Wes McKinley

DENVER - Parents and 4-H/FFA children will travel to Denver from all corners of the state to oppose the State Fair Board of Commissioners' "premises registration" rule-making regarding livestock project animals at the 2008 Colorado State Fair. “Premises registration" does not provide improved food safety or the "48-hour disease traceback" that the U.S.D.A. and its various grant recipients have been touting. Many view "premises registration" as a property rights issue. Who: Representative Wes McKinley (D-Walsh) The Colorado Coalition Opposing Mandatory 4-H and FFA Premises Registration What: Colorado youth seeking change in State Fair discriminatory policy. They are currently forced by the State Fair to comply with a voluntary federal program as a condition of showing their project animals at the State Fair When: Wednesday, April 30, 2008, 1 PM Where: State Capitol, West side, Denver