Tavares, FL - Wed., March 27, 2013
To: Local Lake County Elected Officials and Press:
If you have not learned much about the United Nations Agenda 21 “Sustainable Development” Initiative, below is a new publication by one of the best speakers I have seen on Agenda 21, John Anthony, from www.Sustainable Freedom Lab.org . (Scroll down to see his overview and links)
Agenda 21 is a well documented stealth plan by socialists (like
Obama) to move the US and other countries to socialism and includes
reduction of property rights and reduction of liberties defined In the US
Constitution. You can find Agenda 21 elements in most County
& City Comprehensive Land Use plans because most “planners” were educated
by Agenda 21 programs on how to implement land use restrictions (that reduce
property values). You can also find Agenda 21 Education initiatives
in the new Common Core Education Standards defined by the Federal Government.
Thus I recommend all elected officials and members of the press download and read John Anthony’s booklet “Help Public Officials Recognize Agenda 21”.
I also recommend you sign up for his emails. Anthony also has videos of his presentations before various elected official groups in the North East.
Additionally, here is a link to the local Orlando Coalition for Property Rights page on Agenda 21
http://proprights.com/agenda-21
And here is a video I made of a recent presentation by their Executive Director Dan Peterson on Agenda 21 and property rights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T92EvR5UGPs (Read the “About” section to learn best way to view the video since it is so dark).
My own fact sheet on Agenda 21 is at www.tinyurl.com/HaltAgenda21
Scroll down to read an overview of John Anthony's booklet and links to download it.
Vance Jochim
Lake County Fiscal Rangers
Chief Fiscal Watchdog
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Tavares, FL 32778
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Overview from John Anthony of his new Agenda 21 booklet for Elected officials
To elected officials and the press,
Across America, state and local officials are writing bills and resolutions to protect citizen's from Agenda 21's policies. Because many people do not recognize Agenda 21 in action, property owners still remain at risk.
To help officials recognize Agenda 21's footprint, SFL (Sustainable Freedom Labs) created a document in a Q&A format that answers:
- How do I know Agenda 21 exists in the U.S.?
- What does Agenda 21 have to do with sustainable development?
- What is wrong with the Brundtland Commission's definition of sustainable development?
- How do I know the UN's sustainable development is the same one in our community?
- I thought sustainable development is good, what makes you think it is so bad?
- How can something like this happen in America?
- How will I recognize Agenda 21?
The document has a lot more information for community members and officials, including a brief history of Agenda 21 and actions to take to have safe planning without top-down intervention.
You can download the complete document, "Help Public Officials Recognize Agenda 21."
Here is an excerpt to cut, paste and share:
5 Ways Agenda 21 Enters Your Community
Grant monies:
- Grants issued in conjunction with government 'sustainability initiatives' contain stipulations or implementation practices that are the primary doorway for Agenda 21/sustainable development to enter your community. These stipulations often require no growth boundaries, income integration through low-income housing demands, reduced vehicle usage, healthy cities, livability principles and other forms of social engineering.
- Other grants issued by non-profit groups such as the Packard, Pew or Carnegie Foundations, frequently promote Agenda 21. Often this happens when HUD or some other federal agency funds the foundation with the money they in turn offer as a sustainability-related grant.
Non-governmental organizations:
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) including ICLEI, the Nature Conservancy, American Farmland Trust and the American Planning Association have close ties to HUD-EPA-DOT sustainability initiatives and promote Agenda 21 through their regional and community work, conservation easements and funding.
Federal agencies:
- Federal agency Acts including the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Endangered Species Act have so expanded, that individual's rights are losing way to unfounded and often exaggerated endangerment findings. The solutions to their findings invariably require fines, taxes, property rights' infringements or the outright transfer of private lands to the government.
- Preservation programs, National Parks, Historic Places and Byways, Heritage Sites and Legacy Forest programs have exceeded prudent land and species' protection and are now confiscating massive quantities of the U.S. land mass in alignment with Agenda 21 principles.
The planning process:
- Planners' surveys - contain unfair questions that do not express all of resident's options
- Consensus meetings - are conducted in ways that elicit responses that support the planner's goals rather than genuine community desires
- Visioning sessions- may be over-conducted to the point that the vision belongs to the facilitator and only appears to be that of the community.
- Stakeholder meetings - can produce misleading results when the stakeholders do not represent the average community member. Frequently the "stakeholders" have a financial or ideological interest in implementing the plan.
- Zoning regulations - originating with the American Planning Association (and others,) contains language that establishes the legal framework to implement Agenda 21 in communities. HUD, other federal agencies and firms such as Siemens funded the development of the APA's Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook, 2nd ed. These supporters all have a stake in Agenda 21's implementation.
- Conservation easements - often contain undiscussed clauses that severely restrict property owners' rights, reduce property values and favor the land trust for future contract changes.
Regionalism:
- Regional councils replace much of the local officials' authority with unelected boardmembers.
- As the regional council matures, local rule diminishes, leaving citizens with more distant and reduced representation.
- Once a region is formed, the ability to oppose sustainable development is limited.
- Generally, when the regional council accepts grant monies, all tethered communities are bound by the grant stipulations.
- Regional planning often includes tax base sharing which promotes wealth transfer by forcing community members to pay for services in other locations.
- Regional planning often includes "no growth boundaries" that force housing into urban and inner ring suburban areas. This reduces homebuyers' choices and artificially inflates the value of some properties, while reducing it for others.
Download the full document, "Help Public Officials Recognize Agenda 21."
Helping you fight back,
John
Sustainable Freedom Lab
