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Rush County Farm Bureau Policy Recommendations National Policy *Rush County Farm Bureau supports the federal government balancing the budget with spending cuts. *Rush County Farm Bureau supports Congress passing a long-term Farm Bill in 2013. State Policy *Rush County Farm Bureau is opposed to an outer loop of I-465 that would connect the following Interstates: 69, 70, 74, and 65. *Rush County Farm Bureau supports that farmers with sensitive crops be required to designate fields on “drift watch” for pesticide application. DriftWatch is a national specialty crop site registry. *Rush County Farm Bureau supports that sales tax collected on motor fuels be used exclusively for county road funding instead of going into the state’s general fund. *Rush County Farm Bureau is opposed to a surcharge on metered electric use to make up for a shortfall in funding for E911? (Enhanced 911 is a technology that enables emergency services to identify the location of the caller.) *Rush County Farm Bureau supports the three member County Commissioner form of local government. *Rush County Farm Bureau supports the current seven member County Council form of local government. *Rush County Farm Bureau supports the current Township Trustee form of local government. County Policy *Rush County Farm Bureau supports the right for an existing farm’s continuing operation to take precedence over new rural development and potential new nuisance ordinances. *Rush County Farm Bureau is opposed to city noise and nuisance ordinances being used to regulate rural communities? *Rush County Farm Bureau is opposed to paying higher taxes to make the Rushville Library the Rush County Library? *Rush County Farm Bureau remains neutral to allowing wind turbines to be located in Rush County? *Rush County Farm Bureau supports the three member County Commissioner form of local government. *Rush County Farm Bureau supports the current seven member County Council form of local government. *Rush County Farm Bureau supports the current Township Trustee form of local government.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 19:12:50 +0000

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