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Apr 15Liked by Shield Maidens of MO

I think there was a typo at the end. It said to contact your Senator and tell them to vote NO on 727. ( The home school bill) Not 782 ( the water bill) Just a heads up.

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GREAT catch. I fixed it. Thank you for letting me know. We just had heard that FHE and HSLDA both came out against SB 727 with a Call To Action!

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Great News! Thanks

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Apr 16Liked by Shield Maidens of MO

Thanks Gary, I will call my senator back and correct the bill number. I should have caught that myself.

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So sorry about that.

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Hey, more calls to my senator is a good thing!

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Apr 16Liked by Shield Maidens of MO

You're quite Welcome Shelley

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Apr 19Liked by Shield Maidens of MO

The Transamerican corridor website was built by Kelly Green and it is also listed as the East-West Transamerica Corridor here: Statutory Listing of Corridor Descriptions - High Priority Corridors - National Highway System - Planning - FHWA (dot.gov)

Green is part of a Cape Girardeau business group who have even discussed the corridor with Senator Hawley' staff. Green started her own consulting firm KLG Engineering, was hired to flesh out the idea. The leaders are Walt Wildman, Earl Norman, Kelly Green, and John Mehner.

Find the write-up about this group here: https://www.semissourian.com/story/2673216.html.

It included Codefi, about rural communities which led me to this https://www.eda.gov/funding/programs/build-to-scale/past-grantees/2023-capital-challenge/Codefi-Foundation-on-Rural-Innovation.

Just speculation, but this appears to be an undercover Sustainable and Economic Development gig backed by multiple US departments with benefactors across the pond.

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WOW! Great research. Thank you for sharing.

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Apr 17Liked by Shield Maidens of MO

I just sent this to Mark Alford, my US Rep. Don't know what he can do but thought he should know what is going on.

Dear Rep Alford, regarding Transportation and Public Works: I think you should know about something that has been occurring and will get worse if Missouri legislature passes Senate Bill 782. Public Water Systems in states, including Missouri, have been selling their water facilities to private companies when they become too costly; however, they are still defined as public water systems. 15 homes or more on a water supply are considered “Public”. Many of these for-profit companies are foreign owned. Missouri is sovereign and it's resources belong to it.

SB 782 says "In order to protect the access, use, and enjoyment of Missouri's water resources, it shall be unlawful for any person to withdraw water from any water source for export outside the state of Missouri unless such person holds a water exportation permit issued by the department. A water exportation permit shall not be required to withdraw water from any water source for export outside of the state by a public water system, as defined in section 640.102."

Biden’s budget called for a robust investment in transportation infrastructure. Included in the budget was the establishment of a National Transportation Bank. As a multi-state mega-project, the Transamerica Corridor Project is the perfect pilot project for this funding category, and is already listed at #3 on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s list of High Priority Corridors. As America continues to grow, so, too, do our needs for convenient and reliable transportation avenues. However, those needs have grown beyond transporting people—freight, water, and even energy must also be transported farther and faster than ever before. Our outdated interstate highway system can no longer handle the load. The Transamerica Corridor incorporates five major elements, including high speed freight rail, intelligent highway design, an electrical transmission conduit utilizing green technologies, a natural gas pipeline, and a water pipeline to serve arid areas of the southwestern United States. As the spine of the new standard of transportation, the Transamerica Corridor will redefine how we move people, goods, and resources both across the country and around the world while minimizing damage to the environment. More here: https://transamericacorridor.com/ Tax dollars are funding this and for-profit companies will reap the rewards.

SEC. 1105. HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDORS ON NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM. (c) Identification of High Priority Corridors on National Highway System. The following are high priority corridors on the National Highway System:

1. North-South Corridor from Kansas City, Missouri, to Shreveport, Louisiana.

2. Avenue of the Saints Corridor from St. Louis, Missouri, to St. Paul, Minnesota.

More here: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/Planning/national_highway_system/high_priority_corridors/hpcor.cfm

Other notes regarding our nation’s water supply:

"Water has been a public resource under public domain for more than 2,000 years," says James Olson, an attorney who specializes in water rights. "Ceding it to private entities feels both morally wrong and dangerous." Many of us have no idea where our water comes from, let alone who owns it. In fact, most of us would probably agree that water is too precious for anybody to own. But the rights to divert water—from a river or lake or underground aquifer—are indeed sellable commodities; so too are the plants and pipes that process that water and deliver it to our taps. And as demand outstrips supply, those commodities are set to appreciate precipitously. According to a 2009 report by the World Bank, private investment in the water industry is set to double in the next five years; the water-supply market alone will increase by 20 percent. Eventually, Olson worries, every last drop will be privately controlled. And when that happens, the world will find itself divided along a new set of boundaries: water haves on one side, water have-nots on the other. Much more here: https://www.newsweek.com/race-buy-worlds-water-73893

Around the world, rivers, lakes, and aquifers are dwindling faster than Mother Nature can possibly replenish them; industrial and household chemicals are rapidly polluting what's left. Meanwhile, global population is ticking skyward. Goldman Sachs estimates that global water consumption is doubling every 20 years, and the United Nations expects demand to outstrip supply by more than 30 percent come 2040. Proponents of privatization say markets are the best way to solve that problem: only the invisible hand can bring supply and demand into harmony, and only market pricing will drive water use down enough to make a dent in water scarcity. But the benefits of the market come at a price. By definition, a commodity is sold to the highest bidder, not the customer with the most compelling moral claim. More here: https://www.newsweek.com/race-buy-worlds-water-73893

Not sent to Alford: Bush 43 already tried his version 20 years ago with the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, going from Mexico to Canada (through Cass CO MO). The Partnership was founded in Waco, Texas, on March 23, 2005, by Prime Minister of Canada Paul Martin, President of Mexico Vicente Fox, and U.S. President George W. Bush. Globalists have learned from the adverse reaction that such internationalist adventures as the NAFTA Super-Highway, will only succeed if such initiatives are pursued covertly with a determination to ridicule anyone who dares contemplate its larger purpose of increasing global sovereignty. Thus there is no mention of Agenda 21/30 or sustainable and economic development with the Transamerica Corridor.

Soros and the Bushes own land in Brazil next to Bolivia where the world's largest fresh water underground aquifer is. And of course there is lots of oil too.

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I have been notified by one senator's constituents that that senator got the lobby for American Water to admit that this bill SB 782 carved them out to allow them to export Missouri's water without a permit. This is a dirty trick...to DEFINE private water companies as PUBLIC WATER.

Your letter is excellent and nails it. Thank you for sharing.

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Thank you for all you do. I would not have known about this or other bad bills if not for your work and dissemination.

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Apr 16Liked by Shield Maidens of MO

Keep fighting ladies!

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Apr 16Liked by Shield Maidens of MO

I was looking at the actions of SB782, and noticed Mike Moon added some good amendments. Does that change the nature of what particular bill being good or bad?

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It changed the bill for the good, but when he tried to add his language in simple terms to make it illegal to export water, the bill sponsor quickly laid the bill over. THEY GOT CAUGHT TRYING TO GIVE AMERICAN WATER THE ABILITY TO EXPORT OUR WATER WITHOUT A PERMIT. THE LOBBYISTS ADMITTED IT. IT WAS A CARVE OUT FOR THEM.

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I saw the follow-up call to action after work and after the phone lines were no longer answered. Do you know if they were successful at stopping this bill for now? Also, I am still trying to get something sent to you. Been hitting some snag blocks, but I have not forgotten.

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Apr 15Liked by Shield Maidens of MO

You girls are doing a great job with all the information on both 782 and 727! Keep up the Great Work 👍

See you Wednesday!

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