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"Should a century-old farm be sacrificed simply because a few neighbors feel threatened by the possibility of a hog operation? Absolutely not! Maharishi Vedic City's attempt to use eminent domain to obtain farmer Bob Palm's 149-acre family farm is a slap in the face to anyone who believes in property rights and protecting a valuable Iowa asset." ** This type of conflict is going to be in lots of places in hog-happy Iowa as people move into rural areas. Eventually the householders will win -- they'll simply vote out any legislator who is not for local control of hog lot zoning -- but it's probably going to be ugly until the Iowa state legislature restores control to the counties. Bob
