This article by David Skolnick originally appeared on Vindy.com, August 11th, 2017. A vote from the Mahoning County Board of Elections to keep a Youngstown anti-fracking charter amendment off the Nov. 7 ballot isn’t going to happen for a few more weeks. MORE...
This article by David Skolnick originally appeared on Vindy.com, August 8, 2017. A committee seeking to change how elections are run in Youngstown turned in petitions to the city clerk to get the measure in front of voters in November. MORE...http://www.vindy.com/news/2017/aug/08/by-david-skolnick/?print
This article by Rural America In These Times originally appeared in Rural America In These Times, August 8, 2017. In their seventh attempt to put an end to the environmental threats the oil and gas industry pose to their land, water and right to self-governance, a community rights group in Youngstown, Ohio, is attempting to amend [...]
This article by David DeWitt originally appeared in The Athens News, August 2, 2017 A group proposing a charter for Athens County has filed a protest with the Ohio Secretary of State against the local elections board’s rejection of the charter for the ballot, a move that a local judge upheld. MORE...
This article by the Bowling Green Climate Protectors originally appeared in the BG Independent News, July 31, 2017. On Monday July 31, representatives of Bowling Green Climate Protectors (BGCP) charter amendment group submitted a ballot initiative to the City of Bowling Green. In total, 1,231 signatures were turned in; 714 valid signatures are required to get the issue on the November ballot. Following ORC-731.28, once [...]
This article by David DeWitt originally appeared in the Athens News, July 26, 2017. Athens Common Pleas Court Judge George McCarthy reversed part of his decision regarding a proposed county charter initiative, ruling that the proposal did in fact have enough valid signatures. MORE...
This letter to the editor by Robin Kocher originally appeared in the Akron Beacon Journal, July 22, 2017. I raise my cup to you — those who are making money from the oil and gas industry, particularly the Nexus pipeline — the ones “infringing on the rights of others.” Enjoy your good life — for [...]
This original article by Lane County Community Rights appeared in The News Guard June 22, 2017. A day after the vote was certified that the voters of Lincoln County had adopted Measure 21-177 - ban on aerial spray of pesticides to protect health rights - a lawsuit was filed challenging the people’s will. The original complaint, [...]
Grant Township, Pennsylvania, population 741, has became the front line of a radical new environmental movement – and they're not backing down. Rolling Stone magazine's first-ever major story about the Community Rights movement, with a focus on the courageous residents of Grant Township, Pennsylvania, who are continuing to make national history as they defend their right to [...]
This story appeared on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB). Voters in Coos County said ‘no’ Tuesday to a measure that could have blocked a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline. The results are too close to call for a Lincoln County measure banning aerial pesticide spraying. These Oregon measures stem from the broader “community rights” [...]