Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Jeb Bush Signs Off on Regionalism

Florida is one of the most besieged states when it comes to regionalism.

Jeb Bush, Globalist

Jeb Bush, Globalist

Jeb Bush is committed to regionalism, a key step toward the achievement of One World Government.

“The Florida initiative, an alliance of the Urban Land Institute and its four Florida District Councils including ULI Southeast Florida/Caribbean, recently completed a two-year project identifying new opportunities for the state to support and encourage regional cooperation. The project produced a series of local forums, a statewide workshop and culminated with a symposium in Miami keynoted by Governor Jeb Bush. It also produced a comprehensive report recommending succinct strategies for regional cooperation. As a result and at Governor’s Bush’s urging, several cabinet level state agencies are now working with groups to develop regional visioning processes.”


http://www.soflo.fau.edu/sfrrc/awards/winners.htm

The Next Fad in Housing

Cohousing? All we can say is, how very reminiscent of the Bolshevik regime!

“Most cohousing developments feature shared kitchens, dining rooms, laundry, and meeting and event spaces that supplement individual residences. Cohousing developments emphasize community-building through participatory decision processes and resident input on design and management.

A cohousing group in Philadelphia, Wissahickon Village Cohousing (WVC), is set to become the first community of its kind in Pennsylvania, if its members successfully move into a converted church in the neighborhood of Mt. Airy.”

http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/cohousing-philadelphia-co-ops-affordable-living

Rhode Island Plan Strips Property Rights

Regionalists tout less traffic congestion, more jobs and reduced effects of climate change as benefits of regional sustainable development plans. Few disclose the negative consequences to homeowners.

This article gives examples of how regional plans such as those being marketed by the RI Division of Planning, erode community choices, make housing un-affordable and strip away many property rights.

Sustainable Freedom Lab

The Ongoing Saga of Martha Boneta and Her Fight to Keep Her Farm

The Daily Signal has the full story.

A well-funded, politically influential environmental group based in Fauquier County, Va., stands accused of colluding with government officials and real estate moguls to force a local farmer into selling a highly coveted parcel of land.

The Piedmont Environmental Council, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt group, and the husband-wife real estate team of Phillip and Patricia Thomas, who are members of the PEC, lobbied a zoning administrator and members of the elected county Board of Supervisors to issue zoning citations against the property, according to a lawsuit filed in the Fauquier County Circuit Court last September.

Matthew Vadum, a senior editor with the Capital Research Center, which studies funding of politically aligned non-profits, describes the PEC as a “well-funded activist group” that is well-positioned to wage legal battles. Indeed, between 2008 and 2012, the PEC pulled in almost $26 million, according to its most recent IRS Form 990.

For all Daily Signal articles on the Boneta crisis, click HERE.

This Will Be NH Courtesy of RPCs if NOT STOPPED

Is Orwell’s 1984 coming to Rhode Island?

It sure sounds like it. Although this article makes it sounds like these plans are the work of Obama, in reality, this agenda has been in place for a very long time. Obama just happens to be one of the most willing to see them through.

Obama said he would use HUD and the EPA to redistribute the wealth and equalize neighborhoods for demographics and income levels.

“In a Nov. 18 letter to the Rhode Island Division of Planning, a bipartisan group of five legislators urged the state not to pass RhodeMap RI, calling the plan “unacceptable and a hijacking of government resources.”

The project is designed to drive residents into more densely packed urban centers where people will live in something they describe in terms usually reserved for Disney’s Epcot — futuristic, clean, prosperous.

Critics say it’s social engineering of the worst sort, something that will destroy local land-use planning while only giving lip-service to green energy and a classless community.”

We repeat: If something isn’t done about this at the local level, if the feds are not banished from interfering in our local zoning and planning laws, NH will see the same fate.

Read more…

Stop the EPA!

Attention all property owners.

The government will have more authority over your land if their proposed expansion of the Clean Water Act is approved. The proposal includes expanding the definition of WOTUS (water of the United States) from all navigable waters to any water that has a bed, a bank and a high water mark. This definition would allow the EPA to claim authority over virtually all US soil. If this bothers you, we have until Friday evening to place a complaint at this web site:

http://ditchtherule.fb.org/

Click on the “Take Action Now” button, and follow the instructions. You will give your name and address and then be given a place to give your specific situation. To the right of the box is a tab labeled “talking points”. When you open this tab, you will find the type of information that will be helpful in stopping this regulation.

Please forward this information to all your neighbors.