Special Meeting on Ethics at Columbia County BOCC

March 3, 2017 Action Alerts!, Environmental Threats, THREATS, County Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture) 4 Comments

There will be a special meeting of the Columbia County commissioners to review Board Meeting and Ethics Policies. We have no insight as to what may come up at this meeting, but in light of […]

Intellectual Dishonesty at the BOCC

February 22, 2017 Environmental Threats, THREATS, County Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture) 4 Comments

The Lake City Reporter has the following editorial today, Feb. 22, 2017 regarding the shameful actions of the commission chair at last Thursday’s meeting. Ron Williams ramrodded the defeat of an amendment which would have […]

“This Dog Won’t Hunt”

February 17, 2017 THREATS, Environmental Threats, County Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture) 5 Comments

“This dog won’t hunt.” So said commissioner chair Ronald Williams, flourishing a [solicited] letter with the seal of the Florida Department of Agriculture stating that the Ordinance written by the commission was illegal in the […]

Proposed land use ordinance falls 5-0

February 17, 2017 THREATS, Environmental Threats, County Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture) 4 Comments

The following is an article which appears in today’s Feb. 17, 2017 Lake City Reporter about the county commissioners’ meeting last night where they voted to retain the land use regulations as they are. The […]

Charlie Trowbridge Alerts People to Important Commissioner Meeting

February 16, 2017 THREATS, Events (Advocacy), County Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture), Volunteering 2 Comments

Columbia County Board of County Commissioners votes tonight, Feb. 16, 2017 on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in our county. This is to prevent industrial agriculture, animal factories and the like from being allowed on aquifer […]

Intensive Agriculture Amendment, Lake City Commissioners

February 1, 2017 THREATS, Environmental Threats, Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, County Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture), Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

On 1/30/2017 2:59 PM, Brandon Stubbs wrote the following email. On that day, Feb. 16, let us fill the seats to show our support. Come to School Board Administrative Complex Building, at 372 West Duval […]

More On Chicken LDRs

December 22, 2016 Environmental Threats, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture) 2 Comments

OSFR’s leadership in amending the Land Development Regulation’s for Columbia County in regard to industrial agriculture is described in an article by Carl McKinney in the Lake City Reporter today, Dec. 22, 2016. Comments by […]

First Big Step In Changing LDRs

December 21, 2016 SOLUTIONS, County Government Solutions, County Government Threats, Miscellaneous, Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture), Volunteering Leave a Comment

The Planning & Zoning Board of Columbia County, under the wise guidance of Chairman Robert Jordon and the able help of Attorney Joel Foreman, made a recommendation to pass forward the resolution amending the […]

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Special Meeting on Ethics at Columbia County BOCC

Intellectual Dishonesty at the BOCC

“This Dog Won’t Hunt”

Proposed land use ordinance falls 5-0

Charlie Trowbridge Alerts People to Important Commissioner Meeting

Intensive Agriculture Amendment, Lake City Commissioners

More On Chicken LDRs

First Big Step In Changing LDRs

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