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EPA power grab to regulate ditches, gullies on private property http://cowboybyte.com/8772/epa-power-grab-to-regulate-ditches-gullies-on-private-property/ Hey 3200 votes and counting!!! Recieved this from Rep Barnhart: for those of you in Lane and Linn counties please email him directly to let him know you are concerned. Rep. Barnhart is always interested in hearing from constituents about issues that matter to them. If you would like a detailed response, please contact us directly by sending an email to rep.philbarnhart@state.or.us. Along with information about your concern, please also include your name, address, phone number, and email address. We work very hard to address and respond to concerns of constituents. Some concerns necessitate that we intervene with state, federal, and local agencies to deal with problems. We may also introduce and pursue legislation when citizen concerns warrant it. Generalized petitions are considered expressions of points of view and we appreciate the feedback, but if you would like a detailed response, please do contact us directly. Thank you. Sonya Carlson Chief of Staff Representative Barnhart Central Lane and Linn Countie------------------------------------------- View the petition | View and reply to this message online STATES STRIKING BACK AGAINST JOB-KILLING, FREEDOM-CRUSHING U.N. AGENDA 21 URGENT: If the Obama Administration, United Nations and radical environmentalists at all levels of government get their way, Americans will quickly become one-world subjects governed by the global body rather than land-owning sovereign citizens with inalienable rights. Fortunately, some states are starting to fight back. But we must make our voicesheard now against U.N. Agenda 21 before our sovereignty and the American way of life are forfeited to the extreme agenda of U.N. bureaucrats forever. TAKE ACTION NOW: Click here to send your personalized blast faxes to the governors of all 50 states. Demand they take action to EXPOSE and BLOCK implementation of Agenda 21 now! The United Nation's Agenda 21 was developed 20 years ago as an attempt to impose the extreme environmentalist agenda globally -- including in every state, city and town in the United States. Masked as a "green initiative," it seeks to dictate and control every aspect of our lives. Specifically, at risk from Agenda 21 are, among other things:
TAKE ACTION NOW: Click here to send your personalized blast faxes to the governors of all 50 states. Demand they take action to EXPOSE and BLOCK implementation of Agenda 21 now! What's scary is Agenda 21 is already taking hold in states and municipalities across America. In fact, the U.S. subsidiary of the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) -- the international body charged with implementing Agenda 21 at the local level -- claims nearly 600 local governments in 49 states in America today. George Soros' Open Society has given more than $2 million to ICLEI to support implementation of Agenda 21 at the local level. As one commentator wrote in a piece published in The Blaze: "Do you support your local government agreeing to rules and regulations set up by a UN-based organization that wants private property transferred to government control?" Of course not. But that is exactly what could happen if we don't sound the alarm against Agenda 21 right here and right now! TAKE ACTION NOW: Click here to send your personalized blast faxes to the governors of all 50 states. Demand they take action to EXPOSE and BLOCK implementation of Agenda 21 now! Implementation of the U.N.'s Agenda 21 is not just confined to the local level. Indeed, Barack Obama's utopian vision for a "green economy" and "sustainable development" can be traced directly back to Agenda 21. And it is no coincidence that much of the radical job-killing agenda being rammed down our throats by Obama's EPA seeks some of the very same goals outlined in Agenda 21. Private property rights, energy independence, freedom -- to Agenda 21 supporters these are all just pesky barriers to achieving their goals. And they will stop at nothing to knock down those barriers to implement the U.N.'s Agenda 21. TAKE ACTION NOW: Click here to send your personalized blast faxes to the governors of all 50 states. Demand they take action to EXPOSE and BLOCK implementation of Agenda 21 now! Fortunately, however, some states and patriotic Americans are startingto wake up and fight back! Local Tea Party groups have begun petitioning their local governments to withdraw from membership in the ICLEI USA. The Republican National Committee in January passed a resolution exposing U.N. Agenda 21 and warning against its implementation. And now seven states have proposed similar resolutions to warn their citizens, policymakers and local governments about the dangers of enda 21. But the fight is proving to be an uphill battle that needs grassroots Americans to make their voices heard in order to win. The Tennessee legislature passed an anti-Agenda 21 resolution, but Governor Bill Haslam refused to sign it. Last week, the Kansas House passed a similar resolution that, among other things, condemns any attempts by any Federal agency to implement Agenda 21 within Kansas' borders. Of course, the pro-Agenda 21 forces are doing everything in their power to kill it. The Kansas resolution reads as follows: Session of 2012 House Resolution No. 6032 By Committee on Federal and State Affairs A RESOLUTION opposing and exposing the radical nature of United Nations Agenda 21 and its destructiveness to the principles of the founding documents of the United States of America. WHEREAS, The United Nations Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of environmental extremism, social engineering and global political control that was initiated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992; and WHEREAS, The United Nations Agenda 21 is being covertly pushed into local communities throughout the United States of America through the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives through local "sustainable development" policies such as Smart Growth, Wildlands Project, Resilient Cities, Regional Visioning Projects and other "Green" or "Alternative" projects; and WHEREAS, This United Nations Agenda 21 plan of radical so-called "sustainable development" views the American way of life of private property ownership, single family homes, private car ownership, individual travel choices and privately owned farms as destructive to the environment; and WHEREAS, The United States federal government nor any state or local government is legally bound by the United Nations Agenda 21, the influence of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives has now infiltrated approximately 600 local and regional entities in the United States, with as many as 54 of such entities withdrawing enrollment during 2011, due to the negative consequences experienced through implementation of Agenda 21; and WHEREAS, According to the United Nations Agenda 21 policy, social justice is described as the right and opportunity of all people to benefit equally from the resources afforded us by society and the environment, which would be accomplished by redistribution of wealth: Now, therefore, Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas: That we recognize the destructive and insidious nature of United Nations Agenda 21 and hereby expose to public policy makers the dangerous intent of the plan; and Be it further resolved: That the federal government and all state and HR 6032 local governments across the country should seek to be well informed about the underlying harmful implications of the implementation of United Nations Agenda 21 destructive strategies for "sustainable development", and that we hereby endorse rejection of its radical policies; and Be it further resolved: That the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives shall send an enrolled copy of this resolution to each member of the Kansas Congressional Delegation. Simply put, implementation of the U.N.'s Agenda 21 must be stopped. Every state must passed resolutions similar to the one above to expose the "underlying harmful implications of the implementation of United Nations Agenda 21 destructive strategies for 'sustainable development'" and reject its "radical policies." If a groundswell of everyday Americans makes our voices heard, we can stop this radical U.N. agenda dead in its tracks. TAKE ACTION NOW: Click here to send your personalized blast faxes to the governors of all 50 states. Demand they take action to EXPOSE and BLOCK implementation of Agenda 21 now! Yours In Freedom, Jeff Mazzella President Center for Individual Freedom 917-B King Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone: 703-535-5836 Fax: 703-535-5838 Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 1:36 PM Subject: CGIsues [GWR] The Spotted Owl Did Help Destroy the Northwest Timber Industry - The Idaho Statesman CG912Project Members and Friends, It is time to http://giveusourlandback.org/ The Spotted Owl Did Help Destroy the Timber Industry, by Tom Partin, President of the American Forest Resource Council in Portland, and in the June 3 Idaho Statesman link at http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/06/03/2140631/tom-partin-the-spotted-owl-did.html#storylink=misearch, begins with the following statements, “I write to set the record straight. Niels Nokkentved, whose guest opinion piece appeared May 27, simply does not know what he is talking about. Following the dialectic of the environmental movement, he would have readers believe the listing of the spotted owl had nothing to do with the neglect our federal forests are now suffering or the plight of our rural communities which those forests surround. I have lived in Oregon for all of my 62 years, mostly in small rural communities. I have witnessed firsthand the appalling damage done by misguided federal forest policy to our forests, our communities and our families. Here are some facts. The Northwest Forest Plan, implemented in 1994, was designed to assure the recovery of the northern spotted owl. The plan allocated only 15 percent of the 24.5 million acres of federal land it covers to multiple use management and set aside 85 percent for special uses. This drastic reduction in manageable land reduced the amount of timber available annually from 4.5 billion to 1.1 billion board feet. This reduction, coupled with the fact that less than 40 percent of the projected 1.1 billion was ever made available for harvest, led to the closure of 261 mills supporting at least 50,000 jobs in western Washington, western Oregon and northern California. Based on a conservative production estimate of at least 500 board-feet per acre per year, growth on the Northwest Forest Plan acres since 1994 has been in the neighborhood of 12.1 billion board feet per year. The annual harvest has been only about 4 percent of growth. The resulting buildup of dead and dying trees in Northwest forests has led to catastrophic fires burning millions of acres, much of it prime spotted owl habitat.” Congressional District 4 Calendar: http://bit.ly/Oregon-CD4LibertyCalendar Statewide Calendar of Events - http://bit.ly/OregonLibertyCalendar Bob Sowdon Issues Committee CG912Project.org Tweet @CG912Project FaceBook Cottage Grove 912 Project Get Connected: http://connect.freedomworks.org/ A SAOVA message to sportsmen, farmers and pet owners concerned about protecting their traditions, avocations and livelihoods from anti-hunting, anti-breeding, animal guardianship advocates. Forwarding and cross posting, with attribution, encouraged. June 6, 2012 SAOVA friends, As you know by now, APHIS proposes to revise the definition of "retail pet store" to bring more pet animals sold at retail under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) licensing and regulations. APHIS plans to narrow the definition of retail pet store so that it means a PLACE OF BUSINESS OR RESIDENCE THAT EACH BUYER PHYSICALLY ENTERS in order to personally observe the animals available for sale prior to purchase and/or to take custody of the animals after purchase. Under the proposed rule no dog or other pet animal will be sold at retail WITHOUT either public or APHIS oversight. This is the critical point. WHAT WE KNOW - For decades pet sellers in the retail sector have enjoyed immunity from federal licensing under the definition of a "retail pet store". Historically retail sellers were not licensed by the federal government due to the general ability of the public to provide their own scrutiny of pet sellers and government concerns such as duplicative efforts with state or local laws. - The proposed rule change has been circulated in the media and by HSUS as "closing an Internet loophole" in the AWA that will bring regulation to unscrupulous dog breeders who operate in substandard conditions. Far from it!! The broad scope of the proposed rule could bring hundreds of thousands of pet retailers and rescuers of domestic animals under federal regulation. - A breeder/seller of any species currently covered under the "retail pet store" definition can potentially lose their exemption and be required to obtain a federal license for even occasionally selling sight unseen via the Internet. "Covered" species includes dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, gophers, chinchilla, domestic ferrets, domestic farm animals, birds. - The proposed rule would require EVERY SINGLE BUYER to physically visit a retailer's premises. Therefore selling even one pet OFF PREMISES at a show, at a park, or arranged location without the buyer visiting first, will result in loss of an exemption from federal licensing. Rescue organizations are NOT exempt from this proposed rule. Selling pets at an adoption day event away from their base location or traveling to meet potential adopters would no longer be permitted without a federal license. This proposed requirement places undue limitations on buyers as well as sellers. - Living under USDA licensing is NOT an option for the average retail seller. Spare rooms in homes, porches, covered kennel runs, and barns can never be converted to a USDA-compliant facility. Federal engineered standards for licensed facilities dictate enclosure sizes, sanitation, surfaces that are impervious to moisture, ventilation, bio-hazard control, veterinary care, exercise, temperature controls, waste disposal systems, diurnal lighting, drainage systems, washrooms, perimeter fencing, as well as transportation standards for regulated animals. Most residential environments would not permit zoning variances for such facilities. - Exemptions from licensing are limited. Breeders of cats, dogs, and small exotic animals are currently exempt if they have 3 or fewer breeding females. APHIS proposes to increase this to 4 or fewer breeding females. However, either limit makes it very difficult to build a breeding program without constantly moving out or spaying older females to make room for the next generation. To have more than this number of breeding females requires a license. - There is still an exemption for sellers who derive less than $500 gross income from the sale of other animals (this does not include dogs, cats, and exotic or wild animals). - The massive expansion of regulatory responsibilities into the private sector outlined in the proposed rule is not only impractical but unaffordable for an agency that is currently addressing serious budget challenges. For the past several years, APHIS' budget has been shrinking; since 2010 the budget has decreased by roughly 10 percent. The 2013 submitted budget calls for an additional decrease of 6.6%. ACTION REQUIRED OPPOSE adoption of this proposed rule. APHIS needs to hear most from those who are likely to be affected by the rule. Are you already licensed under local or state law and would federal regulation be a duplicate effort? Explain briefly how the rule will impose costs on your breeding program and activities and whether this will cause you to cease or limit your hobby or operations. Suggested comments are available at the SAOVA website http://saova.org/APHIS_comments.html and can be customized. Submit a separate comment for each point you wish to make in opposition to the rule. Comment period ends July 16, 2012. Post comments at the APHIS portal http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2011-0003-0001 Send a copy of your comment to Congressman and reference Docket No. APHIS-2011-0003 Directory of Representatives http://www.house.gov/representatives/ Directory of Senators http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm ADDITIONAL INFORMATION can be found at PIJAC http://tinyurl.com/cq4qlmv and at the Cat Fanciers Association http://tinyurl.com/6ow8qug Susan Wolf Sportsmen's & Animal Owners' Voting Alliance Working to Identify and Elect Supportive Legislators saova@earthlink.nt Pilot program loosens grip on land-use plans Door opened for southern Oregon counties http://www.statesmanjournal.com/viewart/20120603/NEWS/306030014/Pilot-program-loosens-grip-land-use-plans "Oregon’s 1973 land-use law created a statewide approach to planning and has been a source of political tension ever since. It’s credited with controlling sprawl around cities and conserving farm land, forests, coastal areas and natural resources. But critics say it restricts the rights of property owners." Important Public Meeting: The Bureau of Land Management is having a public meeting at the Coos Bay Library on Wednesday May 30, 2012 from 5-7 pm. BLM info call 541-756-0100 Check the files Below for more info: Coos Bay Public Library 525 Anderson Avenue, Coos Bay, OR (541) 269-1101 · bay.cooslibraries.org Google Map Everyone needs to show up and voice their outrage from all the land grabs undertaken by The Bureau of Land Management and the Department of Interior. It is time to for The Bureau “BLM” and The Service “USF&WS” to leave the county. If you cannot attend the meeting, then send this message to someone who can and then forward it to everyone else.
A SAOVA message to sportsmen, farmers and pet owners concerned about protecting their traditions, avocations and livelihoods from anti-hunting, anti-breeding, animal guardianship advocates. Forwarding and cross posting, with attribution, encouraged. USDA seeks change to regulate Internet and retail pet sales Dear SAOVA Friends, This afternoon USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) held a stakeholders conference call to announce a forthcoming proposal to revise its definition of "retail pet store". APHIS states this proposal restores the definition to its original intent so that it limits the retail pet store exemption to only those places where buyers physically enter to observe the animals available for sale prior to purchasing them and where certain animals are sold or offered for sale at retail for use as pets. The definition of pet includes dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, gophers, chinchilla, domestic ferrets, domestic farm animals, birds, and coldblooded species. To meet the exemption requirements for the newly defined retail pet store, buyers must be allowed to physically enter the retail seller's place of business or residence in order to personally observe the animals available for sale prior to purchase and/or to take custody of the animals after purchase. In addition, breeders must have four or less breeding females and can only sell the offspring of the breeding females that were born and raised on their premises, and sold for pets or exhibition. USDA/APHIS issued a press release this afternoon: USDA Proposes to Close Loophole on Retail Pet Sales to Ensure Health and Humane Treatment which can be found at this link: http://tinyurl.com/7b9kbpj The notice is scheduled for publication within a week in the Federal Register. The proposed rule and an FAQ are currently available at www.aphis.usda.gov. Proposed Rule is Docket No. APHIS-2011-0003, Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD, 20737-1238. Once the rule is published there will be a 60 day comment period. The APHIS Factsheet states: under the proposed rule, no dog or other pet animal will be sold at retail without either public or APHIS oversight. Obviously this rulemaking proposal will have far reaching impacts on sportsmen, dog, cat, and small animal breeders. SAOVA will distribute further analysis and updates as the rule making process continues. Susan Wolf Sportsmen's & Animal Owners' Voting Alliance Working to Identify and Elect Supportive Legislators USDA seeks change to regulate Internet and retail pet sales Dear SAOVA Friends, This afternoon USDA�s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) held a stakeholders conference call to announce a forthcoming proposal to revise its definition of �retail pet store�.APHIS states this proposal restores the definition to its original intent so that it limits the retail pet store exemption to only those places where buyers physically enter to observe the animals available for sale prior to purchasing them and where certain animals are sold or offered for sale at retail for use as pets.The definition of pet includes dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, rats, mice, gophers, chinchilla, domestic ferrets, domestic farm animals, birds, and coldblooded species. To meet the exemption requirements for the newly defined retail pet store, buyers must be allowed to physically enter the retail seller�s place of business or residence in order to personally observe the animals available for sale prior to purchase and/or to take custody of the animals after purchase. In addition, breeders must have four or less breeding females and can only sell the offspring of the breeding females that were born and raised on their premises, and sold for pets or exhibition. USDA/APHIS issued a press release this afternoon: USDA Proposes to Close Loophole on Retail Pet Sales to Ensure Health and Humane Treatment which can be found at this link: http://tinyurl.com/7b9kbpj The notice is scheduled for publication within a week in the Federal Register. The proposed rule and an FAQ are currently available at www.aphis.usda.gov. Proposed Rule is Docket No. APHIS-2011-0003, Regulatory Analysis and Development PPD APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD, 20737-1238. Once the rule is published there will be a 60 day comment period. The APHIS Factsheet states: under the proposed rule, no dog or other pet animal will be sold at retail without either public or APHIS oversight. Obviously this rulemaking proposal will have far reaching impacts on sportsmen, dog, cat, and small animal breeders. SAOVA will distribute further analysis and updates as the rule making process continues. Susan Wolf Sportsmen�s & Animal Owners� Voting Alliance Working to Identify and Elect Supportive Legislators Obama’s Executive Order 13575 Rural Council – Agenda 21 http://cowboybyte.com/2150/obamas-executive-order-13575-rural-council-%E2%80%93-agenda-21/ California’s New Land Use Planning: No More Back Yards! California is the cutting-edge state. Close to bankruptcy, the state’s urban planers are ready to begin the implementation of a truly utopian project: to get Californians to live like Swedes live in Sweden. Like sardines. New rules in the San Francisco Bay area will no longer allow developers to build communities with fewer than 20 houses per acre. This is five times the present ratio. This means condos and apartments and duplexes. The planners will cut off development outside of existing cities. Only 3% of houses will be allowed beyond this urban zone in the Bay area. Two-thirds of the housing will be multi-family: duplexes and triplexes and quads, where poor people live today. In a democratic push, these central planners will make sure that middle-class people will live in these units, too. In Southern California, over half of all new housing will have housing choices limited to transit villages. These will be at least 30 housing units per acre. Why? Because it takes a village to raise children. It takes lots transit villages to keep them as children. Over two-thirds of all regional new housing will be in condos and apartments by 2035. How can this be? The environmental movement, silly. A law was passed in 2006, the Global Warming Solutions Act, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Then, in 2008, came the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act. This has been interpreted by the land use planning boards as mandating most new development to be close to downtown, to discourage automobile use. Europe has been doing this for 50 years. There has been a war against suburbia. People are more easily controlled when they are in well-organized, centrally planned living quarters. These laws will hike the price of existing single-family properties.To pay for them, ethnic groups that accept three families — “cousins” — living in a single-family home will be able to buy them. Zoning laws do not apply to cousins. The cost of living for young families will skyrocket. The exodus will continue. People who like homes for one family — no “cousins” — with back yards will move out. Alternatively, the laws will be repealed, the planning commissions will be disbanded, and the free market in housing will be restored. Don’t plan on it. Continue Reading on online.wsj.com Tagged with land use planning
Friends, I think it important that we spread the word about injustices perpetrated by government against innocent individuals. If we don't realize what is being done it will be easier for them to continue their crimes of darkness. Jay ----- naturalnews.com printable article Originally published March 29 2012 City of Roswell, GA, bullies Andrew Wordes to death over his backyard chickensby Ethan A. Huff, staff writer (NaturalNews) An innocent man who had legally been raising a few dozen chickens and other small birds in the backyard of his suburban Atlanta home is now dead, following a crusade of terror perpetrated against him by the City of Roswell in Georgia. Andrew Wordes, who died during a recent raid on his property in which county marshals tried to illegally evict him, was the obvious victim of a rogue state gone mad -- and his blood is now on the hands of the Roswell City Administrator, the Roswell City Council, and the Roswell Police Department, all of which robbed from Wordes his property, his livelihood, and ultimately his life. See the NaturalNews infographic timeline of events that documents the escalation that ultimately led to Mr. Wordes' death: http://www.naturalnews.com Wordes had long raised his small poultry friends in the backyard of his one-acre property at 335 Alpine Drive in Roswell, Georgia, sharing eggs, chicks, and friendly words of wisdom and encouragement with his neighbors and with local schoolchildren all along the way. Wordes was very active in his local community, having organized a North Georgia Pet Chicken "Meetup" group, and founded a chicken breeding club. His friends and neighbors described him as a generous, kind, and loving man who was always willing to lend a hand, and who would have given you the shirt off his back if you needed it. But Wordes met his unjust fate on March 26, 2012, after roughly four years of enduring illicit and seemingly-endless abuse, bullying, threats, and unsubstantiated legal action taken against him by Roswell city officials with an apparent axe to grind. And after losing his birds, his freedom, his entire life savings, his property, and his livelihood as a result of the City of Roswell's sadistic war against him, Wordes ended up losing his life as a result of an explosion that occurred during the final eviction raid carried out by Fulton County marshals. City of Roswell targets Wordes for standing up for his rights, identifies his property on planning map as future 'green space'The saga allegedly began in 2008 when a disgruntled neighbor of Wordes reportedly complained to the city about Wordes raising chickens, button quail, and other small creatures in his backyard. The City of Roswell responded by issuing Wordes a citation for his chickens, even though the city's Code of Ordinances specifically provisioned at the time that property owners on less than two acres of land could legally raise chickens and swine. With the help of Roswell's Mayor Jere Wood, a lawyer friend of Wordes who also raises chickens himself, Wordes was able to get the citation issued against him dismissed in court. But the firestorm of childish retaliation and rage that quickly ensued as a result of Wordes standing up for himself and his rights, rather than apitulating to the city's tyrannical and mindless demands that he get rid of his chickens, will likely go down as one of the most tragically absurd abuses of power in the history of local government. After it became clear that Wordes was not about to let the City of Roswell trample all over him and his rights, several city officials allegedly kicked their vendetta against him into high gear, not only to forcibly have Wordes' chickens removed, but also to seize his property right out from under him. After failing twice to get Wordes nabbed for their made-up code violations, the City of Roswell actually rewrote the law to prohibit residents from raising more than six chickens in an effort to seal the deal. But even this failed, as a judge later ruled that Wordes, who had been in his home for more than a decade raising chickens, would be "grandfathered in" under the old provisions which allowed for residents to raise backyard chickens. So the City of Roswell switched gears again and began to play even dirtier by getting Wordes' arrested for petty violations, and proceeding to reclassify his property on their long-term planning map as future green space. You can view the City of Roswell's 2030 Comprehensive Plan, which demarcates Wordes' property as future "Conservation Area or Greenspace" here: http://www.roswellgov.com/index.aspx?NID=893 So it appears as though the City of Roswell used the supposed neighbor complaint as an excuse to pursue Wordes' property for the purpose of eventually turning it into parks and green space. This would explain why the city failed to properly maintain storm water infrastructure near Wordes' property, which resulted in his property becoming severely flooded at least a dozen times, and eventually uninhabitable. City of Roswell refuses to submit Wordes' request for FEMA assistance following severe flooding, issues citation when he attempts to protect his homeNot only did the City of Roswell fail to abide by legal guidelines that required it to maintain storm water infrastructure around Wordes' property, but the city added insult to injury by refusing to file paperwork to the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) following a flood that caused severe damage to Wordes' home, which is also located on a floodplain. As a result, he had no means by which to fix the damage. And when Wordes attempted to protect his property from future flood damage by grading his land with a Bobcat, which he borrowed from his friend Mayor Wood, the City of Roswell actually had the audacity to issue Wordes a citation for grading his land without a permit, and for having too many cars on his property at the time. City of Roswell Code Enforcement Supervisor violates law by contacting Wordes' mortgage holder, coercing her into selling mortgage noteFrom this point on, City of Roswell officials began harassing Wordes, and the local police department began to surveil his house on a regular basis, watching closely for anything that might be considered a violation. In the process, he was pulled over and even thrown in jail on numerous occasions. In violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and several other laws, Roswell Code Enforcement Supervisor Vicki Barclay (http://www.roswellgov.com/index.aspx?NID=94) allegedly called Wordes' mortgage holder, an 80-year-old woman, and coerced her into selling Wordes' mortgage note for 40 cents on the dollar to another mortgage holder by threatening to issue liens, citations, and grievances on the property if she failed to comply. Barclay is the same city official who had illegally tried to issue Wordes a citation for his chickens from the very beginning. Having failed at all other attempts to seize his property, the City of Roswell then filed a zoning violation against Wordes claiming that his property was a "nuisance." The city also filed a 55-page civil lawsuit against Wordes, which conveniently denied him the right to a city-funded public defender who was supposed to represent him in legal dealings involving the city. Even with former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes on his side, Wordes was rapidly losing the ability to fend off these ravenous wolves in the City of Roswell government that were hellbent on forcing him off his property for their own devious purposes. And Roswell City Administrator Kay G. Love (http://www.roswellgov.com/Directory.aspx?EID=3), Roswell City councilmember Becky Wynn (http://www.roswellgov.com/directory.aspx?EID=6), Roswell City councilmember Rich Dippolito (http://richforroswell.com/about-rich.php), and Roswell Code Enforcement Supervisor Vicki Barclay (http://www.roswellgov.com/index.aspx?NID=94) all played a key role in making this happen, according to accounts. Wordes' home vandalized, chickens poisoned while he attends political rallyThe madness did not stop at Wordes' property, however, as even his animals eventually got caught in the fray of the City of Roswell's campaign of terror. According to reports, Wordes' home was vandalized in 2011 while he was attending a local political rally, and when he returned, he found that his animals had also been poisoned. Roughly one-third of his animals, which included turkeys, chicks, and adult chickens, ended up dying as a result of this poisoning. Wordes filed a police report in response to these crimes, but the Roswell police department never pursued the case, and it was never determined who committed them. Consequently, Wordes lost a significant portion of his income and livelihood as a result of the mysterious deaths, which made his already-burgeoning financial problems even worse. City of Roswell jails Wordes for 99 days, proceeds to evict him from property using phony foreclosure noticeAfter attacking him from practically all angles and nabbing him for every single petty violation they could think of, the City of Roswell finally ended up jailing Wordes for a whopping 99 days. And immediately after Wordes was jailed, the City of Roswell issued a public press release letting the public know that Wordes' house was now "vacant," a purely vindictive move that had terrifying consequences. Within just a few hours of the announcement, Wordes' house was vandalized and looted. Even though the City of Roswell promised to keep an eye on the property after issuing the press release, criminals were somehow able to steal Wordes' firearms and weapons, ammunition, and other valuables, which put the entire community at risk. During this time, Wordes was refused the ability to proceed with the bankruptcy filings that would have halted the illegal foreclosure on his property which, conveniently for the City of Roswell, was moving forward during his time in jail. As pointed out by Maggie West Bean writing for Examiner.com, the foreclosure paperwork was not even legal to begin with, as it lacked necessary information proving its validity (http://www.examiner.com). After finally being released, Wordes was left with an uninhabitable house and property, no more animals, no more money, and a pending eviction notice illegally issued by the ruthless criminals at the City of Roswell. Throughout the process, Wordes was denied all his rights to defend himself, denied his right to defend his property against illegal foreclosure, and denied his right to pursue any sort of justice in the matter. During a February interview with Rusty Humphries, a radio talk show host on WGST 640 in Atlanta, a desperate Wordes explained his dire situation at that point, and issued one of his final pleas for help. You can listen to that interview at either of the following two links: http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D0Md7aIudZE You can also read a post written by Wordes himself back in 2009 here: http://www.backyardchickens.com After being denied the ability to fight back against illegal foreclosure, county marshals swoop in on Wordes' property to evict him, culminating in his deathAt the end of his rope and facing insurmountable and unrelenting oppression, Wordes' final hours were spent in his unlivable home, where Fulton County marshals staged an elaborate demonstration of police state force by illegally raiding Wordes' property. According to reports, the standoff concluded when Wordes finally told television reporter Mike Petchenik, who he had called to the scene by phone, to have the marshals leave the property. Moments later, an explosion was heard, and Wordes' house became engulfed in flames. When it was safe to go inside, responders found a body inside the home, which was later identified as being that of Wordes. And though the incident appears to have been a desperate suicide, which is how some reports categorized it right off the bat, others are worded as to leave room for the potential possibility of foul play. City of Roswell must be held responsible for its crimesWhile it has not yet been determined whether Wordes' death was a suicide or a murder, it is clear that the City of Roswell has a whole lot of explaining to do concerning its role in the escalation of this situation over the past four years. As usual, mainstream media reports about the saga fail to mention how the City of Roswell committed numerous criminal acts in its illegal pursuit of Wordes, or how the city is now officially lying, on record, by claiming that it played no part in working behind the scenes to transfer Wordes' mortgage and foreclose on his property. Nevertheless, the truth must come out about this case, and those involved in perpetrating it brought to justice. And this, of course, will start with a full investigation into the dealings of Roswell City Administrator Kay G. Love (http://www.roswellgov.com/Directory.aspx?EID=3), Roswell City councilmember Becky Wynn (http://www.roswellgov.com/directory.aspx?EID=6), Roswell City councilmember Rich Dippolito (http://richforroswell.com/about-rich.php), and Roswell Code Enforcement Supervisor Vicki Barclay (http://www.roswellgov.com/index.aspx?NID=94), as well as Roswell city attorneys and the Roswell Police Department, in the case. It is unfortunate that NaturalNewsonly just now learned about the Wordes saga after the man's death, as it may have been possible to help him earlier on by raising awareness about the injustices being perpetrated against him. But at the very least, we can all fight for justice now by banding together to make sure the facts come to light, and the criminals involved punished for their crimes. The case also serves as a reminder to others who might be enduring similar harassment to speak up now about what they are going through. The reason why news sites like NaturalNews, InfoWarsand others exist is to draw attention to issues like this, and to bring what goes on in the darkness to light -- so if you or somebody you know is facing similar harassment by city officials, tell us about it! Also, be sure to read the following memoriam written by Glenn Horowitz at American Daily Heraldabout the Wordes case. Horowitz was personally involved in trying to help Wordes in years past, and has put together an excellent summary of the events that took place over the last four years: http://www.americandailyherald.com See the NaturalNews infographic timeline of events that documents the escalation that ultimately led to Mr. Wordes' death: http://www.naturalnews.com Sources for this article include: http://www.americandailyherald.com http://www.examiner.com http://airbornecombatengineer.typepad.com http://www.backyardchickens.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=D0Md7aIudZE http://theperspicaciousconservative.com/2012/03/26/its-not-over/ What are they doing now? DHS won't explain its order of 450 million hollow point bullets https://rt.com/usa/news/dhs-million-point-government-179/ More Regulations, more mandates. Institute For Energy Research Responds To Latest EPA Assault http://epaabuse.com/6066/news/institute-for-energy-research-responds-to-latest-epa-assault/?utm_source=EPA+Abuse&utm_campaign=05aa777e62-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email August 26, 2011 THE U.N. & LOCAL AGENDA 21 In my last article I explained the first two sections of Agenda 21 and how the U.N. created an international bureaucracy to control the global economy under the guise of environmental and economical “sustainability.” Most U.S. citizens do not know that this international agency is developing into a global government and that it has meticulously infiltrated the legitimate governments of the world, both nationally and locally. Agenda 21 is the title for this international action plan. The Agenda has 4 sections. The first two sections define how commerce and the natural resources from every country will be controlled and regulated. Sections III and IV deal with how this universal kingdom will indoctrinate governments and their people into a new global system using international financial institutions, non-governmental organizations, and finally, a socialization process promising a new worldwide egalitarianism and Local Agenda 21. Section III is STRENGTHENING THE ROLE OF MAJOR GROUPS. In order for The U.N. to be able to save anyone, it will first have to make victims out of everyone, with special emphasis on workers, woman, children and indigenous people. Divide and conquer is their strategy. They will use age, race, sex, and class warfare as one means to achieve the Agenda. The categorization and compartmentalization of all humans into a minority or special interest group will be necessary to create the need for U.N. protections from discrimination. Chapter 28 of this section is the most menacing to local communities. It sets up Local Agenda 21 and the auxiliary bureaucracies that will regulate and indoctrinate this new conglomerate of local governments. They have created “The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives” (ICLEI), specifically designed to form alliances with local municipalities. This agency will establish contracts with local communities legally obligating them to this new international authority, which basically supersedes their own national governments. Section IV is MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION. This is the final section of the agenda. The U.N. will establish financial institutions with unlimited monetary resources and the mechanisms to provide this funding. One such institution, The International Monetary Fund, will use the U.S. currency as the global standard. The IMF will make loans in large amounts to third world countries that lack the economic ability to ever pay back the debt. Garnering control of obligated collateral is essential to establish dominance over those countries and their assets, which mainly consists of natural resources. Under the guise of cooperation, the U.N. will force the transfer of environmentally sound technology and capacity-building, using science derived from the data collected as described in the first two sections. They will promote education, public awareness and training on environmental and economical sustainability”according to their new-age, new-found, new-world teachings. The agenda will force international institutional contracts by means of international legal instruments and mechanisms. These arrangements come in the form of Free-Trade Treaties between nations. They will construct international courts that will have the power of enforcement, backed by U.N. troops. The U.N. will provide information for decision-making to all the member countries to control economic and environmental policies. “Sustainability” is the collectivist code word for conquest. The relenting use of this word will make it a worldwide cultural axiom. The U.N. prints millions of pages of propaganda littered with this profanity. The very definition of the word is “central planning” and “central planning” is the core principle of good old fashion “socialism.” Replace the word “sustainability” with the word “socialism” and learn the fraudulent meaning hidden in its twisted terminology. It would be nice to be able to blame an evil organization bent on total domination for the ills of the world, but Americans do not want to face the awful truth. Lifting the veil of the UN Conspiracy reveals the reality of our own American“central planning.” Most of what is in the Agenda came from American Planners and it was they who used the U.N. as the utensil of universalism. Almost a century before Agenda 21, America had already fallen down the path to the centralization of government power through “central planning.” Now, it is these planners and “Big Government” that is our largest export. Agenda 21 is an American agenda and it would be better to fight this “central planning” plague from within and on a local basis. Still, Agenda 21 and Local Agenda 21 are more than the imaginary hobgoblins of the suspicious mind. The cities of Portland and Eugene both have entered into legally binding contracts with the (ICLEI), and this ideology is filtering down throughout the surrounding areas. Ideas, even bad ones, are easily transmissible and it will eventually infect the entire state, unless, we find a cure, or are able to inoculate ourselves from its capacity to absorb our freedoms. Fortunately, there have been some success stories in thwarting The Agenda. Carroll County, MD, Amador County, CA, Montgomery County, PA, Edmond, OK, Las Cruces, NM, Spartanburg, SC, and Albemarle County, VA are the first of many places that are fighting back and breaking away from their contracts with the U.N.’s (ICLEI). Check the website at ICLEI.org, click the Members tab and do a search for your city or county’s name. An unlisted local government does not mean you are safe. Watch your local officials carefully. City Planners and County Planners are “central planners,”and they will always have a tendency to over-regulate the property owner. In Bandon, the taxpayer is under attack from local City Planners and there is little time before…… “Rob Taylor was the original organizer of the TEA Parties in Coos County and is currently an independent activist working to promote the rights of the individual.” Related Posts: THE U.N. & AGENDA 21: |
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