10-05-2013, 08:11 AM
It all boils down to this for me: First, such a ban is on shaky constitutional ground in terms of whether the county has the right to trump state and federal agricultural regulations. Second, even in the unlikely event such an ordinance is legal, it makes us look foolish, there being no real scientific evidence of harm from GMO. And finally, we have so many more pressing financial, infrastructure, and social needs going unmet in this county that one has to wonder why the hell the council is wasting time on this. It makes no sense at all.