Agenda 21 and the ICLEI want to attack our property rights!

Have you ever heard of ICLEI or International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives?

This organization was created to serve as a mechanism to undo the political recognition of our unalienable rights at the local government level.    It is already here in America.   

Take a moment to see if your town is listed as a member, you might be surprised.  I was shocked to find so many major U.S Cities listed on their site! 

Here is the US website: www.icleiusa.org or ICLEI Global: www.iclei.org

      Check out this article about how ICLEI can affect us here in the United States of America....  

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/un_agenda_21_coming_to_a_neigh.html 

This is an amazing article from October 2009, by Scott Strzelczyk and Richard Rothschild of  American Thinker.  Here is just a small sample of it… 

UN Agenda 21 - Coming to a Neighborhood near You

 “ …Undoubtedly, residents of any town, county, or city in the United States that treasure their freedom, liberty, and property rights couldn't care less whether it's called Agenda 21 or smart growth. A recent example of this can be found in Carroll County, Maryland, where a smart growth plan called Pathways was drafted by the County Planning Department. The plan, if enacted, proposed a breathtaking reshuffling of land rights:

·         Rezoning of thousands of acres of beautiful, low-density agricultural farmland and protected residential conservation land into office parks

·         Down-zoning of agriculture land to prevent future subdivision by farmers

·         Up-zoning of low-density residential land around small towns into higher density zoning to permit construction of hundreds or possibly thousands of inclusive housing units, including apartments and condominiums

·         Inclusive housing with placement of multi-family construction on in-fill lots within existing residential single family communities

·         Endorsement of government-sponsored housing initiatives (subsidies) to ensure healthier, balanced neighborhoods

Carroll County, Maryland is one of 1,168 cities, towns, and counties worldwide that are members of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) - Local Governments for Sustainability, which is an international association of local governments as well as national and regional local government organizations that have made a commitment to sustainable development. The ICLEI mission statement closely resembles that of Agenda 21. In fact, the ICLEI has Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council and coordinates local government representation in the UN processes related to Agenda 21. 

Community leaders working together in Carroll County recently defended their county against overreaching smart growth initiatives. Richard Rothschild, a candidate for Commissioner, emphatically remarks, "Smart growth is not science; it is political dogma combined with an insidious dose of social engineering. Smart growth is a wedding wherein zoning code is married with government-sponsored housing initiatives to accomplish government's goal of social re-engineering. It urbanizes rural towns with high-density development, and gerrymanders population centers through the use of housing initiatives that enable people with weak patterns of personal financial responsibility to acquire homes in higher-income areas. This has the effect of shifting the voting patterns of rural municipalities from Right to Left."

 This is scary...an international organization is working in the name of "smart growth" and "sustainable development" to attack our property rights.  

 Find out if your TAX DOLLARS are funding ICLEI in your town!