Lorain County Farm Bureau Policies For 2011-2012

Accepted policies adopted September 1, 2011

We the members of the Lorain County Farm Bureau resolve…

Local/County

  1. We support Sheriff Phil Stammitti and the effort of the Buckeye State Sheriff’s Association to work toward cooperative policing districts in the rural and unincorporated areas of the county.
  2. We urge Ohio Farm Bureau to oppose any changes to bandwidth that would cause interference with the present GPS (global positioning system).
  3. We ask all elected officials; townships, city, county to support the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board and the Animal for Life Foundation.
  4. We support consumer education, promotion, and marketing opportunities for local products and commodities.
  5. We encourage the installation of the LED lighted stop signs in appropriate locations.
  6. We oppose using the storm water fund monies outside of the storm water districts.
  7. We oppose using the storm water fund to fix sanitary sewers; the usage fee should be increased instead.
  8. We encourage the Lorain County Community College to let Lorain County Farm Bureau be involved in their sustainable agriculture course by way of helping select speakers and teachers for the class.
  9. We encourage the Lorain County Commissioners to find a way to increase the Lorain Soil & Water Conservation District and the Lorain County Ohio State University Extension funding through the matching programs.

State

  1. We support Sheriff Phil Stammitti and the effort of the Buckeye State Sheriff’s Association to work toward cooperative policing districts in the rural and unincorporated areas of the county.
  2. We ask all state elected officials and representatives to support the Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board and the Animals for Life Foundation.
  3. We support legislation that requires the return of private property forcibly taken when the taking agency fails to utilize it for its original purpose within a limited period of time.
  4. We request sufficient funding of the state labs to insure health and safety of the food supply, and to insure adequate funding for state veterinarian and animal livestock inspection.
  5. We urge Ohio Farm Bureau to oppose any changes to bandwidth that would cause interference with the present GPS (global positioning system).
  6. We, in the northern section of Ohio, have seen the benefits of the Ohio Turnpike and its operation by the Ohio Turnpike Commission. We urge support of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation to oppose any sale or lease of the turnpike to a private company.
  7. We encourage the state legislature to pass a law making it a criminal offense for any employee to work undercover to deliberately defame, defraud, or maliciously slander an agricultural entity.

National

  1. We are against amnesty for illegal immigrants whether immediate of deferred.
  2. We support that the federal government provide “secure borders” primarily through the enforcement of current law.
  3. We oppose regulatory creep (the slow but constant implementation of new and more complicated regulations) that ultimately results in virtual agency control and/or the elimination of competitive advantage.
  4. Disaster area designation should not depend upon the population affected, but rather the hardship caused to those in the area struck. (Those in rural areas where few live can experience as great a personal loss as those in more populous areas.) Disaster designation only comes, however, when many are affected.