This is a massive semi-organized document right now. Do not get overwhelmed. As I have time I will organize this into state by state documents but for now I want to get this information available that people have been sending in. This is a first shot at it. Do a FIND in your browser on your state name and the word Contacts: and then start reading from there down. So, for LA I would do a find on:
Louisiana Contacts:
If you don’t find your state consider collecting the info together and emailing it to me. Plain text works best. If you want to be listed as the contributor and become a LEGIONeer then say so and give the contact email address you would like me to include here. Together we can make a difference.
Louisiana Contacts:
Mary Landrieu
724 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5824 Web Form: landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
David Vitter
724 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-5824 Web Form: landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm
House Committee on Agriculture
1301 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2171
Fax: 202-225-0917
Email: agriculture@mail.house.gov
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Washington, DC Office
LOUISIANA
Name: Dr. Maxwell A. Lea, Jr., State Veterinarian
Office Address:
Louisiana Dept. of Agriculture
Office of Animal Health Services
P. O. Box 1951
Baton Rouge, LA 70821-1951
Office Telephone No: 225/925-3980
Fax No: 225/925-4103
E-mail: mlea@ldaf.state.la.us
Charles Boustany
Washington, DC Office
1117 Longworth House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515-1807
Phone: (202) 225-2031
Fax: (202) 225-5724
Lafayette Office
800 Lafayette Street, Suite 1400
Lafayette, LA 70501
Phone: (337) 235-6322
Fax: (337) 235-6072
Lake Charles Office
700 Ryan Street
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Phone: (337) 433-1747
Fax: (337) 433-0974
Louisiana State Farm Bureau
225-922-6200
Contributed by:
Norman and Susie Stretton, nightsong@camtel.net
Nightsong Farms
Dry Creek, La
Saanen Dairy Goats, Angora Goats, Brecknock Hill Cheviot Sheep, mohair, wool, crocheted items,handcrafted goat milk soap, woodwork, poultry and eggs
Vermont Contacts:
- Government:
- Governor Jim Douglas: http://www.vermont.gov/governor/contact.html
- Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie: http://www.ltgov.state.vt.us/index.php3/email_ltgov
- Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Kerr: http://www.vermontagriculture.com/contact.htm
- State Vet Kerry Rood: Kerry.Rood@state.vt.us
- State Legislators: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/
- Senator Patric Leahy: Senator_Leahy@leahy.senate.gov on the web at http://leahy.senate.gov/contact.html
- Senator James Jeffords: Vermont@Jeffords.senate.gov on the web at http://jeffords.senate.gov/contact.html
- Represenative Bernie Sanders: bernie@mail.house.govon the web at http://bernie.house.gov/const_serv/comments.asp
- Newspapers:
- Rutland Herald: http://rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=SERVICES07
- Barre Times Argus: http://timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=OPINION03
- Burlington Freepress: letters@bfp.burlingtonfreepress.com
- Valley News, WRJ, VT: forum@vnews.com
- Radio:
- Vermont Public Radio (WVPR): http://www.vpr.net/contact/
- Television:
- TV station name (TVID): web address or email goes here
- Bloggers Against NAIS:
- NoNAIS.org: http://NoNAIS.org
- SugarMtnFarm: http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog/
- Hen Whisperer: http://henwhisperer.blogspot.com/
- Terrapin Gardens: http://www.terrapin-gardens.net/index.php?id=C0_7_1
- 7Days: http://7d.blogs.com/802online/
- Other Contacts:
- some other contacts go here: URL
I am raising chickens, rabbits, goats and pigs for my private source of food as my fore fathers had done to provide food on the dinner. What we buy at the store is full steroids and other substance to make animals to grow fast. I know, one of my neighbors is a chicken rancher for Tyson. It is my right as a citizen of the United States to raise my own food for my family as I wish just as my fore fathers had done. Plus I have two horses for my children to ride.
Jerry Sadowski
Comment Jerry Sadowski — February 15, 2006 @ 6:55 pm
I am a resident of Washington State. I am sure if they try thay here there will be an up rising of large amounts of people. We love our animals and children. Any time you mess with Gods work you are bound for trouble. You can publish my comments to anyone.
Myra Richardson
Comment Myra Richardson — February 15, 2006 @ 7:50 pm
Hi Walter:
Great job! We are also fighting SB350 in N.H. (it is taking my energies), which is new legislation to license kennels and inspect them. At first I was irate! Now, I am praying!
carlene
Comment Carlene Wheeler — February 25, 2006 @ 5:38 pm
We raise (already) endangered livestock and poultry here in Alabama and WILL NOT be able to comply with this new law system due to religious right. I am becoming a minister and raising my farm and my children GOD’S WAY.
Comment Michael Britton/God's Way Farms — February 26, 2006 @ 12:22 am
Not having read all the comments, I’m not sure how many others feel this way, but if this thing gets passed, which I have no doubt, with all the other sneaky things being slid through congress on riders, may very well happen, what is the governing body going to do if no one with private horses and farm animals complies?
No way in hell am I going to comply. I’m willing to go to jail over it if need be. This is going too far, much too far, and I have had it with big agri business running, and ruining, our lives. Where do you think this brillant idea came from? I don’t even need to be told, I can guess.
People have gotten fed up with all the chemicals in our food, and the movement to grow/raise your own food, or buy organic or chemical free food, must be cutting into the big agri biz’s bottom line. And while they are at it, they can make money off all the millions of equines in this country, horse people all have money, right?
I implore all of you, do not comply with this legislation! What are they going to do? Fine and arrest over a million people?
Comment Julia White — March 14, 2006 @ 11:08 pm
Unfortunately, they will not have to arrest everyone who is not in compliance. The government can easily change all the rules in order to allow ’selective enforcement,’ which essentially operates like a lottery. You may be faced with $1000/day/’incident’ fines, your animals may be seized and slaughtered, and you may go to jail while nothing happens to your neighbor, who is also ‘guilty’ of non-compliance. Never, ever underestimate the number of ways this government demonstrates its fondness for increasing profits for the multi-national corporations and demonstrates its disregard for, even utter contempt of, the little guy. (That would be you and me, friend.)
Comment pamela barrows — March 23, 2006 @ 1:12 pm
Does anyone have a petition, that can be copied off to work with. I think this would be a great help, as there are people in other states that I can get to work with a petition in their state to. If so please email it to me @ gspiritdancer@citlink.net
Thanks,
Angela
Comment Angela Whaley — April 3, 2006 @ 7:21 pm
Ron Sparks Believes He’s On A Mission From God
April 7, 2006
Alabama Agriculture Commissioner, Ron Sparks, believes his program to implement a universal animal identification system has Biblical backing.
In the wake of a reported case of Mad Cow disease in the state, Sparks used the opportunity to push passage of the animal identification bill which had previously stalled in the legislature.
The law will ultimately be used to require virtually all animals be injected with an radio frequency identification device (RFID) microchip. Once under the skin, each and every animal will be logged into a universal database containing the unique identification number assigned to each animal. The animal owner will also be required to have their land numbered and indexed in a universal database with which their animals will be associated.
Many Christians see this universal identification scheme, taken together with recent new requirements for universal identification for humans, as a precursor to the Mark of the Beast system foretold in the Book of Revelation. When this objection was raised, Sparks made light of the inference and equated his program with that of Adam naming the animals in the Book of Genesis.
It appears Ron Sparks believes he’s on a mission from God, and that he has likewise convinced the majority of the Alabama Legislature they too can be like god.
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*King David wanted to “know the number of the People” under his authority. (2 Samuel 24:2)
*Satan caused David to number all Israel. (1 Chronicles 21:1)
*The numbering of Israel “was evil in the sight of God.” (1 Chronicles 21:7)
*The People did not object to the numbering plan so God sent a plague upon them all. (1 Chronicles 21:14)*
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Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks
ron.sparks@agi.alabama.gov
Phone: (334)240-7100
Fax: (334)240-7190
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Comment Scott McDonald — April 7, 2006 @ 9:13 am
I find that this is a sad day in the United States of America that something like this is trying to happen!! I think that that America needs to UNITE and fight this! If our government can find a way to shove this idea through then what is next, will our infants have to be implanted with a micro chip as well? This is pathetic! What does this prove???
Comment Jessie — April 8, 2006 @ 6:29 pm
This post is most informative. You have made my research much easier. Now I know who to contact and for whom to vote.
Comment linda mills — April 9, 2006 @ 9:25 am
I heard about this from a friend. I live in Idaho and see nothing for this there but would love to hear from you should it arise in my state. Also I would be totally against Nais and its laws. So send me anything you have on my state. Sincerely, Diana Scott
Comment Diana Scott — April 13, 2006 @ 1:31 pm
I am totally anti NAIS all the way! I feel that my rights are being taken away and that we are not a free country any more! It is not only against my religion to have chips in my animals or myself or anything for that matter, and I am not happy about having it be mandatory! I will take any fines they give me, and be thrown into jail, but they will NOT touch my animals, or me!
Comment Jackie Clevenger — April 17, 2006 @ 10:04 pm
I am a 22 yr-old single college student.Many people my age don’t know about the NAIS.I believe the young people need to know about this, because they have a powerful impact on the future.But I am very concerned that I and my peers are the last generation of what we call free americans, because they either don’t know what liberates a people, or they don’t care. Folks, we need to wake up.My dreams of a future for myself and the family I always hoped to have are swiftly disappearing.But now I believe the first of our priorities should be knowing the “signs of the times”, and knowing the basis of our
freedom. KNOW THIS: IF your heart is not with the Lord of Liberty, your fight for liberty is in vain.
Comment Rebekah Borg — May 3, 2006 @ 10:26 am
Arkansas is organizing to stop NAIS through the legislative process. If you would like to participate in this state-wide effort, please email Jane Williams (fish@arkwest.com)
Comment Jane Williams — May 3, 2006 @ 12:12 pm
Rebekah, HOW INSIGHTFUL! You are indeed an intelligent young lady. And unfortunately, the masses of young people today are not so blessed to be able to see beneath the surface of what’s going on in today’s events. We really need more energetic young adults who can convince their peers that our liberty is being taken from us. Thank you, Rebekah, for speaking out on this.
Comment FarmerSid — May 3, 2006 @ 1:14 pm
MORE ON ARKANSAS:
Stop NAIS in Arkansas link
Thanks!!!
Chris
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C.L. (Weiss) Beems
media & marketing management
editor@gozarks.com
POBox 211, Shirley, AR 72153
501-745-4153
http://www.gozarks.com
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Comment Christine Beems — May 17, 2006 @ 10:34 pm
Everyone needs to be aware of the opinions of those who represent you on the local, state and federal levels. Any who favor NAIS need to go at the next elections. Both parties are guilty of whilting away at YOUR freedoms! Maybe now is the time for us to vote independant - I will!
Comment B Gibson — June 20, 2006 @ 3:49 pm
I intend to be at a meeting on 07/17/06 in Missouri as a protester.
I have a feeling that this is going to become mandatory by November of this year.
Frank Gilmour
Candidate for U.S. Senate (MO)
http://gilmour2006.lpmo.org
Comment Frank Gilmour — July 15, 2006 @ 11:16 pm
I think you are all out of line here. The government is just trying to do its best to protect us all. Who cares if we have to give up some privacy and basic rights to get protection from terrorists and food borne diseases. I don’t really give a s**t if you farmers are going to be hurt by NAIS or any other program. What matters is that we consumers are not being endangered by your reckless keeping of dangerous animals. Get a real job. You shouldnt be keeping animals outdoors where they can get infected with diseases anyways. Factory farms are the wave of the future and much safer.
Comment Lynda — July 31, 2006 @ 12:38 pm
Lynda: A wise man said “Those who would sacrifice their essential liberties for the sake of a little promised safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” That was Ben Franklin, and this is still America. God created the earth, and life forms to live on it, he did not supply cages. Someday you may care to purchase food at the grocery store, get a grip on where it is from and how it is raised.
Comment eileen — July 31, 2006 @ 5:43 pm
Is Lynda for real or just very very sadistically sarcastic? Was her father or mother scared by a sheep? What rights is she giving up for safety?
Comment SUSAN — July 31, 2006 @ 5:53 pm
Can you say troll?
Comment Jason — July 31, 2006 @ 5:59 pm
Walter, can you verify IP address for validity, of Lynda, No. 19?
Looks like a “setup” comment to me!
Not a real person’s belief!
People just don’t talk that way, in real life.
My gut feeling.
Dean AFOSI@aol.com
Comment DeanAFOSI (IOWA) — July 31, 2006 @ 6:08 pm
If that’s not sarcasm, you’re kook-koo, kook-koo, kook-koo!
Comment David Hannes — July 31, 2006 @ 6:29 pm
“IF”…#19 is for real folks,I suggest we leave her to her delusions,you could teach a rock to sing before you could “reason” with that attitude.
Comment LEE — July 31, 2006 @ 9:46 pm
Yes, you are right — you won’t exorcise the demon out of that one. The vet attempted to tag my pet wether yesterday (he is a PET, not part of our registered herd) and my husband had a FIT. There are no Statutes in this state which call for the tagging of an animal NOT for breeding or dairy. As for food safety (#19 - whether fake or real ??) THE SAFEST FOOD IN AMERICA is what is at stake here. Factory farmed JUNK is what you will be left with if this passes - Annemarie
Comment Annemarie — August 1, 2006 @ 6:54 am
Thank you walter for providing all of this great information. I just found out about NAIS Nazism and am appalled. It is hard to believe that our freedoms are slipping away like water in the sands. I will write to all of my representatives. Please keep me posted to any meetings or ralies. I WILL go.
Comment Tomas — August 1, 2006 @ 10:35 am
Just got back from a small family reunion and not one person knew about NAIS! My siblings, in-laws, nieces and nephews are all animal lovers (adopting strays and injured animals), many of them voting age and will be contacting their representatives (if, indeed, we can still call them that).
I must say; when I spoke of this to them, they were incredulous. None of them had ever heard of this and I was very glad I had some printouts of NoNAIS and USDA pages at the ready. Just wanted to let you know that folks in Portland, Oregon are with you, trying to help preserve our rights and freedoms. I am SO grateful to all of you, working so hard to energize and inform!
Thank you.
Comment Sheryl Egbert — August 22, 2006 @ 5:24 pm
I must say I really don’t care for the way tthat the government is acting here. I thought we learned in school that the Constitution and the Amendments would protect us from this sort of governmental abuse of the people? Is that not the whole reason that our country was founded?
Comment Vince — August 31, 2006 @ 6:03 am
I am searching for the people to contact in Colorado to voice my opposition to this disgustingly invasive and controlling NAIS “proposal”. I am also in search of fliers, posters, etc. that I can post at the local college I attend to hopefully raise awareness about this proposal. I am amazed at the lack of public awareness. I would appreciate any information and assistance in this. Thank you.
[If you would like other people from CO to contact you then leave a contact email address they can reach you at. You can get a gmail.com or yahoo.com or hotmail.com email address just for this purpose to keep it separate from your regular mail if you like. Note that when you leave a comment and type in your email address in the box it is not published, only I see that so that I can contact you if I have a question on your comment. To leave your email address for people to contact you you’ll need to also put your email address in the body of the text of your comment. Cheers, -WJ]
Comment Elizabeth — September 8, 2006 @ 9:51 pm
To Elizabeth#30 - email me at hrobinson416@yahoo.com. Where in Colorado are you? I am in Grand Junction. Anywhere near? There is also a yahoo group called coloradoagainstnais. I just joined it - you might want to also.
Hiedi
Comment Hiedi — September 9, 2006 @ 1:17 pm
Hi Elizabeth,
Take a moment to read the border links of this NoNais blog.
Walter has everything needed hyperlinked.
There are flyers, links to contact your officials, hyperlinks for research…
He did a great job!
:)
Comment Breederville — September 9, 2006 @ 7:45 pm
kind sirs, if this horrible piece of iodiotsy goes on as the ones that are trying to get it done , will cause part of our beloved country to lose their way to make a living . when you have proof that a draft horse is causing a disease will be in the future long after your great grand children have died of old age , there is absolute no need for such a thing , GOD HELP US ALL .. a concerned citzen !!
Comment robert babcock — September 18, 2006 @ 4:04 pm
I recently wrote representatives in Alabama voicing my opposition of this movement. The 2 I heard back from respectfully disagreed with me. The recent spinach episode is only going to flag them all on.
Comment Marsha — September 19, 2006 @ 6:18 am
WHERE ARE THE WASHINGTON STATE PEOPLE!?!!?
I need a little help here, folks…..could not believe the level of ignorance about NAIS at the local fairs I got to this year; not the kids in the barns, not the guys sitting the Extension Agency tables. A Seattle PI reporter wrote an article http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/287481_birdflu04.html and that night the anchor of a local news station stated that with 500 undocumented chickens in Seattle backyards, Washington is now requiring registration of birds. The news station wank said that the statement was made based off of the above linked article….and that it had nothing to do with NAIS. The reporter from the PI, tho, was very open to the info I gave him (you BET I sent him to this website!!!), so maybe some truth will get out there yet. BUT—of course, he wants local folks to step up to quote and I don’t have any handy, heavy hitting names. Aren’t there Washington State specific orgs against NAIS???? Who are they?
Comment Philip Bradford — October 5, 2006 @ 8:35 pm
Hello Phil,
Celeste is Washington State.
Her data that she is and has been collecting is posted at
http://nationalpropertyowners.org/
She is a poster on this board also.
What exactly were you looking for?
Maybe I can point it out since I uploaded the data she has.
Comment Breederville — October 6, 2006 @ 8:14 am
Philip–
There are many of us in WA fighting NAIS tooth and nail. We were at the fairs passing flyers, speaking to people, getting the word out that it is a bad thing. We heard our representatives lie about the program and rebutted them. Some of us spoke out in public forums and on the radio. So we are here, using nonais as a central hub.
I went to the vet’s yesterday and they had never heard of NAIS–hmm, seems they should have by now as they are a mixed animal practice and it will affect them dramatically in a short time. But no. I left several flyers–printed off of this site (thanks Walter!)–for them to read and pass out.
The best thign you can do is keep on top of nonais.org and hit the pavement running by trying to tell 10 people a day about NAIS and how it will alter their life in ways we don’t want to think about.
Look back through past posts here and you will see notices pertaining to WA state meetings on NAIS, etc. And thanks for posting this article’s link–I hadn’t seen it and I will write a few letters about its inanity.
Keep in touch, if you want to be part of the WA movement the time will come when it will be all hands on deck. . . .
Comment Podchef — October 6, 2006 @ 8:14 am
Hi, guys! Thanks so much for your responses….. I don’t know how we could have missed you at the fairs; we were specifically looking. We got to King county, Thurston county, Pierce county, and The Puyallup…talked to FFA kids, asked at Extension Service tables…got a lot of blank stares.
Our two interconnected brains are looking for a place to hook up and get something done with this. We are feeling like time is really a factor here, and we know we are coming late to the field, so particularly don’t want cover old ground. Seemed like we should get ahold of the Grange …whoops, the National Grange Association supports NAIS. (HUH???)
Is there anybody out there that we could go have coffee with? Some, I don’t know, organization where we could go to a meeting, something? One of us has more time than the other, one of us has more networking than the other….we’ll make phone calls, fold flyers, paper bulletin boards, whatever. We really feel like we need to DO SOMETHING!!!
Comment E'ireen & Phil — October 6, 2006 @ 10:35 am
Phil,
Go to www. libertyark. net (remove the spaces; sorry I forget how to create links), scroll down the right hand side to individual supporters, then click on Washington. There’s a pretty long list of folks involved in NAIS, and Celeste is your state coordinator.
Comment Vicki — October 6, 2006 @ 2:30 pm
E’ireen & Phil,
What part of the state are you in? I am in SW WA. Have you visited the stopnais yahoo group site, or the other washington ones yet?
Comment Valerie — October 13, 2006 @ 2:23 pm
Hey I’m in WA too!! Anyone who has info on stuff going on here in the western part of the state please let me know my email is gabbiegirl2002@hotmail.com I am planning on doing a public speech on NAIS for FFA.
Comment Debbie Jo — December 20, 2006 @ 8:03 am
Hi!
Very nice site you have!
Thanks you very much for it!
Comment SixD — January 11, 2007 @ 8:52 pm
Walter how do I get Senator Lisa Murkowski on the naughty list. I have received at 4 letters from her and she is all for NAIS. I’m actually sick of her letters. She has no concern what so ever. All question I have posed to her to answer she forwards them to the USDA. Here she is signing things into law and she has no concerns for the little people. What the USDA states is gospel to her.
[If you got the letters via email then forward them to me at walterj@nonais.org. If they are paper mail and you can do so then scan them (~100 dpi grey-scale is fine) and email them to me as attachments. -WalterJ]
Comment Gisela — February 1, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
searching for WI. people not registering for dairy farm couple to connect with, please, urgent!!
Comment Barbara Jedlicki — March 4, 2007 @ 6:20 pm
MUSKATINE, IA–Blogger “Stinky”, who attended the Iowa rally of Presidential candidate Ron Paul over the weekend, reported that Rep. Paul addressed the issue of earmarks in his speech.
“Paul said he supports earmarks for identifying cattle and hogs, but doesn’t approve them for humans,” Stinky wrote in his campaign-blog website. “Unfortunately, my video camera ran out of juice or I would have posted it to YouTube,” he added.
Promoters of the National ID system, including most of Paul’s opponents, quickly clarified that they do not propose to notch people’s ears, but would instead use either tracking bracelets or implantable RFID chips tied to a national database. The system would use the first human-implantable passive RFID microchip, the PrisonChip(TM), cleared for medical use in September 2004 by the United States Food and Drug Administration. The program would begin with infant ID, prisoner ID, and immigrant ID and would later be expanded to cover the general population.
While Paul has supported registration of livestock earmarks and brands by state brand inspectors in his home state of Texas, he strongly opposes a national animal ID program, particularly one using RFID chips, as currently under review by the US Department of Agriculture. States could do as they please, he said, because the federal government should not dictate to the states.
Paul opposes development of such federally administered systems for animals, as they may lead to use in humans: “What happens when the government puts in place a system of tracking the movements of every livestock animal in the US? The technologies developed for this can be easily used to trace citizens, to invade our right to privacy-and the current neo-con government has started in this direction, and I’ve opposed that in Congress. This is not a legitimate role of government. We do not need a national ID card, and we do not need a national animal ID program,” he said to loud applause from supporters, many of them local farmers.
“Using earmarks to identify livestock has a long tradition in our country, along with hot-branding. Recently, we, as a party and as a country, have gotten away from the traditions of our forefathers. We’ve gone to new technologies like freeze-branding, tattoos and IC chips. I think we should go back to the original intent of the writers of the Texas Brand Book. We can find a lot of wisdom there if we would only heed it,” he said.
The congressman’s frank replies are expected to put to rest the controversy over whether he does or does not support earmarks.
This is from Rep.Ron Paul that is running for Pres.
Comment Larry Cotton — July 3, 2007 @ 2:51 am