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October 15, 2009 Volume 5, Number 40 | ||
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In This
Issue ·
Energy / Cap
& Trade ·
Town Hall
Meetings ·
A Little Bit
of Humor… E-Mail
cynthia.davis@house.mo.gov Find me
on
Committees Special
Committee on Children and Families Chair Chair Special Committee on State
Parks and Waterways Official Homepage for Official Government Homepage for your
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Links Congressman Blaine
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Nuclear
Energy / Cap & Trade
Photo
Left: Representative Davis (center and photo right) is joined by (left to
right) Representative Tom Loehner, John Patterson, Ameren Plant Planning
Manager, Representative Bob Nance and Tina Shannon, Ameren Legislative
Representative. Recently
I attended a tour of the AmerenUE nuclear power plant in Our
electric rates are projected to double or triple if the congress in
Washington DC creates new hardships and punishes those who use coal fueled
power plants through the proposed “Cap and Trade” Bill. Nuclear
power is the least expensive form of electric generation available, but
only about 20% of our electricity comes from a nuclear source.
Electricity has been the source of our financial development and
stability. Ask your grandmother how it improved her life when the
washing machine & dryer, air conditioning, refrigerator, vacuum
cleaner, electric mixer and other labor saving devices were made
available! Despite
what you may have heard about wind and solar, While
you may not think your electric bill is anything to brag about, our rates
in If our
congress passes the “Cap and Trade Bill” get ready to see your electric
rates really go up. The best way to understand Cap and Trade is to
consider the game of musical chairs. Right now, there are enough
chairs for everybody, but Cap and Trade seeks to remove chairs every year
until there are only a few players left in the game. The end result
will be less electricity available at very high prices. If you
didn’t like what happened when gas went up to over $4 per gallon, you are
really not going to like this! Link
here to read: Who Really Pays For Cap &
Trade?
And here to
read What Cap & Trade will cost
families. I asked
my source at Ameren UE what happens if those in Here is
the bottom line: Those representing us are asking all the wrong
questions. Instead of trying to further destabilize the economy by
increasing the cost of living expenses on the citizens, they should be
asking, “How can we help our citizens and free markets gain access to less
expensive utilities?” Perhaps
the best answer is for congress to curtail their interference in our
lives. This Cap and Trade experiment may turn out to be a
great test of whether Congress cares more about their constituents or the
lobbyists. Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
your electricity sources. You can send me your opinion by clicking
here: Cynthia Davis
Talking
Points / Town Hall Meetings Want an
update on state government? I love hearing what you think about the
direction we are heading. I am making myself available for a
dialogue with the residents of our district to answer your questions on
the following dates and locations: ·
October
19, 7-8 p.m. at Middendorf-Kredell Library, 2750 Hwy K, O’Fallon, Room B.
·
October
28, 7-8 p.m., with Missouri Budget Chairman Representative A Little
Bit of Humor . . . The
economy is so bad . . .
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