One industry that’s growing in Pennsylvania: hog farming. 2018 has been a record year for the number of hogs produced in the state. But for some communities that’s not good news. In one Pennsylvania town, residents are trying to keep a new hog farm out. This article by Julie Grant appeared in The Allegheny Front, July 20th, [...]
Stopping the Martin Marietta gravel mine, the expansion of Gross Dam, and ending fossil fuel extraction by a direct fight against corporate power. This blog post by Cliff Willmeng appeared on the Willmeng For Boulder County Commissioner website, July 17, 2018. All of these projects share a conflict regarding local authority nearly identical to the [...]
This article by Mitch Perry appeared in the Florida Phoenix, July 17, 2018. Brief commentary by Community Rights US media team member Curt Hubatch: One of the components of the Community Right's strategy is to exercise our inalienable right to local, community self-government in the places we live and want to protect. Over 200 communities across [...]
This 42 minute interview with Community Rights attorney and leader Thomas Linzey was posted on WKNY Radio Kingston's website, July 15th, 2018. It can be downloaded and listened to HERE. Brief commentary by Community Rights media team member Curt Hubatch: I listened to this interview while delivering mail in rural northwestern Wisconsin the other day. [...]
This editorial by The Inquirer Editorial Board appeared in said paper, July 11th, 2018. A brief commentary by Community Rights US Media Team member Curt Hubatch: It is said that if "the state" is going to exercise state preemption the issue at hand must be of state-wide concern, and it must protect, rather than violate, [...]
This article by David Dayen appeared in The Intercept, June 2nd, 2018. A brief commentary by Community Rights US founder and director Paul Cienfuegos: Many progressives assume that it’s those damn Republican-controlled state legislatures that keep passing one new preemptive law after another to stop local governments from protecting their community’s health, safety and welfare. [...]
A leading expert said tensions have never been higher between the different levels of government, thanks in part to preemptive legislation in various policy areas. This article by Chris Teale appeared in Smart Cities Dive, July 2nd, 2018. At a Washington, DC event in May, Harvard Kennedy School professor and former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith [...]
An original essay by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) posted on June 29th, 2018. When the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776, it was the work of many hands. Thomas Jefferson gets the credit, but the people of more than ninety towns and counties throughout the colonies had sent instructions [...]
The state's highest civil court has ruled that Laredo's ban on plastic bags violates state law. This article by Emma Platoff appeared in the Texas Tribune, June 22nd, 2018. Brief commentary by Community Rights US Media Team member Curt Hubatch: One sentence in the last paragraph of this article caught my attention and really spoke [...]
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 [...]
