For over six years, Oklahoma Attorney Drew Edmondson has obsessively and relentlessly pursued Arkansas Chicken companies and farmers, alledging that the chicken "litter" being used in the area is sufficient to classify as solid waste, and is in sufficient volumes to poison streams and well-water used by Oklahoma Humans.

Edmondson's methods of gathering evidence for his lawsuit have been questionable, at times, extending to alledgedly trespassing on private property, having using fake FBI agents to intimidate poultry farmers, and trying to intimidate those who have reported on the lawsuit in a way that was unflattering to the Attorney General's Office. OKPNS has covered the story extensively - view the archive here.

The Arkansas Poulty industry alledges that it is merely being targeted by greedy Oklahoma attornies because of the amount of money it makes.

Beginning today, both will have their day in court, and perhaps in the near future, we will once and for all determine how much Arkansas chicken feces is safe for Oklahomans to drink and bathe in, and whether or not the end justifies the means, or the means justifies the end when it comes to governmental regulation.

Also see: The Morning News: Poultry Growers, Companies Say Lawsuit Could Hurt Livelihoods

Labels: Drew Edmondson, Poultry Lawsuit

Posted at 2/19/2008 08:12:00 AM