Dear Friends,
As you know the last two bills in trilogy of Recycling Bills sent to the Legislature by the Governor have been strongly supported by many Senators. The Plastic Bag Ban bill has passed and becomes effective January 1, 2017. The other two bills, the Recycling Bill (Source Separation and Composting) and the Beverage Container Deposit Bill are ready to bring to the full Legislature for a vote, but have been held up in the Rules Committee.
The Governor said at the Governor’s Recycling Task Force meeting with all of the Commissioners of the various Departments that these two bills could be brought up for a vote from the floor by “ Special Order”. Senator Blyden, who has been a sponsor and major supporter of these bills will call for a Special Order to bring these two bills up for a vote on December 20th, the last session of this Legislature. It is very important that these two bills be passed before this session of the legislature ends. The longer these bills are delayed the less chance for them to pass.
If you care about recycling and cleaning up the litter on the roadsides, please call and email the Senators to ask them to support a Special Order to bring these two bills to the floor for a vote on December 20th. Even 10 calls or emails to one senator can make a difference! Please contact them all to show community support for these bills! Senators names, email and phone number are listed below. If the community does not support these bills, they may not pass!
Please forward this message!
Thanks,
Doug White
Island Green Living
Here is the number for the Leglislature Switchboard, 340 774 0880, ask for the individuals Senators’ office.
Senator Neville A. James njames@legvi.org (Senate President)
Senator Janette Millin Young jmyoung@legvi.org
Senator Myron D. Jackson mjackson@legvi.org
Senator Jean A. Forde jforde@legvi.org
Senator Nereida Rivera O’Reilly teamnellie@gmail.com
Senator Clifford F. Graham cgraham@legvi.org
Senator Novelle E. Francis Jr. nfrancis@legvi.org
Senator Justin Harrigan Sr. jharrigan@legvi.org
Senator Almando “Rocky” Liburd rockyliburd@gmail.com
Senator Terrence A. Nelson positivetimez@gmail.com
Senator Tregenza A. Roach, Esq troach@legvi.org
Senator Sammuel Sanes sammuelsanes@yahoo.com
Senator Kurt A. Vialet kvialet@legvi.org
Senator Marvin A. Blyden mblyden@legvi.org
Thanks to EVERYONE who contacted the Senators the 2 Recycling Bills will be brought up for a vote tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 20 at the Legislature in St. Thomas. We needLOTS OF BODIES to come to the Legislature at 10 AM to show support!
Doug