WHITE CITY — A regulation that has ruffled the feathers of local residents because it bans chickens, goats and other farm animals in backyards could get axed or modified by Jackson County commissioners.
"This whole valley is up in arms about it," said Lori Hutson, who received a notice of violation on Oct. 26 about her two dozen chickens off Antelope Road.
Hutson appealed this week to Commissioner C.W. Smith, who assured her the county would take a crack at resolving the issue and would discuss it at an upcoming meeting, maybe as early as this week.
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Residents, who have fallen on hard times and depend on the eggs to make ends meet, wonder why they are being singled out, pointing to many other neighbors who have an assortment of rabbits, chickens, geese and goats.
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