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In his opening argument, Mr. Foote said he expected to prove that the county has no authority to do what it has done; even if it has (the authority), it has no factual evidence to support its decision.

There is a separate issue, he said, on the county’s ability to ban the spreading of sewage sludge on land within an agricultural forestal district: Is this not a bona-fide farming practice that is protected in such districts?

Mr. Foote told Judge Robinson that listening to this case would be “a little bit about like listening to a sermon in French."

“We will be talking about the semisolid byproducts of sewage treatment

See Sludge, Page A-5

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