It seems so ironic that after well over 20 years of trying to establish a large group here in FF, we've finally managed to get the numbers we need, with the only problem being that they're hogs, not people.
I wish we could deter these CAFOs by using animal cruelty laws, but in Iowa these are weak and do not apply to livestock as long as you can argue that what you are doing is standard practice. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pibssmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Legally they can do it but we can deter them with nuisance law suits > and all help but writing our legislators. We cant take it lying down. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, pibssmith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > <snip> > > > > > There is a CAFO going up on Pleasant Plain right across the > street > > > from Cambridge's new offices. You cant really tell but the > trucks > > > were there this week putting in the electrical for the barbed > wire. > > > I guess those involved know the signs and locations. Eric adn > his > > > wife and Cambridge are filing their own law suit and the home > owners > > > in that area are additionally filing one. I hope it stops it. > The > > > more we can sue and discourage this and other corporations the > > > closer will be to getting this out of our town as a factor and > will > > > be known to others as a town they should stay away from us as > we > > > are a rich proactive town and will keep them busy in court. > > > > *********** > > > > I'm re-posting this article from the Ottumwa Courier on Jefferson > > County's hog lot (CAFO) problem, because it notes that counties > used > > to have control of such operations (as Missouri counties still > do), > > but the Iowa legislature moved control of hog lots from counties > to > > the state in the 1990s, and there is not much any lawsuit can do > to > > stop the proliferation of these lots -- only restoring control > over > > the lots to the counties will do the job. That way poor counties > like > > Van Buren can open their doors to hogs, and wealthier counties can > > keep hog lots out: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/besw9 > > > > Fairfield residents vow to keep hog lot 'out of our yard' > > > > By:ERIKA RICHARDS, Ottumwa Courier Correspondent 09/22/2005 > > > > "State legislator John Whitaker, a Democrat from Hillsboro and hog > > producer, said the heart of the problem is "loss of local control." > > "Counties in Missouri to our south still have local control and > can > > keep the CAFO's out if they want to. Property rights are equal to > > CAFO rights," he said. > > Local control was taken away during the 1990s, he said and, "the > state > > needs to retain local control once again." > > Whitaker said hog prices are very good right now explaining the > boom > > in hog production. > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
