As (D) weighs his options on a bill to roll back voter-approved dog breeding regulations, supporters and opponents of staged dueling rallies a few blocks from each other in Jefferson City.
Several hundred people gathered outside the State Capitol to urge the governor to signpassed by the and that would remove the 50-dog per breeder limit and relax provisions for living space and veterinary exams.
Proposition B opponents say the regulations will put good breeders out of business while bad ones will just ignore the law.
Meanwhile, the governor is still touting a compromise that would remove the 50-dog limit but leave many of Prop B鈥檚 regulations in place, while giving breeders more time to implement the new standards. (R, Williamstown) says the stricter bill must be signed first before the compromise language can be added.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 been done before and that鈥檚 the way it works," Munzlinger said.
When asked what would happen if Governor Nixon vetoed but still pushed for his compromise, Munzlinger said that would be a 鈥渄eal breaker.鈥�
Meanwhile at the , about a hundred Proposition B supporters called on Nixon to veto the rollback. Barbara Schmitz is with the.
鈥淚 think that the...provisions in Proposition B are reasonable, they鈥檙e common sense," Schmitz said. "(Missouri is) known as the puppy mill capital of the country, and Proposition B helps to, hopefully, take away that awful title.鈥�
Schmitz also opposes the compromise proposed by Governor Nixon. He has given no indication so far if he'll sign or veto the Proposition B rollback.
