5 farmers may face lawsuits Options

[Lancaster Online]

[Nicknack]

Let me guess; Amish or Mennonite? Like when they operate puppy mill's Yeah, they "May face lawsuits", but nothing's gonna come of it.

[terry_l]

If this lawsuit goes through, who benefits from it? Will it go towards the Chesapeake Bay Foundation or go towards this environmental group for who knows what?

My contention has been, if a borough Like Manheim can charge residents to counter polluting the bay in a town upstream this far, why can't they go after the irresponsible farmers and industries who are far more a factor than a family of four...doing exactly what to polute the bay?

[SPAYME]

Bravo to this group. Waiting for the officials to do something about the pollution isn't gonig to work. Not only will the officials not do anything about it they don't even admit to it. A lawsuit is the only thing that works. Once these suits get started, its time to go after the breeders who are allowing the ground to be polluted, their runoff is much worse than that of chickens and other farm animals.

Again bravo, let the suits begin.

[justplainjoe]

why don't they go after the millionaire corporate farmers , those whose massive operations cause far more pollution instead of picking on some plain farmers scratching out a living.

[spaylady]

Bravo to this group. Waiting for the officials to do something about the pollution isn't gonig to work. Not only will the officials not do anything about it they don't even admit to it. A lawsuit is the only thing that works. Once these suits get started, its time to go after the breeders who are allowing the ground to be polluted, their runoff is much worse than that of chickens and other farm animals.

Again bravo, let the suits begin.

I 2nd that bravo . Its about time someone enforced the laws with people who have no concern for the environment; just money.

There are WATER ISSUES they need to pay concern to. In some ways no different than poisoning someone if you let waste run into waterways.

[terry_l]

I 2nd that bravo . Its about time someone enforced the laws with people who have no concern for the environment; just money.

OK, which side are you actually referring to here? Again, who's pockets would be added to if these lawsuits go through? Unless the money goes for the cause they are trying to represent, the intentions don't appear to be genuine. The article leaves that bit of information out.

[spaylady]

OK, which side are you actually referring to here? Again, who's pockets would be added to if these lawsuits go through? Unless the money goes for the cause they are trying to represent, the intentions don't appear to be genuine. The article leaves that bit of information out.

Im against farmers ignoring run off issues, polluting the environment. That costs us more in the end than any lawsuit.

[lanzate]

OK, which side are you actually referring to here? Again, who's pockets would be added to if these lawsuits go through? Unless the money goes for the cause they are trying to represent, the intentions don't appear to be genuine. The article leaves that bit of information out.

No one is getting blood from a dairy farmer now. My guess is that this is more of a threat to get things moving than anything else. There really is a problem, there just seems to be a strong difference of opinion on how we go about fixing it. What is more of a news story is what is happening to a group of farmers south of intercourse on Watson Run. EPA is about to show their hand on what used to be a local and state issue.