BurningbirdWe 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. FiredUpMissouri has links to two different political cartoons related to the recent Proposition B legislative activity. I thought I would provide a long description for these cartoons for my friends using screen readers. The first cartoon is from RJ Matson for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It features a dog, standing in […]