The Board of Directors of the Southern Oregon Winery Association approved a motion to ask the membership to support writing to Governor John Kitzhaber, Senators and House Representatives to urge support for House Bill 3280 as proposed by the Oregon Winegrowers Association (OWA).
Please cut and paste this letter with your name and winery and send out to the attached email list.
Dear Governor, Senator or Representative:
I am writing to ask you to support the passage of HB 3280 as proposed by the Oregon Winegrower's Association (OWA) presented before the House and Senate conference committee.
The entrepreneurs' of Oregon's wine community have created a world-class product that has a huge impact on this state's economy. In 2005, the winery and wine grape growing industry's economic impact to our state's economy was $1.4 billion dollars. That impact has continued to grow to over $2 billion dollars in 2010. The modified HB 3280 now in committee will be extremely detrimental to the present and future growth of the Oregon wine industry.
The Oregon Winegrowers Association spent the past two years drafting winery legislation that have been removed from the bill now in committee. The OWA's proposed changes to HB 3280B which is going into conference committee represents solid legislative policy and the only policy that the Oregon Wine Industry supports. The OWA's position was crafted only AFTER hearing from every regional wine association in our state. It represents a balanced compromise that continues to preserve farm land, while allowing small family farmers to earn a living and gives opportunity for growth to one of Oregon's thriving agricultural industries.
Please support the OWA's modifications to HB 3280 because failure to do so will be devastating for our industry and the state's economy.
Thanks for your attention to this important matter.
Best regards,
Your Name & Winery (or business)
EMAIL LIST:
Gov. Kitzhaber's office: hdk.lvs@att.net
Senator Dingfelder: sen.jackiedingfelder@state.or.us
Senator Prozanski: sen.floydprozanski@state.or.us
• Senator Thompson: sen.chuckthomsen@state.or.us
• Senator Courtney: sen.petercourtney@state.or.us
• Senator Rosenbaum: sen.dianerosenbaum@state.or.us
• Senator Ferrioli: sen.tedferrioli@state.or.us
• Representative Hanna: rep.brucehanna@state.or.us
• Representative Roblan: rep.arnieroblan@state.or.us
• Representative Cameron: rep.kevincameron@state.or.us
• Representative Holvey: rep.paulholvey@state.or.us
• Representative Clem: rep.brianclem@state.or.us
• Representative Hunt: rep.davehunt@state.or.us
• Representative Jenson: rep.bobjenson@state.or.us
• Representative Cowan: rep.jeancowan@state.or.us
• Representative Johnson: rep.markjohnson@state.or.us
• Senator Thompson: sen.chuckthomsen@state.or.us
• Senator Courtney: sen.petercourtney@state.or.us
• Senator Rosenbaum: sen.dianerosenbaum@state.or.us
• Senator Ferrioli: sen.tedferrioli@state.or.us
• Representative Hanna: rep.brucehanna@state.or.us
• Representative Roblan: rep.arnieroblan@state.or.us
• Representative Cameron: rep.kevincameron@state.or.us
• Representative Holvey: rep.paulholvey@state.or.us
• Representative Clem: rep.brianclem@state.or.us
• Representative Hunt: rep.davehunt@state.or.us
• Representative Jenson: rep.bobjenson@state.or.us
• Representative Cowan: rep.jeancowan@state.or.us
• Representative Johnson: rep.markjohnson@state.or.us
In addition to the above list, please send comments to the HB 3280 Conference Committee
by clicking on their name below:
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