St. Paul E-Democracy Links http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/links.html _________________________________________ Press Release For Immediate Release January 23, 2004
CALL TO ACTION Citizens concerned in issues of the endangerment of their health due to Toxic Environments should plan to attend a Rally Protecting Citizen Rights from Toxic Sickness due to Hazardous Environments On Thursday, March 4, 2004 at 1:00PM, in the State Capitol Rotunda. Confirmed speakers and dignitaries include: State Attorney General, Mike Hatch, Speaker of the House, Steve Sviggum, State Senator Chuck Wiger, State Senator Ellen Anderson, State Representative, Scott Wasiluk, Maplewood Mayor, Bob Cardinal, Saint Paul City Councilman David Thune. Margaret Behrens, an activist on the Ramsey County Compost Site in Maplewood, as well as John Birrenbach, and activist on the GSE Ethanol plant will be on hand, as well as other officials who have not yet confirmed their attendance. Join us in sending a message to the legislature that we need to enforce the current laws on the books protecting the citizen from hazardous business operations being thrust upon us in our communities, sometime by government sanction, as is certainly the case in the Ramsey County Compost program instance. A strong message must be sent, that these types of unfettered operations are ruining the quality of life and health of the communities in which they exist. The message is clear to our elected officials: Protect our safety as you are constitutionally charged to do. We will no longer tolerate our health and property being sacrificed to the Ethanol Industry in exchange for the paltry subsidies and expedient business deals they bring into play. We will no longer tolerate state or local Government to force unsafe programs upon its citizens, such as the compost program in Ramsey County without fully understanding the science of the program and engaging in an Environmental Impact and Immunological Study and prior to its inception. Citizens must be warned of potential harm that can be caused prior to deciding subject themselves to toxic exposure. After a rally in the Rotunda, citizens will make a concerted effort to visit the offices of their state representatives and speak to the issue of concern. There are laws that should protect us from these hazardous operations they need only be enforced. We will demand that the MPCA be investigated and restructured to include mandatory environmental impact studies on all large operations that threaten the quality of life of our communities and countryside. State of the art scientific testing must be strengthened and the MPCA should be a part of the State Health Department so they work together, not against each other. Tell your friends about it. We are asking citizens to make signs regarding the Environmental nature of the event and anything goes. Please, no sticks can be on the signs inside the Capitol, so please do not include them when you make your signs. We will provide information to all who wish to discuss the issues with their legislators. QUESTIONS??? – CONTACT PAMELA ELLISON BY PHONE AT: 651-487-3914 OR BY EMAIL AT: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ _____________________________________________ For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract
