Fw: URGENT ACTION NEEDED - HR 186, Horse Racing in GA

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Sent: Thu, March 3, 2011 6:46:12 PM
Subject: URGENT ACTION NEEDED - HR 186, Horse Racing in GA

County Chairs, I'm not a horse person, but have been active with my horse friends for a year trying to get this legislation passed. HR 189 is simply a bill that would put the horse racing question to the voters. We need emails sent immediately. Patsy   From: Ed Gadrix, Georgia Equine Education Project, Inc. (GEEP) www.GEEPforgeorgia.com   After a huge victory yesterday in getting the Regulated Industries Committee to unanimously vote the horseracing legislation a, "Do Pass.," 2 men are now on the verge of stopping the  progress: David Ralston, Speaker of the House and Tom Meadows, Chairman, of the Rules Committee. Quite frankly it's sickening for politicians to talk about "transparency" then go behind the scenes and try to kill legislation authored to create jobs.   So, we need emails as soon as  you can send them to the list below of as many Rules Committee members as possible and certainly to Tom Meadows and David Ralston.  Also, if you have your own representative on the list be sure to contact them about the bottleneck in the Rules Committee. You may ask you representative to go to Tom Meadows and ask that they vote the horse racing legislation out of the Rules Committee.     David Ralston - Speaker of the House       david.ralston@house.ga.gov        404-656-5020     John Meadows - Chairman of House Rules Committee        john.meadows@house.ga.gov        404-656-5141     Rich Golick - Vice Chairman - House Rules Committee        rich.golick@house.ga.gov        404-656-5943     James Mills - Secretary, House Rules Committtee        james.mills@house.ga.gov 404 657 8532          Tim Beardon - tim.beardon@house.ga.gov Tommy Benton - tommy.benton@house.ga.gov Ed Setzler - ed.setzler@house.ga.gov        404-656-0177   David Casas - david.casas@house.ga.gov        404-656-0254   Mickey Channell - mickey.channell@house.ga.gov        404-656-5103   Sharon Cooper - sharon.cooper@house.ga.gov        404-656-5069   Katie Dempsey  - katie.dempsey@house.ga.gov        404-656-0213   Karla Drenner - dren16999@aol.com Gerald Greene - gerald.greene@house.ga.gov        404-656-0202   Earl Ehrhart - earl.ehrhart@4emm.com Butch Parrish - butch.parrish@house.ga.gov        404-463-2247   Bob Hanner - bob.hanner@house.ga.gov        404-656-7859   Bill Hembree - bill.hembree@house.ga.gov        404-656-6801   Judy Manning - judy.manning@house.ga.gov        404-656-7868   Billy Mitchell - billy.mitchell@house.ga.gov        404-656-0126   Greg Morris - greg.morris@house.ga.gov Ron Stephens - quickrxdrugs@yahoo.com        404-656-5115   Howard Mosby - howard.mosby@house.ga.gov        404-656-0289   Tom Rice - tom.rice@house.ga.gov        404-656-5912   Jay Roberts - jay.roberts@house.ga.gov        404-656-7153   Donna Sheldon - donna.sheldon@house.ga.gov        404-656-5025   Lynn Smith - lynn.smith@house.ga.gov        404-656-7149   Richard Smith - richard@smithforgeorgia.com        404-656-6831   Calvin Smyre - calvin.smyre@synovus.com        404-656-0116   Len Walker - lwalker107@gmail.com        404-656-5146   Tom Weldon - tom.weldon@house.ga.gov        404-656-0152   Wendell Willard - wendell.willard@house.ga.gov        404-656-5125   Stacey Abrams - Ex-officio    stacyabrams@gmail.com Carolyn Hugley - Ex-officio    carolyn.hugley@house.ga.gov        404-656-5058   Jan Jones - Ex-officio       jan.jones@house.ga.gov        404-656-5072   Edward Lindsey - edward.lindsey@house.ga.gov        404-656-5024        *Majority Whip     Patsy Harris  10th District Congressional Chair Democratic Party of Georgia 706 342-1011   "Don't tell me what you believe in. Tell me what you have done, and I will tell you what you believe in."   (Mother of Congressman John Boccieri, D-OH)   Morgan County, GA, History & Genealogy Books by Bonnie P. (Patsy) Harris