Lorain County Farm Bureau Policies For 2009-2010

Accepted policies adopted September 3, 2009

We the members of the Lorain County Farm Bureau resolve…

Local/County

  1. Given that Lorain County’s population is shifting from the urban areas of the county to the rural areas, a greater proportion of county funds should be directed toward law enforcement in the rural areas. This would include increased sheriff road patrols.
  2. We encourage all L.C. school districts to refrain from beginning classes before the end of the Lorain County Fair or provide excused absences to fair participants.
  3. We encourage the publication of a clear and public set of the regulations regarding the county’s health and construction regulations, a publication that serves to reduce the inconsistencies of application inherent in a subjective system.
  4. Lorain County should provide tractor safety training for all interested parties in the county.
  5. County officials should not be permitted to affix their private name to county projects and properties.
  6. We encourage and support engagement in consumer education about current agricultural and animal care practices and animal welfare issues.
  7. We support consumer education, promotion, and marketing opportunities for local products and commodities.
  8. We encourage the instillation of the LED lighted stop signs in appropriate locations.
  9. In order to maintain a safe road bed we encourage the county engineer to maintain a regular ditch cleaning program.
  10. We support the Lorain County Commissioners on the elimination of the weighted vote of NOACA. (Northern Ohio Area Wide Coordinating Agency).
  11. We support the Lorain County Commissioners on the elimination of the weighted vote of NOACA. (Northern Ohio Area Wide Coordinating Agency).
  12. To support commerce and trade in Lorain County
    1. Farm machinery should be exempted from the Ohio intrastate weight law.
    2. Until the Ohio weight law is changed, we encourage the Lorain County Engineer to:
      1. Provide for the issuance of special permits for loads in excess of the established weight restrictions, issued promptly, and with a permit fee commensurate with the administrative costs of issuing the permits.
  13. The Lorain County Farm Bureau supports the continuation of the Lorain County 0.5% sales tax.

State

  1. 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.
  2. We propose that ballot language be clearly stated so as to reflect its main intent. EXAMPLE: “Earn to learn was not about education. It was about gambling.”
  3. 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.
  4. We support consumer education, promotion, and marketing opportunities for local products and commodities.
  5. To support commerce and trade in the state of Ohio
    1. Farm machinery should be exempted from the Ohio intrastate weight law.
    2. Until the Ohio weight law is changed, we encourage the Lorain County Engineer to:
      1. Provide for the issuance of special permits for loads in excess of the established weight restrictions, issued promptly, and with a permit fee commensurate with the administrative costs of issuing the permits.

National

  1. We are against amnesty for illegal immigrants whether immediate or 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.