Petition
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When in the course of "business as usual," it becomes obvious that a certain few, in the guise of the corporation, have been afforded legal privileges beyond those of the people affected by their actions, a basic level of self-respect demands that those people declare the tyranny of the corporation at an end.
I agree that Santa Fe County should adopt the Democratic Self-Government Ordinance Prohibiting Corporate Mining and Chemical Trespass, a summary of which follows.
THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE CITIZENS AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF SANTA FE COUNTY.
IT WOULD:
- BAN CORPORATIONS FROM ENGAGING IN MINING, INCLUDING OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT, WITHIN THE COUNTY;
- BAN CORPORATE OWNERSHIP OF LAND AND MINERAL ESTATES USED FOR MINING WITHIN THE COUNTY;
- BAN PERSONS FROM USING CORPORATIONS TO ENGAGE IN MINING;
- PROHIBIT CHEMICAL AND RADIOACTIVE BODILY TRESPASS (POISONING) AND SIMILAR POISONING OF THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY;
- ESTABLISH STRICT LIABILITY AND BURDEN OF PROOF STANDARDS FOR CORPORATE CHEMICAL AND RADIANT TRESPASS;
- BAN THE EXERCISE OF CERTAIN POWERS AND PRIVILEGES BY MINING CORPORATIONS AND REMOVE LEGAL CLAIMS THAT CORPORATIONS HAVE GREATER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS THAN HUMAN BEINGS WITHIN THE COUNTY;
- RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE, ECOSYSTEMS AND NATURAL COMMUNITIES;
- PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE RIGHTS;
- RECOGNIZE AND ASSERT THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF SELF-GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY SELF-DETERMINATION BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY IN THE PLACE WHERE THEY LIVE AND NOT VICARIOUSLY THROUGH THE STATE;
- MAKE CORPORATIONS SUBORDINATE TO THE PEOPLE OF SANTA FE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAT HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO REPRESENT THEM.