Issue Position: Constitutional Amendment for Statewide Ballot Initiatives

Issue Position

Kansas recently passed a law that allows chicken houses to be developed within 100 feet of a neighbor's property. The law is being opposed by the people of Tonganoxie because the people of Tongie do not want Tyson to build a chicken farm in their city or surrounding cities. The negative health and environmental consequences outweigh the economic benefits. If the law passes, a giant corporation would be allowed to raise 300,000 chickens within 100 feet of a neighbor's property line. Tyson has yet to properly demonstrate they are capable of containing the amount of pollution generated from raising that many chickens in one area. The people of Kansas have the right to petition its government if the politicians are not governing in the best interest of the people!

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