School Pesticide Bill in Trouble
Wow, we were already congratulating ourselves on the bill's imminent passage, and now its about to get snuffed. Can we muster the troops one more time? We only have until Wednesday to get through to our representatives. Here is Nancy Alderman's letter:
Dear All,
This reads like a novel. So-- the next chapter is this. Industry is now trying to put an amendment onto the school pesticide Bill 5234 at this late date.
The Legislators who are sponsoring industry's amendment are:
REP. STONE, 9th Dist. (D) East Hartford, Glastonbury and Manchester
1-800-842-8267 Christopher.Stone@cga.ct.gov
REP. MORIN, 28th Dist. (D) Wethersfield
1-800-842-8267 Russell.Morin@cga.ct.gov
REP. CHAPIN, 67th Dist. (R) New Milford 1-800-842-1423
REP. RUWET, 65th Dist. (R) Torrington 1-800-842-1423
REP. ORANGE, 48th Dist. (D) Colchester, East Haddam 1-800-842-8267
Linda.Orange@cga.ct.gov
REP. BERGER, 73rd Dist. (D) Waterbury 1-800-842-8267 Jeffrey.Berger@cga.ct.gov
The amendment asks that the date for the pesticide ban be pushed off to 2010, that schools be allowed to spray pesticides along their fence lines and that $100,000 go to CT agencies to study IPM (we know what that strategy is about).
Please call your own Representative - be sure to say it is from a constituent - and tell them not to vote for this proposed industry amendment.
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