Lucas County Board of Elections stymies voting rights of the people of Toledo, Ohio A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from August 28, 2018. TOLEDO, OH: Today, the Lucas County Board of Elections (BOE) voted to keep a Toledo citizen’s initiative entitled The Lake Erie Bill of Rights off the November ballot, despite residents qualifying [...]
No justice in Athens County as residents are denied right to vote on qualified citizen initiative This press release by The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) was published, August 17th, 2018. ATHENS, OHIO: On August 8th, the Fourth District Court of Appeals dismissed the Athens County Bill of Rights Committee’s (ACBORC) appeal to place [...]
The people’s initiative codifies the right to clean water, air, and soil A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from August 6th, 2018. Last week, Columbus City Council approved a citizen initiative entitled the Community Bill of Rights for Water, Soil, and Air Protection and to Prohibit Gas and Oil Extraction and Related Activities [...]
This article by Lauren Sega appeared in the The Columbus Underground, July 3oth, 2018. After two previous attempts, the anti-fracking Columbus Community Bill of Rights (CBR) is one step closer to appearing on the November ballot. Columbus City Council is set to approve the ordinance for the ballot at their meeting on Monday, July 30, before [...]
This 30 minute audio interview with Thomas Linzey was posted on David Swanson's "Lets Try Democracy" website, June 12th, 2018. Thomas Linzey is an attorney and the Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) – a nonprofit law firm that has provided free legal services to over five hundred local governments and [...]
This 15 minute audio interview with Merrily Mazza and Kai Huschka aired on the Jefferson Exchange, and was posted on the Jefferson Public Radio's website, May 22, 2018. It can be listened to HERE. A brief commentary by Community Rights US Media Team member Curt Hubatch: Cliff Willmeng once said of Merrily Mazza, his mother [...]
An update from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from May 21st, 2018. This update was published in the Spring 2018 issue of CELDF's newsletter, The Susquehanna. A landmark legislative session was held this winter in New Hampshire. It marked the first time a Community Rights state constitutional amendment was debated and voted on by a [...]
But not for long: “We are not going to allow what happened in Flint to happen in Youngstown” A Press Release from the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), from May 9, 2018. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO: The battle for clean water in Youngstown, OH, continues unabated following yesterday’s elections. As the Mahoning County Board of Elections (BOE) refuses [...]
This Op-ed by Monica Christofili appeared on Fosters.com, May 7th, 2018. Newmarket, a small town in New Hampshire, is looking to join 11 other New Hampshire towns in adopting a rights-based ordinance. They've discovered the structure of law they live under is set up to protect neither them nor the landbase they live and depend [...]
Dedicated to family, friends, the planet and Community Rights A dedication to a local leader that did extraordinary work in their community by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, from March 27, 2018. The Ohio Community Rights Network (OHCRN), the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), family, friends, and community members across Ohio are mourning the passing of Dick McGinn. [...]
