The Baltimore Marc Steiner radio program on Friday had a live broadcast from Annapolis with Senator President Mike Miller, House Speaker Michael Busch, Governor Hogan, and Attorney General Brian Frosh. Keep in mind that Steiner is no fan of the chicken industry and conventional agriculture.
The chicken industry was brought up a few times during the three segments and you can hear those comments through the links below.
Miller and Busch answered questions about the PMT and the idea of legislation seemingly endorsed by the Food and Water Watch group to have the state impose restrictions on contracts between chicken growers and chicken companies. You might pleasantly be surprised by some of Mr. Miller’s comments on the PMT.
You can listen to the Miller and Busch segment here. http://www.steinershow.org/podcasts/local-and-state-politics/annapolis-summit-2015-maryland-senate-president-miller-house-speaker-busch/
The PMT discussion starts at 9:50. Then there is a question about the state budget, and then the Food and Water Watch question.
Shown below is a newspaper story shared with us by Nick Manis dealing with the segment with the attorney general. You can hear the Attorney General Brian Frosh radio interview at http://www.steinershow.org/podcasts/local-and-state-politics/annapolis-summit-2015-maryland-attorney-general-brian-frosh/. At 4:20 of the interview, Food and Water Watch asks Frosh a question about legislation to make the chicken companies responsible for dead birds and manure. After that answer, there is a question about the attorney general’s role in government, and then a Johns Hopkins University Center for a Livable Future guy asks if Frosh will lead an effort to end the current contract system in the chicken industry. Then there are several environmental question related to agriculture and other sectors.
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Why does the taxpayer have to be responsible to clean up the poultry companies pollution?
ReplyDeleteWhy does the poultry companies hold title to the birds but as soon as they die on the farm the farmer and taxpayers have to clean up the mess?? Why is that?
9:45 They don't and they don't. What are you on about. The chicken farmers dispose of the dead birds and manure, either by incineration and/or using it to fertilize fields. Man, these BS reports get you fools frothing at the mouth.
ReplyDeletethe poultry industry has worked for many years to "clean it up". the majority of the pollution is NOT coming from the Easter Shore. It's coming from the shores and head waters on the other side of the bay. THEY need to clean up and leave us alone. they don't want to take responsibility for their actions. again; get off our backs. enough already.
ReplyDeleteWho pays for the cover crops, manure sheds, composers, concrets pads...etc..?????
ReplyDeleteIts the taxpayers!!!!!
The PMT included millions of taxpayer dollars to haul the pollution away.