My sister, Sharon Harvey (executive director, Cleveland APL), has been very actively campaigning against Proposition 2 in Ohio. This agriculture bill would amend the Ohio state constitution to create a Livestock Board with unchecked power over livestock rules and regulations. While masquerading as an attempt to improve food safety and animal welfare, Issue 2 would give a dozen political appointees broad and unchecked power to decide rules on how animals are raised, tracked, or traced.
The official site for the ‘No’ campaign is here.
This HSUS blog post spells out their position on the issue.
This article posted to the Center of Consumer Freedom (CCF) site is the only ‘pro prop. 2′ statement that I could find. It becomes a bit empty when you realize that CCF is a shell non-profit primarily funded by the thousand-pound gorillas within the tobacco, restaurant, and agriculture industries. See here, and here.
In any case, I know that I have friends, followers, and contacts in Ohio who see these posts via the intertubes. I encourage you to vote NO on Proposition 2.
