Round the Clock Ag Chair Persuasion Needed

The House Agricultural Chairman Representative Sullivan promised me a couple weeks ago a viable hearing for our NoNAIS HB 1151 proposed legislation. I took him at his word. On Monday night the meeting was tentatively scheduled for 8:00 o’clock AM on February 14th. By the afternoon this faded into temporary, which dissolved in the words of Representative Sullivan’s Legislative Assistant, “Possibly sometime in March.”

Another No NAIS person and myself were outside an office waiting to talk with someone who was having a discussion about when they were going to get rid of us No NAIS people. They are hoping we will go away. The agri vultures are hard at work and gaining ground. We need a show of force so that they can’t depopulate our farms. Believe me, Dr. Eldridge is firm in his stance and steam rolling ahead with his agenda of bring NAIS to Washington State. In his own words, “All I want to do is bring NAIS to Washington the I will retire and go fishing.” Yeah, while the rest of us are subjugated to regulations found in totalitarian regimes.

It is much easier for us take a few moments each day to demand a hearing for HB 1151 before February 22. That date is critical for a viable bill. We don’t have much time. Flood Chairman Sullivan’s office with calls, emails, or ask for an appointment with him ASAP. We don’t have the money to lobby that the agri-vultures do but we do have our voices to hold the Ag Chair to his word.

You can say he promised a viable hearing and we are holding him to it. Be very careful in your wording. The Legislative Assistant felt ‘threatened’ by the calls yesterday. Be polite and careful. We want to be respectful yet get the point across.

Representative Brian Sullivan

(360) 786-7972