The Humboldt, Iowa newspaper (The Humboldt Indpendent) is running a poll on its web page (www.humboldtnews.com) asking if people think the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors should enact a 1-year moratorium on factory farms.  Anyone who visits the web page can vote.  So far, very few people even know about the poll, except Farm Bureau members and factory farm supporters who have been voting.  The poll results show that 79% of the poll respondents do not want a moratorium!  This is totally unbelievable, given the local sentiment against factory farms.We're asking you to consider voting in the poll.

To do this, go to the web page and then scroll down to the lower left hand corner -- you'll see the poll there.  You can vote and then submit your vote.

Our Humboldt chapter has met with the Board of Health to push for the moratorium, and will meet again with the Health Board on April 11th.  When we first met with the Health Board (at 7 a.m.) on March 13th, we outnumbered Farm Bureau members almost 8 to 1.  We had 23 people at the meeting; FB had 3.  We've been told that the paper's poll is a way for FB to shoot us down before we get to the Supervisors.  The paper has a long history of supporting local farm factory proponents.  Please cast your vote in the poll.

Let us know if you have any questions or trouble getting to the web page. Thanks!

Kari Cobler,
Iowa CCI
2001 Forest Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311
515/282-0484
515/283-0031 fax
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