Maine town votes to ban GMO's

[formercia]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/03/27/waldo_county_town_votes_to_ban_gmos/

Waldo County town votes to ban GMOs

March 27, 2006

MONTVILLE, Maine --Residents have voted to include a ban of genetically engineered seeds in the town's land use ordinances.

At their annual town meeting on Saturday, residents gave overwhelming approval to a resolution that declared that the town would commit to banning genetically modified organisms, or GMO's, and develop land-use ordinances to support the policy. The policy will be included in the town's comprehensive plan.

It is thought to be the first time that a Maine town has agreed to ban GMO's in its land use ordinances. Voters in Brooklin last year passed a resolution to voluntarily declare the town a GMO-free zone.

Kai George, a supporter of the Montville resolution, called the vote a "landmark decision for Maine."

[LaurenG]

1. Yay, Good going MONTVILLE, Maine !!

Monsanto will NOT be happy should that catch on in every city in the US!

[formercia]

2. I'm sure Monsanto will contest this.

I hope they lose.

[Peace Patriot]

3. This is WHY the Bush junta took away our right to vote--with the

installation of private, corporate vote tabulation during the 2001-2004 period. (Two rightwing Bushite corporations, Diebold and ES&S, 'counted' 80% of the nation's votes in 2004, using 'TRADE SECRET,' PROPRIETARY programming code, with virtually no audit/recount controls--an election system brought to you by the two biggest crooks in Congress, Tom Delay and Bob Ney, with their $4 billion "Help America Vote Act" electronic voting boondoggle.) The majority of Americans have a lot of common sense, and are overwhelmingly progressive in their views. (Read the issue polls!) So, in order to PREVENT the American majority from implementing smart, progressive policy, including the regulation and even the dismantling of US-based global corporate predators like Monsanto, they had to gain direct control over what candidates get nominated for high political office and who wins, as well as direct control over the initiative/referendum process.

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Some resources for American Revolution II:


www.votersunite.org (MythBreakers - easy primer on electronic voting--one of the myths is that HAVA requires electronic voting; it does not.)
www.verfiedvoting.org (great activist site)
www.votetrustusa.org (news of this great movement from around the country)
www.UScountvotes.org (statistical monitoring of '06 and '08 elections)
www.solarbus.org/election/index.shtml (fab compendium of all election info)
www.freepress.org (devoted to election reform)
www.bradblog.com (also great, and devoted to election reform)
www.TruthIsAll.net (analysis of the 2004 election)* :patriot: :applause: :patriot:
Sign the petition (Russ Holt, HR 550, great bill-has 169 sponsors). http://www.rushholt.com/petition.html
www.votepa.us (well-organized local group of citizen activists in Pennsylvania, where important legal issues are at stake, including state's rights over election systems)

www.debrabowen.com (Calif Senator running for Sec of State to reform election system)
www.johnbonifaz.com (running for Massachusetts Sec of State on strong election reform and antiwar platform)

*Some tributes to TruthIsAll, who is very ill:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x417007
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x417231
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x675477

Breaking news:

California voters sue the state over Diebold:
www.VoterAction.org--just announced--is suing the state of California and 18 Calif county registrars on behalf of 25 California voter/plaintiffs, on the illegal Diebold "certification" by Schwarzenegger appointee Bruce McPherson.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2180496

Maryland rejects Diebold:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x418263

Florida - anti-trust accusations against Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2183630
http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBKSY8W8LE.html

Also of interest:

Bob Koehler (-- four recent election reform initiatives in Ohio, predicted to win by 60/40 votes, flipped over, on election day, into 60/40 LOSSES!--the biggest flipover we've seen yet; the election theft machines and their masters are now dictating election policy!)
www.tmsfeatures.com/tmsfeatures/subcategory.jsp?file=20051124ctnbk-a.txt&catid=1824&code=ctnbk

Bob Koehler's latest: "Take this box and stuff it" (3/16/06)
http://commonwonders.com/archives/col337.htm

Amaryllis (Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia lavish lobbying of election officials - Beverly Hilton, Aug. '05)
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x380340

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Throw Diebold, ES&S and ALL election theft machines into 'Boston Harbor' NOW!

:think: :patriot: :woohoo: :patriot: :think:

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"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it." --Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence

[texpatriot2004]

4. Awesome! Glad to hear this. What a good idea. Screw Monsanto

Go Maine!

[Sinistrous]

5. Oh Goody. Now all they have to do is define "genetically modified".

FYI: Every hybridized plant is "genetically modified". So there goes nearly every type of grain, vegetable, and fruit available. Sure is going to make for a very strange diet up there.

Or, is it that these people don't know what they are talking about.

Sinistrous

[Odin2005]

6. Eactly, be against the companies that ABUSE the technology...

...not the technology itself.