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["Spears, David" <David.Spears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'd like to ditto what Paula and Rich have said this morning, and add one 
thing.  We learned at last night's subcommittee meeting that the patron of the 
bill, delegate Morgan Griffith, Republican from Salem, is himself an 
enthusiastic birder who owns binoculars and a scope.  We're talking about the 
house majority leader!  This could help us next year if the birding community 
has an initiative for which we're seeking a sponsor.

I saw Delegate Griffith on the elevator this morning and thanked him for 
sponsoring this bill.  He said he was sorry that it died in committee but 
thankful that the issue got out there and got some press.  I also invited him 
to join the VSO and he said "I really ought to do that"!  I'll send him a 
brochure.  

David Spears
Dillwyn


-----Original Message-----
From: va-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:va-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paula Sullivan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:44 AM
To: Rich Rieger; VA-Bird
Subject: [va-bird] Re: HB435 - not even close...


VA-Birders,

This is such very disappointing news, but not the first time a bill  
this worthy of passage didn't make it out of committee. This is the  
way it goes in politics and the reason people have to keep at it and  
work consistently and tirelessly for important causes. Maybe this  
rush to find an artificial bait for conch fishermen will hit pay dirt  
in the next year, and a similar bill on a moratorium of the landing  
of horseshoe crabs will make it next session.

The entire birding/conservation community owes Rich a debt of  
gratitude-- for his leadership, his unrelenting dedication to this  
cause, his insistence that everyone get involved and make the case  
for this bill to their elected state representatives.  I don't  
remember this degree of organization and cooperation within our  
birding community before. The VA-Bird list was invaluable,  
indispensable, in spreading the word and unifying the "troops."  I  
hope it can be used again as a networking tool.  The birding  
community is now a force to be reckoned with and perhaps, next time,  
we can take this all the way.

So from me, thanks Rich!!!!

Paula Sullivan
Alexandria


On Feb 3, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Zelig88@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Well, I'm sad to say  that HB435 went down to "defeat" late  
> yesterday in the Chesapeake subcommittee....
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