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Are Regional Planning Commissioners the New Ruling Political Class?

Not until the late 1890’s did Socialist-led workers attain voting rights in “advanced” European countries.

NH settlers had already declared themselves the independent nation of the Indian Stream Republic in the 1800’s. They established a constitution, a bicameral legislature, courts, laws and a militia.

Frost said the glorious bards of Massachusetts want to make the people of NH over. He said he chose to be a plain New Hampshire farmer. When he rejected “New Deal” programs, saying farming and banking don’t mix, he was called a “reactionary” by the leftists at Harvard. Frost called them “Sapheads”.

I wonder what he’d call the Regional Planning Commission (RPC) which imposes an additional layer of government over the people of NH with board members who are unelected and unaccountable to the people.

Maybe he’d say they were the new Ruling Political Class?

It certainly is applicable, because nothing they do is from the people of NH nor is it grassroots; as with Saul Alinsky, a Marxist community organizer, all that matters is the illusion of democracy.

Jeffrey Taylor, a former Regional Planning Commissioner and former director of the Office of State Planning, received “grant” money from the Tillotson Trust to prepare the Land Use Regulation and Policy Audit for Lancaster, NH. He wrote an article titled “Shaping the Future” published by the NH Historical Society and Society for the Protection of NH Forest.

In the article, Taylor describes how difficult it was for planners to convince citizens at local Town Meetings to adopt planning and zoning in New Hampshire. He said:

“How many have stood before their town meeting and urged, in relative isolation, that the town adopt a zoning ordinance, or join the regional planning commission? I have a friend who has participated as a volunteer on his local and regional planning commissions for many years. One of his first jobs in the 1950’s was to visit towns in the northern part of the state to explain the planning process. Before speaking to a local service club he was approached by a member of the community and advised in no uncertain terms that it would be appropriate for him to catch laryngitis, leave town, and never return to discuss this zoning business. To his credit, my friend gave his speech, and many others.”

“It is the zoning and regulatory system that we have in place that has produced the built environment that frequently has so little to do with our stated goals and objectives. While master plans speak of preserving our communities’ rural character, we slice the landscape up in three, four, and five-acre lots; the beautiful compact village centers of Walpole, Amherst, Sandwich and others would be unbuildable under most current local ordinances. Something is wrong here. If the process won’t produce the products we desire, it is time to revisit the process.”

According to Taylor, the planners used urban planning models for New Hampshire’s rural landscape:

“The bulk of New Hampshire’s local land use regulations reflects an urban origin. We have taken urban models and transferred them to the rural landscape. This was a necessary first step. It was a model that my friend could take to the service club up north in the 1950’s and have them understand, if not accept. They have served us well, to a point. It is time to move on.”

There’s no mention of the people’s goals and objectives, just those of the planners!

If the unelected planners didn’t get paid, they just might take Taylor’s advice and move on and out of NH.

Town Uses Agenda 21 Zoning Laws to Ban Dairy Goats

Small farmers beware…

A Massachusetts couple engaged in a battle to keep their dairy goats since 2006 will be taking their case to a federal judge this month. Alan and Susan Griffin allege that the town has been violating their civil rights and discriminating against them, and they are seeking to block the town from removing their goats, plus $2 million in damages including compensation for mental anguish and emotional problems.


Ben Swann has the story of what happened to one couple in Massachusetts.

NH’s RPCs Plan to Lobby for Legislation

The RPCs have expressed the desire to start lobbying for legislation that will give them more power and authority and help them enforce HUD’s vision on our local townships.

An example of enabling legislation, which passed with some of the original language taken out, was SB 11.

SB 11 was sponsored by Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Prescott, Dist 23; Rep. Abrami, Rock 19; Rep. Copeland, Rock 19; Rep. Schlachman, Rock 18; Rep. Flockhart, Rock 18; Rep. Lovejoy, Rock 36 who represent Exeter and Stratham.

The first question that comes to mind is, why would Exeter and Stratham need this legislation which “permits municipalities to establish water and/or sewer utility districts and to enter into intermunicipal agreements for the establishment of such districts” considering that the Merrimack Valley Water District has been in existence since 2004 by virtue of RSA Statutes: Chapter 53-A, Chapter 33-B, Chapter 38, and Chapter 362? The towns of Bedford, Pelham, Litchfield, Londonderry, Amherst, Pittsfield, and Nashua are members.

It didn’t take long for this entity to try to usurp property rights from its member towns. In 2005 we saw then Representative Michael Scanlon (R) from Bedford (and then-Chairman of the Water District) file this bill: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2005/HB0572.html

HB 572 could have had dire consequences for homeowners. HB 572 would have allowed the “Merrimack Valley Regional Water District” to take control of the private wells of the residents of these towns by eminent domain.

There is language in the SB 11 that states that by virtue of the general court, water would be “determined” and “declared” a “public” resource — does this mean the state would own all the water in NH, including the water under private property?

The bill also allows for the right of the water “district” to tax property owners within the district. Which property owners might these be? ALL property owners in the district or just those who are hooked into any water processing and waste water treatment plants that might be built?

And what would keep this “district” from levying a tax on homeowners, assessed by the amount of water that runs off impervious surfaces such as roofs, driveways, and walkways as was just done in Rhode Island?

Just as the newly revived Regional Planning Commissions have been viewed as a threat to some property rights, Regional Water Districts seem to be yet another layer of bureaucracy that would add to that threat.

Governor Lynch by executive order, created a WSC in 2011. The WSC recently completed a report that mentions these goals: “review and revise zoning and permitting laws, enable legislation for regional cooperation and cost sharing, involve the federal government, and consider “international” trade agreements”.

And look at this section on Storm Water Utilities – do you smell new taxes here?

“A storm water utility generates funding through user fees that are typically based on the impervious surfaces (e.g., roofs, roads, driveways, parking lots) of each property within the storm water utility district. Storm water utilities are similar to the dedicated municipal funds for public water and sewer utilities. The funding from storm water utilities can be used for catch basin cleaning, street sweeping, storm water infrastructure upgrades, and a variety of other storm water management activities, in addition to the administrative costs of running a storm water program.”

From the WSC Report to Governor Lynch they included feedback:

I wish to respond to the Commission’s request for public comments on its work before issuing a final report. My comments apply to privately-owned wells on privately-owned property used for residential purposes. First, should a recommendation be made that would involve state regulation of, or indeed a state interest in, (a) the amount of use, (b) the timing of use or (c) the purpose of use of water in a private well used for residential purposes, it would be impinging on what most folks in this state view as a basic property right. Many would view it as a “taking” under the eminent domain power. Executive branch implementation of the recommendation would not be tolerated and would no doubt be countermanded by legislative action. Second, a recommendation that private residential well water is somehow a state resource to be used or managed in the interest of all of the state’s residents would be regarded similarly. Third, a recommendation that municipalities establish water- use policies for private residential wells or join with other communities for such regulations would be regarded similarly. No comparable objection would be made to such a recommendation made with respect to public water supplies. New Hampshire is the “live free or die” state. I urge the Commission to tread lightly.

Neal Kurk, Weare

See all feedback here: http://www.nh.gov/water-sustainability/publications/documents/public-comments.pdf

Bikes Before People – An Update

A bike path 7 feet from their front door — and the government coldly says: “They should be grateful they have 2 feet!”

From APC’s Tom DeWeese:

Government is out of control. Taking land and leaving homeowners in the rubble. “Have a nice day!” That’s their attitude.

Jennie Granato is a tax-paying citizen of Montgomery County, Ohio. She and her family own a 165-year-old historic house and farm just outside of Dayton. They’ve lived there forty years. On July 31, Jennie’s front yard was demolished – thanks to local, county and planning commission bureaucrats!

The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) has begun seizing people’s private property for its latest “essential” project – a $5-million bike path extension!

It has seized almost all of Jennie’s front lawn. The bike path will come within just a few feet of her front door!

Jennie and her family tried for over a year to negotiate and reason with this unelected planning commission.

The county and its appraisers kept stalling, saying they wanted a meeting with Jennie, even as they ignored her pleas and offered just a pittance for taking her front yard.

Now with the bike path running just 7 feet from her door and the front yard destroyed – the house it literally worthless. Who would buy it?

And when some friends of Jennie’s asked one of the Planning Commission members how he would like it if this happened to his house – he said “they should be grateful they have two feet.”

She should be grateful the government allows her to live in the house – even though their quality of life and their life long investment is destroyed!!!!!!

Is this what our government has come to?

Is this what you think government’s proper role should be?

But this tragic story gets even worse.

On the day the bulldozers suddenly showed up and started ripping out the trees and hedge in the front yard, Jennie’s 85-year old mother walked out into the yard to see what was happening.

Suddenly she saw the bulldozer rip out her favorite Magnolia tree. The tree she sat under in her swing on many a happy summer night.

Now it too was gone. Her front yard was in a shambles.

Jennie’s mom became so upset, she suffered a heart attack and died. Right then. Right there in her beloved yard.

And the government said – “not our fault.” It says it was just promoting the “public welfare” of the private “stakeholders” and pressure groups it works with.

That too has become far too common. The government and these groups want more and more control over our lives, more power to tell us what we can and cannot do with our private property and lives.

But they accept no accountability, responsibility or liability when their actions hurt … or even kill … someone – or when they destroy the property values, peace and integrity of a home.

The MVRPC is an unelected regional government force driven by federal Sustainable Development grant money. It never faces voters over its actions or positions of seemingly unbridled power. It simply deals with other government agencies – local, state and federal – and with private groups like the American Planning Association, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, and a hoard of other organizations that represent faux “conservation and environmental” interests whose real motivation is money, and the power to control our lives.

With the assistance of Federal and State grant programs and willing politicians, who see another way to build their own power and get elected over and over, they rule over us like unaccountable dictators. It’s the same story in nearly every community in our nation.

Neither Jennie nor any of her neighbors voted to institute the agency or its policies.

There was no vote for this bike path.

There was no referendum on the ballot to approve this project or the spending of their tax dollars.

Yet the MVRPC imposed itself on privately owned property, giving the owner no say in the matter and giving her a pittance in exchange for the land it is taking away. Soon, strangers on bikes will be crossing her land, passing within seven feet of her front door. And she fears there is nothing she can do about it.

How does she secure her home? How can she ever hope to sell it? Who will compensate her for the loss of value, now that her once lovely and private front lawn is gone? Certainly not the MVRPC.

The American Policy Center has warned Americans over and over about the dangers of this fraud called “Sustainable Development” – and the enforcement of top-down control through non-elected boards and regional governments. Here is that reality, in all of its outrageous raw power.

I was in Dayton just days before the bull dozers arrived on Jennie’s property.

I met with Jennie and connected her to local property rights activists and concerned citizens. And I issued a nationwide Sledgehammer Action Alert to build a groundswell of support for Jennie.

The news medial has taken note of her plight. She has been interviewed by national publications and radio and television.

As a result, these unelected and cold hearted members of the MVRPC and other officials are now feeling the heat.

Jennie’s neighbors, property rights activists and Tea Party leaders are joining forces to support her fight to stop this outrage. They have gathered at the property, to protest and take the issue to the news media – and will do so again.

But you and I both know that these officials are simply waiting for all of this to go away and then they will return to business as usual. They will not pay for their filthy deeds. And they will be free to grab someone else’s property and cause more tragedy.
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And that my friends is what can happen right here in NH, specifically Pinardville!

The UN Wants to Manage Your “Human Settlements”

“The National Association of Regional Councils is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit membership organization and public interest group that advocates for building regional communities through the representation of multi-purpose, multijurisdictional regional councils (RCs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs). These organizations serve local elected officials and community leaders in developing common strategies for addressing complex issues in the areas of transportation, economic development, homeland security and environmental challenges. A recognized authority and leading advocate for regional organizations and solutions, NARC is a unique alliance with representation from local elected officials, RCs and MPOs nationwide. NARC has an active membership, representing more than 97% of the counties and 99% of the U.S. population. Of the 39,000 local governments in the United States. (counties, cities, townships, etc.), 35,276 are served by RCs.”

Yes, these are your unelected, unaccountable, soviet-style top down boards working in conjunction with the United Nations to change New Hampshire’s way of life.

Please read more about the UN and NARCs.

Urbanism and Sustainability and the Origins of the Idea

For those of you who still think the UN is a toothless organization that does not have plans for every aspect of human life on this whole planet, please peruse their websites. Even one small part contains vast amounts of panels and commissions, treaties and resolutions, recommendations and goals, for everyone.

For example, from “Global Forum on Human Settlements” — “Although the common goals of improving quality of people’s life and achieving urban sustainable development are clearly set, yet the actual implementation and realization of “The Future We Want” remain a daunting task. How can Rio+20 decisions be best implemented? Each country and each city will have to draw up an appropriate plan for sustainable development in line with its own needs and get all the stakeholders involved. A greater degree of international information exchange and cooperation will be essential to meet the challenges ahead.”

In conclusion, they state that “The benefit of convening the conference is to motivate and encourage more countries, more enterprises, more organizations and the public to actively participate in the practice of building sustainable cities and achieving sustainable transport systems, to inject vigor for the realization of the livable city, smooth transport system, clear water and blue sky, to provide positive energy for the realization of each one’s dream for a livable home and the healthy growth of future generations.”

This is interesting since they seem not to care about the global spraying program that clouds our sunny skies and causes aluminum poisoning in living things and crop death and destruction.

How the Regions Were Created and by Whom

As usual, the Rockefellers and other globalists had their hands in this. Your state isn’t the only thing divided into ‘regions’ for the purpose of destroying local control.

The Ten Federal Regions (1972)

[Editor’s note: This chapter has been condensed. The original text is available at the Author’s website.]

On April 21, 1935, the New York Times magazine published a plan in which the States would merge into new units called Federal Regions that would be controlled from Washington, DC. In 1959, Nelson Rockefeller called for an Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR), which became a federally-funded Rockefeller think-tank within Congress to prepare a working formula for the concept. The ACIR analyzed information produced by the Public Administration Clearing House (also known as the “1313”) and translated it into legislation to develop regional government, which would usurp the power of the local government.

The Clearing House, located at the Rockefeller-controlled University of Chicago, represented a group of 26 private organizations which had been infiltrating local government agencies to usurp their power and authority. Some of these organizations are: National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, U.S. Conference of Mayors, American Public Works Association, Public Personnel Association, National Association of Attorney Generals, and the National Governors Conference. Their purpose was to train and place a “new administrative class” in every level of government, which would replace elected officials.

On March 27, 1969, as published in the Federal Register, under the direction of his Illuminati advisers [including Nelson Rockefeller] President Nixon announced the “Restructuring of Government Service Systems” plan which called for the merging of the States into eight [later ten] federally-controlled regions.

Executive Order #11647 was signed by Nixon on February 10, 1972, establishing Federal Regional Councils for the “development of closer working relationships between major Federal grant-making agencies of State and local government.” An Executive Order, when decreed by the President, is printed in the Federal Register, and then [unless challenged by Congress] becomes law 15 days later.

This Executive Order was unconstitutional because Article IV of the U.S. Constitution prohibited the merging of the states, and guaranteed a government represented by elected officials. However, regional government was accepted [by the states], because it brought with it “revenue-sharing” funds.

In each of the ten standard Federal Regions, there was to be a Council made up of the directors of the regional offices of [Federal departments and agencies]. The President was to designate one member of each Council as the Chairman. Here is how the ten Regions are organized (with the regional offices in parenthesis):

Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts (Boston), Connecticut, Rhode Island
New York (New York), New Jersey, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, District of Columbia
Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia (Atlanta), South Carolina, Florida
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois (Chicago), Indiana, Ohio
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas (Dallas-Ft. Worth), Arkansas, Louisiana
Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas (Kansas City), Missouri
Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado (Denver)
Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, California (San Francisco), American Samoa, Guam, N. Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia
Idaho, Washington (Seattle), Oregon, Alaska

In October, 1976, Jimmy Carter said before the National Association of Regional Councils (NARC):

“I believe that regional organizations should be strengthened. If elected President, I intend first to upgrade the role of regional councils representing the federal government to assist State and local officials, as well as private citizens, in dealing with federal agencies … I also intend to encourage the development of regional councils representing State and local governments.”

Carter expanded the Federal Regional System on July 20, 1979 with Executive Order #12149 to “provide a structure for interagency and intergovernmental cooperation … to establish practical and appropriate liaison functions with State, tribal, regional and local officials.”

Each of the ten Councils were made up of a representative from each of the following agencies: Dept. of the Interior; Dept. of Agriculture; Dept. of Commerce; Dept. of Labor; Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare; Dept. of Housing and Urban Development; Dept. of Transportation; Dept. of Energy; Environmental Protection Agency; Community Services Administration; Office of Personnel Management; General Services Administration; ACTION (Peace Corp., VISTA, senior citizen programs, and other special volunteer programs); Small Business Administration; Federal Emergency Management Agency; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and the Regional Action Planning Commission. It included over 550 aid programs and block grants. The Department of Education was added later, after it separated from the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare (which became the Dept. of Health and Human Services).

So, now we see how regionalism was created so that the federal government, already infiltrated by globalists, could gain control over the states. If you read the rest of the page, you will learn how con-cons are used to wield power over the states.

Still think a constitutional convention is a wise thing to do after reading the rest of the source page?

Source: Karen Schoen, News with Views

Small Farmers Under Seige

Even as the Granite State Future program is praising and supporting small farms and local produce the same federal government is passing new laws to suppress the farmers’ ability to exist and do business.

Long ago, some folks in the NHTPC warned about a federal bill called Food Safety and Modernization Act. Not too many people were interested. Now the problem has shown itself.

To understand what the bill is about, one must get up to speed on Codex Alimentarius, yet another tentacle of the United Nations Agenda 21 program.

Please read more…

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