Thank you for your continued support in the effort to terminate the QIP. As most of you know, we recently received news that the state has denied our Petition. We are not going to stop. This unfair assessment is costing us $433,000 every day!
Included in this email is a
NEW petition. It's imperative that you sign it and get it back to us right away, so we can file it. You can also find this same petition on our
website.
We are more determined now than ever!
It is our strong belief that CDFA Secretary Ross will let us, the dairymen decide our fate. We are confident we have the support to achieve the 25% threshold and enough votes to win referendum vote. The state never gave us the official list prior to submitting the first petition and is now trying to deter our efforts by giving us limited information as to why our petition was denied. We are pushing back and demanding the state conduct this process with transparency. We will take every step necessary to obtain the producer list, go forward and get the referendum that we need for the future survival of our businesses.
We will not back down from this fight. The government is blocking our right to vote but we will continue to push for the end of QIP for all the dairymen who cannot afford to pay this tax any longer!
Join us today! Feel free to share this with ANY dairyman you know!
Thank you,
The Stop QIP Dairy Tax Coalition
Print and sign the new petition and return to us my mail or email. You will need to include your state-issued producer number under the QIP program.
If you do not know your producer number or have any questions regarding this petition, please contact the QIP Administrator, Don Shippelhoute at (916) 900-5011 or email him at [email protected] or contact Steven Donaldson at 916-500-5012, [email protected].
Please send to:
Stop QIP Dairy Tax Coalition
PO Box 1431
Bakersfield, CA 93302
Or scan and email petition to:
[email protected]