URGENT! URGENT! - LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT - URGENT! URGENT!

Washingtonians for Wildlife Conservation (WWC)
http://www.w4wc.org
2-25-02

Contact Speaker of the House Frank Chopp - email address, phone #'s and mailing address at bottom of email!!!!! Sample Letter included

Calling all outdoor people !

If you have never made a call or sent an email for the good of the cause -then shame on you - but now is your chance to make it up!

Speaker of the House, Frank Chopp has reported that he will not release the repeal of Initiative 713 to the floor for a vote. SSB 5831 would repeal ALL of Initiative 713 and was approved by the Senate by an overwhelming majority last week.

You must contact the Speaker immediately and ask that he allow this to be voted on by the full house.

Sample Letter:

Subject - Please repeal I-713

Mr. Speaker,

The legislative hearing held on Friday, February 22nd in the House Natural Resources committee, clearly proved that the citizen's of Washington were lied to and misled during the campaign of Initiative 713.

The Humane Society of the United States clearly knew that the information put forth in their campaign and in the voter's pamphlet was not accurate. They were informed by both the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Attorney General's office, well ahead of time, that mole and gopher trapping would be illegal.

The "will of the people" argument put forth by the proponents of I-713 is not valid. The "will" of the Washington voter was manipulated by the lies and deceit - including the very voter's pamphlet many consult to make a decision.

Failure to allow this bill to go to a full house vote is tantamount to sanctioning this deceit and encouraging further lies in the future. That is not acceptable. If you feel obligated to "fix" any part of I-713 you are morally and ethically obligated to fix it all - that, as a matter of fairness and equity to both the rural and urban voters of Washington. The only way to ensure fairness is to overturn the entire initiative.

Mr. Speaker, it is imperative that you give our representatives the opportunity to repeal Initiative 713. I implore you to allow this bill out of committee and released to the floor for a vote.

Sincerely,


Your Name
address
telephone
email

Speaker of the House Mr. Frank Chopp

email:
[email protected]

Olympia Office:
PO Box 40600
3rd Floor Legislative Bldg.
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
(360) 786-7920

District Office:
324 15th Ave. E., Suite 103
Seattle, WA 98112
(206) 720-3052

If you only make one phone call this week, make this one, and please make it NOW!