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Re: Action Alert



At 10:06 AM 4/26/96 -0700, Sal Schettino wrote:
>I do not feel Organic growers in Ca. should have to pay  extra money
>to grow organic.
>
>Redirect Funding To Support Alternatives to Pesticides and California's
>Organic Farmers
>
Hi Sal, thanks for calling.  Fax a letter to the Toxics and Pesticide
Committee  with your request to release organic growers of the fee they have
to pay to farm organic.  



You can find all the Senators email addresses at 

http://www.sen.ca.gov/www/leginfo/finger.html

This homepage makes it easy to be heard just type the last name and go to
that Senate members homepage. There you can usually leave email.
hope this helps as the debate is going on now. Take a sec. and help organic
farmers in Ca. 
Sample letter
Dear Senator Smith:
 I am a (farmer-concerned citizen) . I am very concerned about the pesticide
mil tax debate currently taking shape in Sacramento. I encourage you to
support re authorization of the Department of Pesticides Regulations mil tax.

I support directing pesticide mil tax funding to covering the registration
fees of organic growers for the California Organic Program.  Because organic
growers are such an important aspect of pesticide-use reduction goals in
California, we should be supported by the state rather than discouraged by
another obstacle.

I urge you to vote for continuing the Department of Pesticide Regulations
mil tax with money earmarked for programs that develop and extend
alternative farm management techniques,including eliminating registration
fees for COP and substituting funding with mil taxes. 

Please let me know if I can count on your support of these programs 
Sincerely
Sal Schettino
main street 
USA  Always include your address!

the debate is going on now so email the Crucial legislators:
just enter the last name of Senator at 
Senate Agriculture and Water Resources Committee:
Ayala,Costa,Craven,Johannessen,Johson,Kelly,Kopp,Mello,Monteith,Rogers,Thomp
son,Wright.

Assembly Agriculture Committee:
Alpert,Bates,Battin,Bordonaro,Brown,Brulte,Cannella,Cortese,Friedman,Frusett
a,Granlund,Harvey,Hog,Lee,McPherson,Vasconcelos.

Assembly Appropriations Committee:
Ackerman,Aguiar,Archie-Hudson,Baldwin,Bordonara,Brewer,Brown,Burton,Cannella
,Friedman,Galegos,House,Martinez,Morrissey,Morrow,Olberg,Poochigian,Rogan,Ta
kasugi,Thompson,Villaraigosa

Key Senators:
Costa(Fresno,Kern,Madera,Tulare,Kings)
Johnson (Sacramento,San Juaquin)
Maddy {Fresno,Kern,Tulare}
O'Connell {San Luis Obispo,Santa Barbara)
Thompson(parts of Humboldt,Mendocino,Napa)
Senate Agriculture and Water Resources Committee:
Ayala,Costa,Craven,Johannessen,Johson,Kelly,Kopp,Mello,Monteith,Rogers,Thomp
son,Wright.

The debate is going on now if we act fast we can be heard
Thank you for your help
http://www.rain.org/~sals/my.html
a homepage for organic farmers
sals@rain.org




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