A judge has found that two members of the Missouri Clean Water Commission violated their duty to be impartial while considering a proposed large hog breeding operation in mid-Missouri.
The Columbia Daily Tribune (http://bit.ly/2akEPmi ) reports that Chairman Todd Parnell of Springfield and member Ashley McCarty of Novinger won't be able to take part in discussions or votes on the Callaway Farrowing permit under Tuesday's ruling.
Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green found that the two members sought information outside the legal record during a March 2015 tour of hog operations in Callaway County.
Green wrote that during the tour, Parnell asked questions comparing the farms being visited to the Callaway Farrowing operation. McCarty drove by the Callaway Farrowing property in her own vehicle.
