The Lake Erie Bill of Rights, or "LEBOR" ballot initiative didn’t get very far after it was passed by Toledo voters in 2019, thanks to the fast action of Wood County farmers Mark Drewes. Drewes filed a lawsuit to thwart the attempt to give legal rights to Lake Erie and give Toledoans authority to sue farmers on behalf of the lake. The result of Drewes’ lawsuit was a U.S. District Court judge ruling, decisively, that LEBOR was invalid. This week on Our Ohio Weekly we will get a behind the scenes look at the case and what its result means for Ohio farmers.
Guests - Leah Curtis, policy counsel for Ohio Farm Bureau
Tom Fusonie, an attorney with the law firm Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease