GET THE FACTS
Preserve Our Farmland, Richland County
VOTE YES!
On Tuesday, May 5th
To Limit Industrial Solar & Wind

“Any State that has built and relied on WINDMILLS and SOLAR for power are seeing RECORD BREAKING INCREASES IN ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY COSTS. THE SCAM OF THE CENTURY! We will not approve wind or farmer destroying Solar. The days of stupidity are over in the USA!!! MAGA”

President Donald J. Trump
Aug 20, 2025

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115061417084982814

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PLEASE VOTE “YES”
YES!
For Farmland
Preservation
Turning corn fields into solar fields is not smart development.
YES!
For Commonsense
Limits
It is not a total ban. Township Preference.
YES!
To Support Our
Township Trustees
Let our Trustees do their job.
May 5
Primary Ballot
REFERENDUM ON RESOLUTION

(By Petition)
Richland County
A majority affirmative vote is necessary for passage

By Resolution adopted on July 17, 2025, the Richland County Board of Commissioners hereby designates all unincorporated areas of the following townships in Richland County, Ohio as a restricted area for construction of “economically significant wind farms” as defined in ORC 4906.13, “large wind farms” and “large solar facilities” as both are defined in ORC 4906.01:

Blooming grove, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Mifflin, Monroe, Perry, Plymouth, Sharon, Troy, Weller.

Shall the resolution enacting declaring portions of unincorporated areas of Richland County, OH to be restricted areas prohibiting construction of economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar facilities be approved?

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Advisory Committee
Darrell Banks
Richland County Commissioner
Jodie Schumacher
Prosecuting Attorney, Richland County
Jeff Burer
Blooming Grove Township Trustee
David Taylor
Jefferson Township Trustee
Adam Schroeder
Sharon Township Trustee

We encourage you to Vote yes!

Tom Brandt
Madison Township Trustee
John McCarron 

Franklin Township Trustee
Tom Craft
Madison Township Trustee
Brad Orewiler
Springfield Township Trustee
Dale Hulit
Weller Township Trustee
Terry Rhoades
Weller Township Trustee
Michael Keith
Franklin Township Trustee
Ton Vero
Richland County Commissioner
“On Tuesday, May 5,
Vote Yes! To limit
industrial solar & wind.”
Mark Romanchuk
State Senator
Get the Facts on Industrial Solar & Wind
Natural Gas
Solar Farms
NATURAL GAS PLANT:
25-50 ACRES
EQUIVALENT SOLAR FARM:
500-1,000 ACRES
Solar Requires ~20x More Land Than Natural Gas
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/land-use-per-energy-source
Clearing land for construction and the placement of solar installations may have long-term effects on the habitats of native plants and animals.3
China produces 60% of the world’s rare earth metals and processes nearly 90%, giving the country a near monopoly on the resources required for renewable energy sources — including solar power.4
According to a study in the Wildlife Society Bulletin, every year 573,000 birds (including 83,000 raptors) and 888,000 bats are killed by wind turbines. This is likely an underestimate because these estimates were based on 51,630 megawatts of installed wind capacity in the United States in 2012 and wind capacity has grown since then.5
Wind turbine blades as they are currently constructed cannot be recycled. Turbine blades go to the handful of landfills that accept them, where they are interred in stacks that reach 30 feet underground.6
Experts estimate that only about 10% of solar panels are recycled. The rest go to landfills. The International Renewable Energy Agency projects that up to 78 million metric tons of solar panels will have reached the end of their life by 2050.7
Please vote “YES”
YES!
For Farmland
Preservation
Turning corn fields into solar fields is not smart development.
YES!
For Commonsense
Limits
It is not a total ban. Township Preference.
YES!
To Support Our
Township Trustees
Let our Trustees do their job.
On Tuesday, May 5th
Vote YES!
To Limit Industrial Solar & Wind

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