Senator Lager,
I thank you for your response to me about Proposition B. I have received letters from you about my concerns in both postal and electronic mail forms.
However, I still have grave concerns over Proposition B and the way it is being handled. While I am aware that you have an obligation to the 12th District and the counties and people therein, you also have a duty to Missouri as a whole and the Missouri people as a whole. Whom, as a whole, passed Proposition B. To repeal or drastically alter Proposition B would be trampling on the rights of the voters as a whole, and the will of the people of Missouri as a whole.
I am very glad that you do not want to repeal Proposition B, however I have very real and urgent concerns about the possible changes on the table for it. You say that you are all for reasonable changes, and if a compromise is what is necessary right now then I am also all for reasonable changes. The problem is, these changes proposed are not reasonable. They effectively render Proposition B impotent and change nothing. That is the same as repealing it.
I would like to draw your attention to these web pages which I think accurately sum up a good concern over why these changes are not reasonable. I have personally looked at the bills myself, and I agree that the information in these web pages is accurate, not hyperbole.
http://puppies.burningbird.net/comparing-old-laws-new
http://puppies.burningbird.net/article/reality-hb-131
http://puppies.burningbird.net/article/reality-sb-113
Also, I would like to draw your attention to Rep. Jason Smith, who has a very personal interest in Proposition B's repeal or change. During the House meetings on Proposition B, he has been proven to be very aggressive toward anyone who is supportive of Prop B. This man is not part of the committee holdings group, but he has attended as an Ex-officio, because he is Majority Whip. If he were simply passionate about procedure, perhaps this might be overlooked a bit. However, the problem is that that is not what it is about. For him, this is personal and he should not have been allowed to be there in this fashion.
His mother, Mary Ann Smith, is part of the HSUS's report called Missouri's Dirty Dozen. And when I say she's part of the report, I mean she gets placed as number 6 on the Dirty Dozen list. http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/puppy_mills/report_on_mos_dirty_dozen.pdf
http://midwestdemocracyproject.org/blogs/entries/rep-jason-smith-and-his-mom-prop-b-personal/ This link provides further information about Smith and his personal grudge against Prop B. I cannot blame him for wanting to stand up for his mother, however I think his personal interest is mucking things up and he should not be there in the capacity that he is.
He is also a member of the House Ethics Committee, so he should know this better than anyone. Yet, he decided to abuse his abilities and power in order to do this.
Even Fox News has something to say about Rep. Jason Smith's personal interests in Prop B
http://www.fox2now.com/news/ktvi-fox-files-prop-b-foe-may-have-conflict-of-interest-20110222,0,3145505.story
http://www.fox2now.com/videobeta/?watchId=a08dd93b-5921-48db-a286-4a7ad2221d53
If you are sincere about wanting a reasonable compromise between the people of the 12th District and Missouri as a whole on Proposition B, by making reasonable changes, please...look into what I've said here, look at the links. Read the articles. Watch the videos. They aren't long, none of them. They are all straight forward. They all get the point across.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to compromise, but the offered changes, all of them regardless of the bill they are found in, are unreasonable and are not compromises at all.
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