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Mayor Seeking Comments about Backyard Chickens

Mayor Matt Little is running a poll on his Facebook page. He plans to keep the poll open for about a week.

Lakeville Mayor Matt Little wants residents to speak out about an idea he’s hatched up.

On his Facebook page, “Little for Lakeville,” the mayor is conducting a poll that asks this question:

"Would You Like to See Lakeville’s Ordinances Changed to Allow Backyard Chickens?”

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Little, in an emal to Patch, says he plans to keep the poll open for about a week, and “I encourage people to comment.”

Here are results of the poll, as of 10 p.m. Sunday:

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Would You Like to See Lakeville’s Ordinances Changed to Allow Backyard Chickens?”

• Yes, with no restrictions—4 votes

• Yes, with reasonable restrictions—15 votes

• Doesn’t matter to me—4 votes

• No—8 votes

The poll had received six “likes” as of Sunday night.

COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS

Here are some of the comments received thus far:

• A millon times YES! No roosters but yes to chickens.

• Good lord no.

• I'd even like to get rid of some of the "bark all day" backyard dogs.

• The live kind or the barbecue kind?

• NO! If people want farm animals, move to a farm. P.S. Would considering this really be the most valuable use of Lakeville's time and money?

• If you want to work on something useful, consider making your platform breaking up the "police state" that Lakeville has become.

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