secretary of State Jason Kander

• State Auditor Tom Schweich

• State Treasurer Clint Zweifel

• Attorney General Chris Koster

Your US Senators are:

• Senator Roy Blunt

• Senator Claire McCaskill

[rFisherk]

The ones that matter most are the three listed at the top, because they rule over your district and you vote for or against them, so you carry that weight with them. The rest on the list are not directly involved. I, however, have a friend who finds out who is on the committee a particular bill is referred to for review and emails every one of them. I admit I haven't gone to this trouble, but I should, because the place to kill this stuff is in committee, not after it reaches the floor for debate and vote.

Of course, we have an uphill battle in committee as well, because Ross is on the committee for "Conservation and Natural Resources," and Munzlinger is the Chairman of the committee that oversees "Outdoor Resources." I suspect most or all of these bills will gone, or already have gone, to one or the other of these committees.

[Jeff Tief]

Anybody on the forum live in these districts represented by the Senators and Representatives sponsoring these bills? I now receive weekly e-mail updates from my State Senator on the goings on in Jefferson City.Saw on Mr. Munzlinger's page that his office wouldn't respond to e-mails from folks outside his district.Probably enough sportsmen and women on the forum to catch the attention of all of our elected officials if we send them an e-mail,note or call their office.

[rFisherk]

Not a bad idea, Jeff. Even if they won't return messages, they're getting them, and the more they get the more they will sense the error in their ways.

I don't want to hear their spin on it anyway.

[fishinwrench]

I don't want to hear their spin on it anyway.

....and you think they wanna hear yours?

[Chief Grey Bear]

....and you think they wanna hear yours?

That's what they were elected to do wasn't it?

Arent they supposed to listen to those that elected them?