October 21, 2009
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biosecurity, disease prevention, family farmers, FArm Bureau, food safety, food supplies, horses, livestock, NAIS, Ohio, Ohio constitution, Ohio Environmental Stweardship Alliance, Ohio Farmers Union, Ohio Issue 2, Ohio Revised code, organic farms, poultry, premises ID, Property, PROPERTY RIGHTS, religious bliefs
We agree with and support the premise of issue 2 but not as a constitutional amendment.
The same objective to thwart PETA and HSUS could have been accomplished by including the key words “agricultural best management practices for such care and well-being” in section 900 of the Ohio Revised Code. This we do support.
Our problem with this constitutional amendment is the excessive power it places in the hands of a 13-member group of non-elected bureaucrats. This constitutional amendment places in the Board’s hands the power to mandate whatever they choose, and it is the Department of Ag that will implement and enforce those decisions of the Board. (see the text of proposed amendment at The text of the amendment includes “consider factors that include, but are not limited to,” which gives the Board authority far beyond the scope of its stated purpose. In the text “agricultural best management practices for such care and well-being” is the part that will thwart HSUS and their cronies. “Biosecurity,” “disease prevention,” “animal morbidity and mortality data,” “food safety practices,” and “the protection of local, affordable food supplies” are already covered in Ohio Revised Code. More
October 5, 2009
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CORPORATIONS
animal agriculture, corporate takeover, farmers, governmetn, Ohio, Ohio constitution, PROPERTY RIGHTS, ranchers, special interests
STOP THE CORPORATE POWER GRAB IN OHIO
Vote NO on Issue 2
Issue 2 is an inappropriate use of the Ohio constitution, and would set a dangerous precedent by creating a permanent place for special interests in the constitution.
On November 3, Vote NO!
NO to corporate and special interest takeover of our Ohio constitution
NO to unchecked power and new layers of unaccountable bureaucracy over our livestock farmers
NO to a new board acting as judge, jury and executioner of all animal agriculture policies in Ohio
NO to expanded state government
NO to an appointed board of political cronies who could radically shift livestock standards in any direction
NO to giveaways for factory farms in the Ohio constitution
Don’t allow special interests to hijack the state constitution: Vote NO on ISSUE 2
Poster by Ohio Against Constitutional Takeover: http://www.ohioact.org
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