Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Though not related to Proposition B (“What? You mean the Missouri state legislature has been working on other legislation!?”), Show Me Progress points out that the House agricultural committee also held another “public meeting” on yet another travesty of a bill: HB 209. What HB 209 does is limit the actions on the part […]
Year: 2011
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While you were snowbound
We commend the state representatives for slogging along, right in the middle of one of the worst winter storms to hit Missouri in years. On February 2nd, our intrepid representatives managed to hold together long enough to refer HB 281 and HB 332 to the agricultural committee. In addition, the House agricultural committee also held public meetings on HB 100, […]
Recovered from the Wayback machine. The current Proposition B debate in the state legislature has not been a demonstration of openness in government. As I highlighted earlier, the Missouri Senate Agricultural committee has passed a bill to send to the Senate floor that states it’s only a modification, when in actually it completely guts Proposition […]
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Madonna of the Mills
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. A friend pointed out a new documentary, Madonna of the Mills. It’s about Laura Flynn Amato’s mission to save dogs from puppy mills. The trailer demonstrates the problems associated with large scale commercial dog breeding. At one point in the movie, the camera shows a poor retriever, who turns and looks […]
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More backdoor legislative moves
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Tomorrow is going to be a nasty day, weather wise and in the state legislature. Two bills are doing to be discussed in public meetings: hJR 3 and HB 100. HJR 3 wants to put a bill on the ballot to vote on a Constitutional amendment to ensure that no other citizen initiative […]