Posts Tagged: interim ordinance

Anti-Local Control Bill Goes to House Floor Vote This Afternoon—Call Reps. Now

Posted March 8th, 2012 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog.

Surprise and intimidation can be powerful tools when backers of major development seek to build a large facility in a small, rural township. For a town board used to dealing… Read more »

Local Control & the Capitol’s Dangerous Double Standard

Posted February 27th, 2012 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog.

Nice irony: when a key committee passed House File 389 last Wednesday, it was by a 9 to 5 vote, which is less than the two-thirds majority the bill imposes… Read more »

First on the Agenda Thursday: Weaken Local Control

Posted January 25th, 2012 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under Food and Sustainable Agriculture.

Well, that didn’t take long. Tomorrow, at the very first meeting of the Minnesota House Government Operations and Elections Committee, lawmakers will take up House File 389, which weakens township,… Read more »

Factory Farming’s 2 Least Favorite Words

Posted February 18th, 2011 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under Food and Sustainable Agriculture.

A major reason factory farming hasn’t run completely roughshod over the Minnesota countryside can be summed up in two words: “local control.” That’s why corporate interests aren’t wasting any time… Read more »