[IBU] Lift the Limit

Tue Jan 22 15:03:42 CST 2008

All good comments.  This is very encouraging.

I think North Carolina lifted their limit about two years ago.  Would it
be helpful for Mr. Zirkelbach to have a copy of their proposed
legislation as a template?  Just a thought. (I don't have a copy, but a
copy could probably be found somewhere on the internet).

Also, should we get the "placeholder" would it make sense to rally the
troops (other homebrew clubs and the Iowa Brewer's Guild) around the
state to encourage them to write their state congressman?

Cheers!

John Martin
Project Manager

515-699-7178 office
515-699-7179 fax
515-490-0605 mobile

________________________________

From: ibu-bounces at iowabrewersunion.org
[mailto:ibu-bounces at iowabrewersunion.org] On Behalf Of Mark McAndrews
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:07 PM
To: ibu at iowabrewersunion.org
Subject: Re: [IBU] Lift the Limit

This session is scheduled to be short & sweet, being an even numbered
year --- they want to wrap up early and get home for campaigning. This
session there will be little stomach for tackling tough or controversial
issues. The coffers are full, the governor already wants to spend more
than he has and the legislature will likely just slap down some of his
condition of the state proposals. 

The one down side to proposing this now is that in an election year MADD
& the other neo-prohibitionists will likely glom onto any proposal as
making the highways more dangerous and encouraging drunk driving. This
will be an easy thing to twist in an attach ad prior to election. On the
plus side few seats in the house are actually contested, so it doesn't
matter so much. I'm game for any chance to get it on the agenda.

Also, expect the numnuts at ABC to claim there will be a loss of revenue
due to decreasing taxation of the high alc beers. Don't forget to stress
to your legislators that we all have a file somewhere on our computers
with the best beer stores in Omaha, the Twin Cities, Chicago, St. Louis,
KC.... so that we can load up on these beers everytime we cross the
state line.

	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: Sabus, Brian <mailto:brian.sabus at pioneer.com>  
	To: randle.boyd at mchsi.com ; ibu at iowabrewersunion.org 
	Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:53 PM
	Subject: Re: [IBU] Lift the Limit

	I don't know Randle, but I'll certainly ask him when I talk to
him; it would be nice to have him give us the skinny at some point
during the 2008 session.

	-Brian

________________________________

	From: randle.boyd at mchsi.com [mailto:randle.boyd at mchsi.com] 
	Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:47 PM
	To: Sabus, Brian; ibu at iowabrewersunion.org
	Subject: Re: [IBU] Lift the Limit

	Awesome.  Is there any chance that he would like to speak to
possible legislation at an IBU meeting?

	Cheers,

	Randle

		-------------- Original message from "Sabus, Brian"
<brian.sabus at pioneer.com>: -------------- 

		Hello All,

		Just wanted to let you know that a friend of mine whom
is a legislative consultant introduced me to Iowa District 31
Representative Ray Zirkelbach 3 weeks ago over a couple of beers at the
El Bait Shop.  Well, turns out that Mr. Zirkelbach is a "beer
enthusiast" and he called my friend again today and wants to put
together a "placeholder" piece of legislation then draft some more
specific language over the course of the next few weeks to change Iowa's
5% Law. 

		Anyway, I imagine he will also be contacting Mike
England on this issue as Mike is our expert in this area.

		Not sure what will come of this, but it can't hurt.  Ray
is the chair of one committee in the House so he does have a little
pull.  I'll keep you posted on how this proceeds if it indeed goes
anywhere.

		Later,

		Brian

		This communication is for use by the intended recipient
and contains
		information that may be Privileged, confidential or
copyrighted under
		applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient,
you are hereby
		formally notified that any use, copying or distribution
of this e-mail,
		in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please
notify the sender by
		return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system.
Unless explicitly
		and conspicuously designated as "E-Contract Intended",
this e-mail does
		not constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment,
or an acceptance
		of a contract offer. This e-mail does not constitute a
consent to the
		use of sender's contact information for direct marketing
purposes or for
		transfers of data to third parties.

		Francais Deutsch Italiano  Espanol  Portugues  Japanese
Chinese  Korean

http://www.DuPont.com/corp/email_disclaimer.html

	This communication is for use by the intended recipient and
contains
	information that may be Privileged, confidential or copyrighted
under
	applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are
hereby
	formally notified that any use, copying or distribution of this
e-mail,
	in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited. Please notify the
sender by
	return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Unless
explicitly
	and conspicuously designated as "E-Contract Intended", this
e-mail does
	not constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment, or an
acceptance
	of a contract offer. This e-mail does not constitute a consent
to the
	use of sender's contact information for direct marketing
purposes or for
	transfers of data to third parties.

	Francais Deutsch Italiano  Espanol  Portugues  Japanese  Chinese
Korean

	           http://www.DuPont.com/corp/email_disclaimer.html

________________________________

	_______________________________________________
	IBU mailing list
	IBU at iowabrewersunion.org
	http://www.iowabrewersunion.org/mailman/listinfo/ibu

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.iowabrewersunion.org/pipermail/ibu/attachments/20080122/5d6b7005/attachment-0001.html 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 3452 bytes
Desc: GRM_Logo.jpg
Url : http://www.iowabrewersunion.org/pipermail/ibu/attachments/20080122/5d6b7005/attachment-0001.jpe 