Puppies I’ve been busy over at Puppies @ Burningbird. The Missouri Senate Agricultural committee did vote on a bill about Proposition B to send to the general Senate, but they did so in such an underhanded and deceitful way that I find myself equally dismayed at both their actions, and the result. Rather than say they […]
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Senate is first out of the gate
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The senate agricultural committee is the first with a bill to the floor to modify Proposition B. Considering that community discussion was cut off yesterday and the other bills not discussed, it’s obvious that the state senators had no interest in discussing this bill, or even in providing a pretense of […]
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Eighth bill to modify Proposition B read
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I kid you not, there is now an eighth bill about Proposition B, HB 332. This one, sponsored by Representative Ward Franz, is confusing. It doesn’t revoke any of the Proposition B regulations. It does grandfather in existing breeders, which is something I can’t accept. It also, bizarrely, includes references to […]
I received a very gracious phone call from Senator Schmitt’s office, assuring me that the Senator “owns and loves dogs”, and that he will support Proposition B. My House Rep, Jeanne Kirkton, supported Proposition B before the election, and continues to support it now. In fact, her office has been kind enough to help me […]
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House of Representative second meeting
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The House of Representatives agricultural committee meets a second time on Proposition B, Thursday January 27, right after session adjournment, in House Hearing Room 3. The Senate meets today, at 1pm, in Senate Committee Room 1. Of course, after we’ve seen the demeanor and witnessed the bias among representatives attending […]