Randolph County Whitewash
Well, my pig avoidance hit a snag today. The Pal-Item has a piece up about Randolph County’s new zoning ordinance that is being touted as a “compromise” between the interests of big pig operators and local rural residents. The ordinance basically splits up agricultural zoning into standard and intensive, and only permits CAFO’s in the intensive.
Than part is fine, however, they only kept the intensive agricultural zone out of the areas immediately around towns and and highways - the rest of the county is zoned for CAFO’s.
I think Marcia Oddi summarizes it best:
The ILB took a look at this City-Data.com page and learned that Randolph County Indiana has a land area of 453 square miles.As there are 640 acres in a square mile, there are 289,920 acres in Randolph County. The proposed new “intensive agricultural district ” would thus occupy 75.88 % of the county.
November 26th, 2007 09:57
[...] Dados Pessoais : Os direitos das pessoas wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerpt Well, my pig avoidance hit a snag today. The Pal-Item has a piece up about Randolph County’s new zoning ordinance that is being touted as a “compromise” between the interests of big pig operators and local rural residents. The ordinance basically splits up agricultural zoning into standard and intensive, and only permits CAFO’s in the intensive. Than part is fine, however, they only kept the intensive agricultural zone out of the areas immediately around towns and and highways - the rest of th [...]
December 1st, 2007 07:57
Massive seizure of private property for Corporate gain facilitated by the government is what this absurd re-zoning, promoted by Indiana’s new Ag Department, is all about. What the State of Indiana really needs to do is regulate air emissions, i.e. regulate the toxins that everyone knows confined feeding of any size produces. Currently, our officials believe the emperor has his clothes on while they award our properties to the highest political bidders. The Ball State studies have already confirmed what the rest of us have known for quite some time; that the economic benefit of industrialized agriculture is nil. Without subsided corn these behemoths will collapse on themselves within 6 months and fickle investors will put their money elsewhere. Investment will not be in residential real estate in Randolph County because the people will be gone. All that remains will be a few bankrupt industrial ag operators pleading for more tax-payer assistance.
Eric Stickdorn
December 2nd, 2007 21:14
This action by county officials merely confirms what many county residents have suspected in recent years: soon Randolph county will be inhabited entirely by pigs. This, of course, will have its advantages. The county much will be easier to police and to regulate as the pigs will be confined to small areas and will undoubtedly not be voicing any objections to their treatment. This will also allow the status quo to be maintained - pigs have never been known for their commitment to political action (except perhaps in novels). As an added bonus, local government regulators will finally be able to communicate in harmony with a group on the same mental level who sees the county in the same light - as a rooting ground to be pulverized to satisfy their own greed.