Dear
Members:
UPDATE
Short
Version:
SB1921
did not reach the floor for a vote. Rep.
Molaro will be trying again in mid-February.
This gives us time to garner more support.
In
the meantime write to the Governor of Illinois asking him to urge the
Illinois Dept. of Agriculture to postpone consideration of Cavel’s further
application to re-open in DeKalb until SB1921 has been voted on.
Contact information at the bottom of this email and on our website.
Detailed
Version:
I
have gone through all of the reports I have received from our lobbyists in
Due
to the brevity of their legislative session (only two days) SB1921 never
reached the floor for a vote. We
are now looking at mid-February before we have another opportunity of getting
it up for a vote.
Rep.
Molaro commented that he was delighted with the support we have given him and
this Bill, but to “regroup and keep putting the pressure on.”
He also said that we have about 60% of the vote in our favor, but it is
“not in the bag” yet.
He
made a further observation that no other Bill has
received this kind of attention, and the fact that people called in from all
over the country made a big impact there in
“Well
done” to all of you who took the time and energy to help out, whether you
made one phone call or 100. Hooray
for TF4H volunteers! You always
come through.
Note:
One of our lobbyists has promised to put together a list of legislators
we need to focus on next time so we do not have such a large group to canvass
for support (now that is good news!)
WHAT
WE CAN DO TO HELP NOW:
Cavel
will be using this time well to get their horse butchery up and running as
quickly as possible, contrary to their current public relations spin that they
are “in no hurry.”
Please
phone, write or fax Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich respectfully urging him
to use his power and influence to get the Illinois Department of Agriculture
not to issue a new license to Cavel until SB1921 has been voted on.
His information is as follows:
Governor
Rod Blagojevich
Office
of the Governor
207
State House
(217)
782-0244 (Tel)
(217)
524-4049 (Fax)
Toll
Free for IL residents: (800)
642-3112
Email:
governor@state.il.us
THANK
YOU FOR PROTECTING