Gardening rights bill now being considered in House
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 5:31pm
Submitted by Letters to the ...
Submitted by Letters to the ...
Last week House Bill 853 was introduced in the General Assembly.
It states: No county, municipality, consolidated government, or local government authority shall prohibit or require any permit for the growing or raising of food crops or chickens or rabbits in home gardens, coops, or pens on private residential property so long as such food crops or animals or the products thereof are used for human consumption by the occupant of such property and members of his or her household and not for commercial purposes.
This is a victory for the thousands of people in Georgia that have had their constitutional rights stripped away in the name of progress.
However, this is only the first step. This bill is in committee and needs our support to move it along.
Please contact your legislators and the members of the Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee and tell them that you want your rights back.
There is a website set up to help in this cause: www.gafoodrights.org.
Joseph Pond
Marietta, Ga.
Sat, 02/18/2012 - 3:51pm
#2
I'm surprised that nobody
I'm surprised that nobody thought to provide intelligent response to the opinion piece. Instead, someone hijacked it with some anti-Obama rant, and a couple others crack jokes.
I think it's a legitimate issue. Many of the subdivisions in PTC don't allow vegetable gardens. This is wrong. There is no reason to prohibit people from growing their own food.
There are places that don't allow people to collect rainwater either.
Just more government control.
Wed, 02/15/2012 - 9:07pm
#3
Quote of the day
“The fact that we are here today to debate raising America 's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America 's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, ‘the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.”
~ Senator Barack Hussein Obama, March 2006
Thu, 02/16/2012 - 3:01pm
#4
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Tue, 02/14/2012 - 9:52pm
#5
Gardening rights bill now being considered.....
in the House.
What the.......!!!!! Are they serious????
Tue, 02/14/2012 - 10:03pm
#6
Finally....!
The chickens have come home to roost......we're saved, we can now grow our own food without government interference. Oh, it hasn't passed yet. Never mind.
Tue, 02/14/2012 - 10:07pm
#7
The chickens have come home....
to roost. Now where have I heard that before. Oh, never mind.
...Should my neighbor allow those future pork chops, goats, rabbits, or chickens to get into my collard patch, I may be forced to enlist Ninja for collard guard..