Culver Should Veto Odor Study Bill Because It Stinks

Over the weekend, I wrote about the flaws in the odor study bill. I said the bill wastes taxpayer on a study that has already been done. Vilsack requested a study in 2002 and since then other states have done similar studies.

The Iowa Farmer's Union is calling for Culver to veto the bill points out the flaws in the bill. They cite the redundancy of the study...

Research has already been done on cost effective ways to mitigate odor. Included are better siting methods, and the use of biofilters and covers on lagoons. Iowa's taxpayers should not be required to fund another round of studies on proven technologies when the legislature has not shown any willingness to act on the information already gathered from previous studies. Instead we should require producers to implement what we already know.

Unfortunately, the bill has been passed by Iowa House and Iowa Senate and now sits on Gov. Culver's desk.

At Bleeding Heartland, desmoinesdem says that Culver should veto this bill.

If I were an adviser to Governor Culver, I'd tell him to veto this bill. It's the right thing to do on the merits. We simply don't need more study of this problem. Spending $23 million over five years on more study wastes our money and kicks the can down the road. Using state funds to implement the measures that are working in other states would be a wiser use of taxpayer dollars.

Hopefully, Culver will realize that this study stinks and decide to veto it.