March
21, 2005
"This
is about stigmatizing anybody who disagrees with a certain agenda."
- Rep. Tom Prezelski, referring to the animal terrorist bill
For the second year in a row, Governor Janet Napolitano vetoed
the animal and ecological terrorist bill. It was her first veto
of the current session. Napolitano said the bill was virtually
identical to the one she vetoed in 2004 and that she still had
the same concerns about provisions she termed broad and "susceptible
to a host of unintended consequences."
Please thank Governor Napolitano for rejecting this overly broad
bill implicating mainstream advocacy groups and their volunteers.
Contact Information
The Honorable Janet Napolitano
Governor of Arizona
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Telephone 602-542-4331
Fax 602-542-1381
To
email the Governor go to: http://www.governor.state.az.us/post/feedback.asp
For more information on the Animal Terrorist Bill or to read
statements from bill hearings visit ADLA's website at www.adlaz.org
Bill
Targeting Voting Rights is Dead
And now for a little good news. This week, the planets were
aligned just right (see vote detail) and HB 2053 NOW: municipal
ballot measures; signatures (Huffman) went down to defeat
twice, so it is really dead in the Arizona House. Because
Representative Lopez asked for reonsideration and it was defeated
again, they cannot request reconsideration in the future.
At this point, the only way they can bring it back is by doing
a strike-everything amendment, but considering that the vote
was 16-42-2, I would say that it is time for them to let it
go.
This was the measure that allowed cities and towns of less
than 50,000 people to change the signature requirement for
a referendum from a percentage of those who voted in the last
city general election for mayor or council to a percentage
of those who voted in the last presidential or gubernatorial
election, whichever occurred last.
Please contact the following representatives and thank them
for voting no on this measure. They include:
A.
Aguirre aaguirre@azleg.state.az.us 926-4430;
Alvarez malvarez@azleg.state.az.us 926-5895;
Bradley dbradley@azleg.state.az.us 926-3300;
Barnes rbarnes@azleg.state.az.us 926-5503;
Biggs abiggs@azleg.state.az.us 926-4371;
Boone tboone@azleg.state.az.us 926-3297;
Burges jburges@azleg.state.az.us 926-5861;
Burton Cahill mbcahill@azleg.state.az.us 926-5896;
Cajero Bedford ocajerob@azleg.state.az.us 926-5835;
Downing tdowning@azleg.state.az.us 926-5108;
Farnsworth efarnswo@azleg.state.az.us 926-5735;
Gallardo sgallard@azleg.state.az.us 926-3392;
M. Garcia mgarcia@azleg.state.az.us 926-5830;
Gorman pgorman@azleg.state.az.us 926-4002;
C. Gray cdgray@azleg.state.az.us 926-5495;
Kirkpatrick akirkpat@azleg.state.az.us 926-5160;
Knaperek lknapere@azleg.state.az.us 926-4225;
Landrum Taylor llandrum@azleg.state.az.us 926-5864;
Lopes plopes@azleg.state.az.us 926-3278;
Lopez llopez@azleg.state.az.us 926-4089;
Lujan dlujan@azleg.state.az.us 926-5829;
Mason lmason@azleg.state.az.us 926-5874;
McClure mmcclure@azleg.state.az.us 926-3312;
McCune Davis ddavis@azleg.state.az.us 926-5412;
McLain nmclain@azleg.state.az.us 926-5051;
Meza rmeza@azleg.state.az.us 926-3425;
B. Miranda bmiranda@azleg.state.az.us 926-4893;
Murphy rmurphy@azleg.state.az.us 926-3255;
O’Halleran tohaller@azleg.state.az.us 926-4079;
Pearce rpearce@azleg.state.az.us 926-5760;
Pierce gpierce@azleg.state.az.us 926-3163;
Prezelski tprezels@azleg.state.az.us 926-3424;
Quelland dquellan@azleg.state.az.us 926-4639;
P. Rios prios@azleg.state.az.us 926-5761;
Robson brobson@azleg.state.az.us 926-5549;
Rosati crosati@azleg.state.az.us 926-5169;
Sinema ksinema@azleg.state.az.us 926-5058;
Smith dsmith@azleg.state.az.us 926-5766;
Stump bstump@azleg.state.az.us 926-5413;
Tom atom@azleg.state.az.us 926-5862;
J. Weiers jweiers@azleg.state.az.us 926-4173; and
J.P Weiers jpweiers@azleg.state.az.us 926-5894.
(All
numbers are 602. You can also use the 1-800 number listed
above.)
(Information on this bill is from Sierra Club Lobbyist Sandy
Bahr. To receive Sandy's Legislative Updates, email grand.canyon.chapter@sierraclub.org
)
Thanks for your help!
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