I just received this from RISAA Please help!
We have come to the end of the General Assembly session and our bill on restricting the purse seining of Menhaden is effectively been bottled up and blocked by one legislator.
It seems that Jan P. Malik (Democrat- District 67, Barrington, Warren has told the recreational fishing community of Rhode Island to go to hell. He has refused, as a member of the House committee which has the responsibility for the bill to entertain any of the compromises offered by his own colleagues, RISAA or the house staff.
We need to send Mr Malik a loud message that we, the recreational fishing community of Rhode Island are tired and fed up with this representation of special interests despite the fact that we have 11,500 signatures in support of this bill and that recreational fishing contributes 160 Million dollars a year to the State of Rhode Island
Mr Malik can be contacted via the following means
E-Mail:
rep-malik@rilin.sate.ri.us
Phone: His liquor store which is the phone number listed for him on the General Assembly web site is 247-1733
Home Phone: 247-1271
If you live in his district make sure to let him know what you think about his politics.
Thank you, with all of our voices, we will yet win this battle.
Doug MacPherson
Chairman, Legislative Committee - RISAA