This story about the fight for democracy in Ohio was recently published by The Community Environmental Legal Defense fund (CELDF) on their website.
“Let us vote! Let us vote!” members of the Columbus Community Bill of Rights organization chant outside county offices and their state courthouse. “Let us vote!”
“It’s crystal clear that not only do we have a water problem. We also have a democracy problem,” says Lynn Anderson with the Youngstown Bill of Rights Committee.
“Democracy is being denied!” insists Kathie Jones with Sustainable Medina County.
These champions, and others like them across Ohio who are working in partnership with CELDF, have encountered the same roadblock to asserting Community Rights. Call it the “BOR vs BOE Dilemma.” MORE…