Carroll County Ambush?
A group of citizens concerned about pending plans to bring a 4,100 dairy CAFO to the county planned to show up at the Carroll County Commissioners meeting to raise questions with that body about the details of the plan. The issue was not on the agenda, but the dairy’s promoters were ready:
What some in the audience didn’t know was the family who would be operating the proposed dairy farm was standing in the back of the room. The appearance came as a surprise to county commissioner George Mears who announced earlier that the family who would operate the facility "is over in Germany right now."
Gerrit Arendsen, his wife and two of their four children, made a surprise visit to the meeting and met those with questions face-to-face.
Some in the audience wasted no time in asking the family questions about their expertise in operating a large concentrated animal feeding operation and when they planned to move to the area.
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The family was brought in by consultant, Brian Daggy who also brought news that IDEM would be hosting one of their informational meetings in the county on November 29th. Interestingly enough, such a meeting has not yet been announced by IDEM. Apparently, Mr. Daggy’s got some friends on the inside. Daggy is with North Point Engineering in Ohio, the firm that has worked on other mega dairies with Vreba-Hoff Dairy Development.
