Who cares what it costs? 05/01/2012
On April 10 the Sonoma County Water Agency voted unanimously to take the next steps toward Sonoma Clean Power, a local program that buys and generates electricity for business and residents. The Board voted to pursue the creation of a Joint Powers Authority that would govern the program, and to produce the program’s Implementation Plan laying out the details of how Sonoma Clean Power will work. Once complete, the Implementation Plan will be submitted to the California Public Utilities Commission to establish Sonoma Clean Power as a local electricity provider. Yes, that's right. Sonoma County Water Agency, the same agency that has raised your water bills through the roof over the last 3 years, will be in the business of 'buying and generating power.' No limit to what they can charge you. This is UN Agenda 21/Sustainable Development. Add Comment A letter we just received: I am president of the Eastside Pioneers Neighborhood Association in Rochester MN. I have been reading over your website regarding your struggles with Agenda 21 driven initiatives. We are having the same problems. We have been at the receiving end of the Delphi technique and are also experiencing their current efforts to deal with an upstart organization objecting to their agenda. Right now Agenda 21 proponents are trying to pass some crazy and confusing parking and zoning restrictions that would coincide with their downtown master plan. The city and county plans are riddled with plans to increase the densities in the downtown area, including downtown neighborhoods, which we are one. They also want to restrict car use, narrow the roads, increase dependence on mass transit and create more livable walkable communities. They are placing a heavy emphasis on bicycling and pouring money into bicycle trails and bridges. Social engineering to the max. We are in Minnesota. Usually we are covered with snow and ice late October through March. These Agenda 21 people are idiots. Anyway your website has a lot of good information. I appreciate it Thank you very much. We could use all the help we can get. I will stay in touch if it is okay What is it with this vampire of a town? We thought we killed mandatory green building retrofits. THEY'RE BACK. I hope you like living in Sonoma County's version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers---look around, are your neighbors willing to have you be subjected to illegal search just so someone can see if you have insulation in your attic? Better get your comments in to the City Council. Do it now. It's the resurrection of the old vampire. Read about it here ONE BAY AREA: BAY OF TRICKS 02/15/2012
ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS ATTEMPTS TO MEET SECRETLY WITH ACTIVISTS If you've been following our actions at the ONE BAY AREA meetings with other groups, including East Bay Tea Party, 9-12 groups, property rights groups, and other Tea Parties, you know that we have deeply upset the game the Government (Association of Bay Area Governments--ABAG, and Metropolitan Transportation Commission--MTC in league with their public/private partners, Silicon Valley Partnership and Greenbelt Alliance) is playing. The Delphi game is to pretend, and get you to believe, that your input is solicited to craft the plan when in fact it is already set up before you show up. This is a Regional Plan, a stepping stone to Mega Regions and then to Global Government. We haven't been going along to get along. So out of the hundreds of people who attended their 'workshops,' in the 9 county Bay Area, out of the 7.5 million people in the Bay Area who would have questions about this plan if they knew about it, just four of us have been invited to a private meeting with ABAG-MTC. Who are we? Heather Gass, East Bay Tea Party Leader; Mimi Steel, 9-12 Leader; Carol Tomlinson, Tea Party Leader; and me. Here's the email they sent: Ms. Koire: The Executive Directors of MTC and ABAG are extending an invitation to meet with them at the MetroCenter to discuss issues and matters brought up at the Winter 2012 PlanBayArea workshops. There are three possible meeting times - one will be selected based on availability of invitees. Please reply to accept the invitation and indicate your preferred meeting date. Thursday, Feb 16, between 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm Friday, Feb 17, between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm Friday, 3/2/12, between 9:00 am 11:00 am regards, JoAnna Bullock Senior Grant Administrator, Urban Planner JoAnna Bullock JoAnnaB@abag.ca.gov Association of Bay Area Governments MetroCenter 101 Eighth Street Oakland, CA 94607 I had been checking into the American Planning Association propaganda and saw that they have now put out a seminar on how to handle us. That's you and me. So this is what I sent back: You must have gotten this guide from the APA. "Preparation Second, be proactive Reach out to groups likely to oppose Request a meeting with them to listen to concerns and ideas Do not try to change their minds –collect their input Encourage them to provide you with materials (books, websites, etc.) Research local activist networks" But Heather wanted to get more information. I'm glad she did. Here's her exchange: Ms. Bullock, I have several questions about this invitation that need to be cleared up before I consider attending. Will this be a publicly noticed meeting subject the Brown Act and open to the public, Executive Session or an informal (private) meeting not subject to the Brown Act? Who are the invitees? Is this open to the public or to just a handful of people? Which MTC/ABAG Executive Directors will be in attendance? Also, I am unclear as to the purpose of this meeting? What “Issues and Matters” will be discussed. I would like an agenda for the meeting. Heather Gass ------------- Ms. Gass, This is a invitation to meet informally with the executive director of MTC, Steve Hemminger and the executive director of ABAG, Ezra Rapport. The invitation was extended to the following attendees of the PBA public workshops: Carol Thomlison Rosa Koire Mimi Steele This will be an informal meeting, not a public meeting - no elected officials will be present so it is not subject to the Brown Act. The purpose of the meeting is to provide an opportunity to those that expressed issues and dissent at the PBA workshops to speak directly with the executive directors. The executive directors prefer no agenda - this is opportunity for open dialogue. regards, JoAnna Bullock Senior Grant Administrator, Urban Planner How bout that, folks? Now they want an 'open dialogue' outside of the eyes and ears of the public and for the sole purpose of finding out about us. FORGET ABOUT IT. NO GOOD GERMANS. PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO YOUR EMAIL LISTS--It's important. THIS IS WHAT A REVOLUTION LOOKS LIKE You are witnessing a plan that is being implemented all across the United States NOW. It has many names but it's the same plan. UN AGENDA 21/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Sustainable Cities Strategy. It is a regional plan that creates unelected boards of elected officials who are engaged in erasing the boundaries between cities, counties, and states. You are losing your ability to influence your government policies at the same time that you are being solicited for your opinion. It's a tactic to silence you. This is the Delphi method of manipulating groups and controlling populations that may protest. By 2050, or sooner, there will be 11 Mega-Regions in the United States that include parts of Mexico and Canada. This is not a delusional rant. This is a fact. Go to www.America2050.org What are these plans called? Your government is using similar names for all of these plans and they are all the same: Regional. They are being rolled out NOW. The adoption date is MID-2013. ALL OVER THE US. Most of us are unaware that the plan we are fighting is the same plan, with minor variations, being imposed in the name of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, expanding public transportation, and funding low-income housing. All plans include Smart Growth--high density housing with restrictions on personal space and car usage. All plans support high speed trains--the building block of Mega-Regions. All plans give power to regional transportation and planning boards (MPOs and COGs) through federal and state fund disbursements. In all plans housing and transportation are now linked. In all plans population projections are hugely inflated. All plans will go forward as planned regardless of your input. This is a planning revolution. Here are just a few places around the country using the word "VISION" a UN Agenda 21 buzz word. There are many others with similar names using the sustainability jargon. These are just a few of the thousands in the US and around the world (for example, the Hanoi Center Regional Plan is exactly the same)
Not on our watch. Awareness is the first step in the Resistance. Action is the second step.
NEAR RIOT AT DELPHI MEETING IN SANTA ROSA 01/11/2012
Please refer to my following post (1/09/12) for the set up on this story. VIDEO UP ON OUR VIDEO PAGE. Two nights ago about 50 citizen activists turned a ONE BAY AREA public Delphi meeting in Santa Rosa, CA upside down. WE REFUSED TO BE GOOD GERMANS. What happened? We spoke out, video'd (video is on our 'Videos' page), entered the meeting without signing in, refused to be railroaded, continually corrected the government/consultant lies and called them out, did not participate in the phony 'voting', did not give our names to the establishment press, brought in cameras and signs, flyered warning the organizers not to violate the open meeting laws, and did not get arrested although police were called. We exercised our rights as Americans. BUT, we can learn from this video---we need to do more civil disobedience than was exhibited by this brave group. If you sit passively the facilitators will assume you agree with the plan. If you show up, SPEAK UP: Do Not Sit Passively. Hold Up Signs. Get out of your comfort zone. This is no time to go along to get along, or to sit quietly. Who are we? A coalition of independent citizens from all over the SF Bay Area, Democrats, Property Rights Advocates, Tea Party members, Republicans, Libertarians, non-affiliated Independents---brave Americans standing together to resist tyranny. What is ONE BAY AREA? A regional plan to direct federal and state transportation dollars over the next 25 years to specific cities that have agreed to ONLY approve smart growth and ONLY approve it in limited pre-designated areas of just a few towns in the entire San Francisco Bay Area. Using ridiculously inflated population projections, ONE BAY AREA states that future housing must designed in one of their 'approved' smart growth models and developed in a Priority Development Area. What is that? A Priority Development Area (PDA) is a so-called transportation corridor---usually a busy street with a bus line or near a proposed train station. This PDA can be as small as a half-block or as large as a square mile. All of the projected new population for the next 25 years will be accommodated by housing within this designated area. No other housing developments will be approved for the next 25 years---or the city will not get their piece of the transportation funding. We're talking about 200 Billion dollars of federal and state transportation dollars for the SF Bay Area over the 25 year term. Do you see what this will do to property values outside of the specific PDA's? It will destroy them. Do you see what this does to individual cities? It destroys their sovereignty. ONE BAY AREA is a regional plan that breaks down boundaries and pushes UN Agenda 21. Northern California is one of 11 Mega Regions in the US. It includes 31 counties, 48,000 square miles, 15 million people, and part of TWO STATES--California and NEVADA. Do you see how this happens? We thought we had 50 states, but now we have ELEVEN MEGA REGIONS. Using transportation dollars, grants, legislation (SB 375 & AB 32 in California), and pressure, your government is destroying your ability to be self-determining. Video is up now on our site (video page) and on YouTube. Watch it and USE IT. We guarantee you that you'll have a chance real soon. NOTICE YOU ARE BEING DELPHI’D This meeting is designed to manipulate and direct public opinion to approve the One Bay Area Plan The Delphi Method is being used to create the illusion that this is your plan and that you have some part in crafting the outcome. This is a technique developed by the RAND Corporation in the 1960’s which is used by meeting facilitators to block opposition and discard opinions that do not support their plan. This propaganda method uses peer pressure to shame and silence you. ONE BAY AREA is being used to regionalize the SF Bay Area and erase the city, county, and ultimately, State boundaries. Your transportation tax dollars will be used to build apartments and condos in designated areas of your city---and nowhere else. Your money will directed to favored developers building stack and pack housing. You are losing the ability to direct your elected officials through this plan to destroy local representation. This is happening across the US. There are now 11 Mega Regions designed to replace States. Northern California is one of the Mega Regions (it includes part of Nevada), with over 48,000 square miles and 15 million residents. ONE BAY AREA is UN Agenda 21 ATTEND THE MEETING: FINLEY CENTER, W. COLLEGE AVENUE 5:45 PM NOTICE YOU CANNOT BE DENIED ACCESS TO THIS MEETING OPEN MEETING LAWS IN CALIFORNIA: THE BROWN ACT Meetings of public bodies must be ‘open and public,’ actions may not be secret, and action taken in violation of open meeting laws may be voided. (Section 54953(a), 54953(c), 54960.1(d) WHO IS COVERED? · Local agencies, including counties, cities, school and special districts (Section 54951) · Legislative bodies of each agency—the agency’s governing body plus ‘covered boards,’ that is any board, commission, committee, task force, or other advisory body created by the agency, whether permanent or temporary (Section 54952(b)) WHAT MUST HAPPEN? Under the Brown Act an agency must: · Post notice and an agenda · Notify the media · Hold meetings in the jurisdiction of the agency in places accessible to all, with no fee (Section 54961(a)) · Not require a ‘sign-in’ or registration for anyone · Allow non-disruptive recording of the meeting · Allow the public to address the covered board THE REDEVELOPMENT VAMPIRE IS DEAD. Congratulations to the Institute of Justice law firm and to all of us who have been fighting Redevelopment. The Courts have supported what we have known for years: Redevelopment is a vampire that has been sucking the tax dollars out of our roads, schools, police and fire, hospitals, parks, our general funds and our lives for more than 60 years. The Santa Rosa Neighborhood Coalition fought the City of Santa Rosa to stop the Gateways Redevelopment Project. Although we lost after a 3 year fight (2006-2009), we feel vindicated by this landmark decision by the California Supreme Court. Calling over 5 square miles of our city blighted so that money can be diverted to bond brokers and crony developers is wrong. Now the courts have made it crystal clear: The city cannot steal our property tax dollars any longer. Redevelopment is supported by cronies, by developers, by unions with connections (North Bay Labor Council), lawyers, private consultants, city staffers, the list goes on. All had their hands out for the money train. None had scruples enough to admit that diverting our hard-earned tax dollars into their pockets was wrong. Now the courts have spoken. Redevelopment is dead. What’s next? Infrastructure Tax Districts. They don’t have the power of eminent domain but they do have the power to divert transportation tax dollars into the hands of private developers for ‘Smart Growth’. This is what they mean when they say ‘Sustainable Communities.’ Sustainable Development is the Green Mask. Join the fight. Visit our websites for more information. For the Steering Committee Rosa Koire, ASA Santa Rosa Neighborhood Coalition Change Agents in Santa Rosa 12/09/2011
According to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Michael Allen recently assaulted an opponent, Marc Levine. They're both running for 10th District Assembly. Michael Allen is the incumbent in the 7th District but redistricting removed him from his district, so he shopped around for one he thought he might win and picked the 10th. Marc Levine is a San Rafael Councilperson. He made a comment at a Democratic meeting (they're both Democrats) that he has lived in his district for a long time. Michael Allen, according to the PD, 'stormed out' of the meeting. But he came back. Later he grabbed Levine by the elbow, hard, and told Levine that if he ever said anything like that again, Allen would 'kick his ass.' Ok, what a story, right? The headline could read "Michael Allen Shows True Colors." On Watch Sonoma County, the PD's online comment site, I commented about this. And Michael Allen's attack dog came out after me. And referred readers to a nasty piece of yellow journalism that the PD did on me when i reported Michael Allen to the FPPC last year for a conflict of interest. I looked back at the link, just for nostalgia's sake, and read the comments that attacked me and my partner, Kay. As I read the viciousness I marvelled that so many people were willing to be lapdogs and operatives. So many obedient toadies were willing to attack me---why? Did they get appointed to the Community Advisory Board or another commission? Did they get a few bucks via a small contract? Did they just get flattered about how important they are to the 'community?' They've gone to their trainings. It's so easy to be a good german. How far will they go? Do they know themselves? Maybe they'll threaten to kick someone's ass. Maybe they'll do it. We won't make it easy for them. Have they forgotten? This is America. So much for free speech...Occupy space 11/09/2011
I just received this from a citizen who was concerned enough about her safety in the center of Santa Rosa that she spoke out. For a related post please scroll down to my 10/12/11 post below . Dear Mayor, Councilmembers and City Manager, Thank you for your time, I know each one of you must be extremely busy dealing with all that is on your plates. I spoke last night regarding the Occupy issue. My name is Joyce Garcia. I’m writing you because of an incident that occurred before the doors opened to the City Council Chambers last night. I arrived about 10 to 15 minutes before the doors opened. Not realizing the doors were locked, I walked pass several people to go into the building. Not able to enter the building, I turned around and stood on the side, placing my tablet on the rail, writing what I intended to say during my 2 minutes. I must note that I arrived alone and was did not expect what happened to me. I was approached by Lisa Maldonado, a Union Leader. After she greeted me with a polite, “Hello, how you doin’”, she then introduced me (to whom it wasn’t clear because there were 30+ individuals there) by my full name and as a member of the NorCal C.R.U.S.H., then she added, “....which stands for Conservatives....what?” which was clearly to get me to engage in a conversation where she knew I was out numbered. This was clearly a maneuvered tactic she used to intimidate me and point me out to the Occupiers as a person who opposes them. Regardless of my statements that I agreed with many of the issues, just not their methods, she made it clear to those 30+ people whose eyes were now all on me, one in the crowd who did not agree with them, that I was disingenuous and was part of a group who created a Facebook page “Stop Occupy Santa Rosa”. This is an out and out lie. If you can put yourself in my place at that moment. Last week I was one of two people that I know of who spoke in opposition to allowing the Occupy movement to camp out. That was not an easy thing to do in such a overwhelming pro Occupy crowd...especially when many on the council outwardly were in support of the movement, claiming they too were one of the “99%”. I was pointed out in a crowd where I believe many of the people recognized me as speaking out against their movement. I was called out by my first and last name, surrounded by a crowd who do not welcome my opinion. I was accused of being apart of a FB page who wants the movement to stop. I was, and am still shaken. I was intimidated by a Union leader and pointed out to many people who may or may not wish me harm because of my opinions. I chose not to be silenced by the obvious skilled intimidation tactics and spoke up anyway because I know too many people who refused to be in attendance at regular council meetings because they are intimidated by the presence of the Occupiers, and I am speaking on behalf of them! I watched as council members were being threatened by these people during a council meeting, only to turn around and be intimidated by a Union leader. This is unacceptable and should not be tolerated! I know that I speak for many....please stand up to these people and uphold the laws and ordinances that are set in place for ALL individuals. I fear for the police! I know they are being targeted as the bad guys when they are only doing their jobs. Do what is necessary and right and I know that you will have overwhelming support from the citizens you represent. Respectfully and with much concern, Joyce Garcia | Eyes on Santa RosaCalling it as we see it ArchivesMay 2012 CategoriesAll |
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