You Will Anyway: On the August Ballot in Missouri

Saturday, May 24, 2014

On the August Ballot in Missouri

Senate Joint Resolution No. 27, passed by the General Assembly in 2014, proposes amending the Missouri Constitution to include language stating that people shall be secure in their electronic communications and data from unreasonable searches and seizures as they are now likewise secure in their persons, homes, papers and effects.

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I don’t know how that would be enforced.

Also…

House Joint Resolution No. 11, passed by the General Assembly in 2013, proposes amending the Missouri Constitution to include language forever guaranteeing the right of farmers and ranchers to engage in agricultural production and ranching practices.

Seriously? That was going to be a problem? Is there something they're not telling us?

Gotta do something up there in the capitol building. Busy, busy, busy.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

Gas masks in place.

This is my vegetable garden, after 45 minutes of covering to prevent damage from herbicide spray drift when the yahoos come to treat the (very) nearby cornfield. It may be over-protected, but I've seen the damage to the neighbor's plants from the previous spraying they did near their gardens on a "very windy day" according to the neighbor, and I've seen the spray rig they used the last time they were here applying pre-emergent herbicide on the field before the corn was planted. The boom was at least six feet off the ground. (I hope these are not the "practices" that are to be getting legal approval.) So I'll go with over-protection. I asked for warning when they were going to be here. I just wish I had thought to ask what their idea of "first thing in the morning" is. I really don't want to cook my vegetables in situ.

FURTHER UPDATE:

Here's the hazard symbols on the MSDS for the herbicide they're spraying:

2 comments:

Rich said...: I suspect there are things they are not mentioning and Arrow Rock is an epicenter. Perhaps someone wanted to build a CAFO right by Rose Hill and could care less that it was going to pollute the water and air. Could you sue? No - they were given the right to do that by the legislature.; May 27, 2014 at 9:18 AM
m said...: well...i guess i'd have to read the actual wording of the legislation. farming and ranching "practices" is kind of vague. in fact, we are in the midst of dealing with that issue even as we speak. the guy who farms this land hires out the herbicide spraying, and the neighbors recently experienced some serious damage to their prize vegetable crops. according to them, the spraying was done on a "very windy day". a farming practice, but a very bad one. i suspect they could indeed sue as things stand now. and let us hope the legislature does not codify bad practice. is that an obama-kind of hope?; May 27, 2014 at 1:10 PM

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