Stopping Corporate Interference in Local Government
January 13, 2003 Issue
By Erica Sagrans, Utne.com
On December 23, Utne Web Watch reported on the action taken by Porter Township, Pennsylvania, to become the first town in the U.S. to ban corporate interference in their local governmental processes. Township officials passed a binding law stripping corporations of their civil and constitutional “rights,” privileges that have traditionally been used to override the proceedings of local government decision-making.
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But Porter Township is not alone, as individuals and groups all over the country are actively organizing against corporate personhood. Below are resources providing information on understanding corporate personhood and its relationship to local governance, examples of groups educating around these issues, and ways you can work to stop corporate involvement in your town’s government:
--Erica Sagrans