I'm pretty much lost on this issue as well. I read the language that will show up on the ballot here: http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/ballotboard/2009/2-final_language.pdf
My understanding is that if Issue 2 passes, we get:
A state constitutional amendment
A board of 13 folks that I can't imagine will ever come close to a consensus. How are their determinations made? majority vote, etc?
An additional set of restrictions on top of any Federal mandates that come down the road. That sounds like a real bonus. I'd imagine the Fed will hold the trump card regardless of how the state feels.
If it fails, what happens? I'm evidently missing something here. Things go on as they are today, and have been for xxx years?
I want to do the right thing- for me and the family farmer. I don't hold the factory egg farms in real high regard. Sure they keep the egg prices low in the stores and keep the migrants/illegals busy. It bothers me when I drive by the factory farms at Croton to think of how many layers are crammed in each cage, in each huge barn, at each of their many sites in the area.
I'm also concerned about what the cage-free movement will do to ME. I don't "cage" my chickens. I do however, lock up my coop at night, essentially making it an inescapable, impenetrable box, or cage as it could be construed. The same could be said for a giant barn.
I feel that I'm pretty much redefining conflicted on this Issue and I'm running out of time to get educated.
My understanding is that if Issue 2 passes, we get:
A state constitutional amendment
A board of 13 folks that I can't imagine will ever come close to a consensus. How are their determinations made? majority vote, etc?
An additional set of restrictions on top of any Federal mandates that come down the road. That sounds like a real bonus. I'd imagine the Fed will hold the trump card regardless of how the state feels.
If it fails, what happens? I'm evidently missing something here. Things go on as they are today, and have been for xxx years?
I want to do the right thing- for me and the family farmer. I don't hold the factory egg farms in real high regard. Sure they keep the egg prices low in the stores and keep the migrants/illegals busy. It bothers me when I drive by the factory farms at Croton to think of how many layers are crammed in each cage, in each huge barn, at each of their many sites in the area.
I'm also concerned about what the cage-free movement will do to ME. I don't "cage" my chickens. I do however, lock up my coop at night, essentially making it an inescapable, impenetrable box, or cage as it could be construed. The same could be said for a giant barn.
I feel that I'm pretty much redefining conflicted on this Issue and I'm running out of time to get educated.
