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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

Bev:
> http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/23/chicken.ordinance.ap/index.html

Ironic that NW Arkansas is mostly very rural and that is the kingdom 
of Tyson territory.

The city council vote was 8-0. It doesn't sound like there is any 
Tyson vs. Little People connection, but the city council vote was 8-0 
in favor of the limitation to four hens and zero roosters.

"I mean, I'm a native of northwest Arkansas, and I'm accustomed to 
hearing a rooster crowing in the middle of the night, and it doesn't 
bother me," [city council member] Wright said. "But it's something 
that to a lot of people moving in here from other areas and not being 
used to having that ... I think it was more of a concern for them."