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WE WON!
Voters repeal
Home Rule |
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Voters in the unincorporated areas of Marshall
County repealed the Limited Self-Governance Act on Tuesday, just four
years after they approved the controversial measure.
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Say Goodbye to
Farmers Markets |
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US Congress HR
Bill 875 if passed into law, will affect each and every one
of us in rural counties in states throughout our entire nation.
Designed under the guise of protecting people from e-coli and
salmonella, the 90 pages of text and is really meant to
socialize our food production and distribution and squeeze out the
small independent farmer.
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About
"Home-Rule" |
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"Limited
Home-Rule" was placed on a 2006 primary ballot to give
authority to the Marshall County
Commissions to enact ordinances in very specific areas of land use
in the rural, unincorporated areas of Marshall County. These
areas of control include junk, weeds, animal, noxious odors and
noise. Pre-existing State laws already cover these areas.
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Constitutional Change |
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Appropriately, on Friday the 13th of
March, delegates for the Mock Constitutional Convention gathered in a
posh hotel in the hills above Montgomery to be presented the same old
liberal offerings.
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Referendum on Freedom |
Referendum on Freedom - “Marshall County voters were the
first in Alabama to approve limited ‘home rule’ in 2006. Marshall
County voters also were the first to repeal home rule.”- The Arab
Tribune.
What this article didn’t mention was why home rule was repealed. The
answer: Marshall County was also the first, and so far is the only
county, that actually passed ordinances and tried to enforce these
 new found
powers...
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About the "Home Rule" Junk Ordinance |
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The
ordinance definition of "junk" can mean anything not
attached to your house. With such a vague definition
it is too easy for enforcement officers to use personal
values to apply the ordinance in a manner that can cause
people to lose their
land when they lack the resources to comply with
enforcement.
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Weed Ordinance |
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Weed
ordinances are another vaguely defined regulation that
promotes government control of rural areas. By
definition a weed is an "unwanted" plant. As weed
ordinances are enacted the question is who defines
"unwanted". Allowing previously cleared land to return
to its natural state could violate weed ordinances.
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Animal Ordinance |
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Significantly restrictive
animal ordinances can be used as part of "Home Rule" to
effectively control rural life in favor of suburban
development. By enacting "sensible" ordinances,
selective enforcement be applied
to suit land developers.
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Noise Ordinance |
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If you
enjoy outdoor recreation with your neighbors on your rural
land such as using your 4-wheelers or setting up for some
Saturday target practice, you may soon have to trade those
in for bicycles and bows & arrows to satisfy possible noise
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