Clackamas County to Ditch ICLEI Membership While Portland Spends and Spends

An announcement of momentous import was made at the April 26^th 2012 Board of County Commissioners meeting of Clackamas County, Oregon.  Commissioner Jamie Damon revealed that Clackamas County would not be renewing their membership in “ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability USA” at the next annual dues deadline.  Commissioner Jamie Damon stated, “This was brought up several business meetings ago, and I was unfamiliar with the organization, so I did some research and looked up the organization as well.  And we have decided to not continue as members of ICLEI.  So I just wanted to let you know that.” The remaining crowd in the room erupted in applause.  It was nearly at the end of the meeting around one hour fifty nine minutes (video on their web).  Read more at Red County/Colony Rabble... Read More......

Ocean County, New Jersey, Blasts UN Agenda 21 in Resolution

In yet another victory for liberty-minded activists, local lawmakers in Ocean County, New Jersey, approved a stinging resolution last month blasting the United Nations’ highly controversial Agenda 21, a radical plan to foist so-called “sustainable development” on Americans by stealth. ✧ Communities across America are fighting back against the international program and its tentacles in ever-increasing numbers. And in January, even the Republican National Committee adopted a resolution strongly condemning Agenda 21 and vowing to fight it.  ✧Similarly, the Ocean County legislators — known in New Jersey as the “Board of Chosen Freeholders” — recognized that the nature of the UN plan is “destructive and insidious,” using much of the language from the RNC statement. The county resolution also noted that approval or implementation of Agenda 21 “would ultimately destroy the sovereignty of the United States of America.” Read more at The New American... Read More......

County in Washington Ditches Sustainable Development

THE NEW AMERICAN - Activists in Clallam County, Washington are celebrating their government's decision to pull the plug on membership in the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), a worldwide association of more than 1,200 local governments dedicated to promoting the United Nations' sovereignty-eroding sustainable development program known as Agenda 21. The county will save $1,200 in annual membership dues, but ICLEI critics say they've salvaged much more than that. Read more at The New American... Read More......

TD: The Wrenching Transformation of America

(Hat tip: Facebook: Benton County Americans for Prosperity), April 22, 2009 Speech by Tom DeWeese - Ladies and gen­tlemen, I’ve come a long way to get here and I have such a short time to be with you. So, let’s just get every­thing out on the table right now, shall we? ∴ I believe the Amer­ican people, and their every action, are being ruled, reg­u­lated, restricted, licensed, reg­is­tered, directed, checked, inspected, mea­sured, num­bered, counted, rated, stamped, cen­sured, autho­rized, admon­ished, refused, pre­vented, drilled, indoc­tri­nated, monop­o­lized, extorted, robbed, hoaxed, fined, harassed, dis­armed, dis­hon­ored, fleeced, exploited, assessed, and taxed to the point of suf­fo­ca­tion and desperation. ∴ America is drowning in a sea of rules and reg­u­la­tions, par­tic­u­larly under the guise of “saving the environment.”

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Sustainability in our backyard

Important articles at BIG GOVERNMENT by James M. Simpson

• Agenda 21 Part I: A Global Economic Disaster in the Making
  
• Agenda 21 Part II: Globalist Totalitarian Dictatorship Invading a Town near You–With Your Permission
  
• Agenda 21 Part III: Maryland County Abolishes Agenda 21 – Now it’s Your Turn

Corvallis is on the list. --bc Read More......

Maryland County Abolishes Agenda 21

CAMPAIGN FOR LIBERTY, 2/23/2011 dljholt posts article by James Simpson (Hat tip: Steve) - "The November elections marked a sea change in the political landscape at every level of government nationwide. Right now, all eyes are focused on the Wisconsin standoff between Governor Scott Walker and the public employee unions. But under the radar, completely overlooked by the mass media, is the unprecedented move recently taken by newly-elected Carroll County, Maryland Commissioners Richard Rothschild, Robin Frazier, Haven Shoemaker, Dave Roush and Doug Howard, who abolished the County’s Office of Sustainability. They then voted unanimously to drop out of the UN’s International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). They are the first governmental organization to do so." Read more and learn more about Agenda 21...

Note: Corvallis is one of 600 cities that has signed on. WE need to learn as much as possible about ICLEI and Agenda 21. --bc Read More......