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'Sustainability Community Plans' , South Carolina style,
includes preservation of everything except individual liberty
from Julie Kay Smithson and Wanda Benton
April 12, 2002 - Richland County, South Carolina, has a
problem. The attempt is being made to implement them under
"The Plan," and the website that details it actually has an
EYE looking at you!! This same "Plan" is being applied
to many, many communities across America. Do you think it isn't in
your backyard yet? Do you have a similar issue where you live?
Wanda Benton, great freedom-loving warrior gal in Missouri, is helping
to spread word of this abomination to all parts of America.
Thanks, Wanda! Let's help her spread the word so that everyone knows
about this criminal attempt to steal freedom!
Julie
London, OH
www.nodarbyrefuge.0catch.com
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY PLANS! Richland County Vision SC
Date: 4/11/02
From: wlbenton@salemnet.com
(Wanda Benton)
TO ALL:
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT -- PLEASE READ AND TRY TO KEEP FOR REFERENCE AND
DOCUMENTATION. Very lengthy but worth it to stick with it. This is
the complete plan for a sustainable community, (Smart Growth) in
Richland County, South Carolina, just as it is written in the HUD
document. Some details in my letter below but much more in the document.
Just click on the link provided at the bottom of the first page and then
click on 'next' on each of the following pages. See in there where they
plan to 'preserve' in perpetuity our farmlands, streams and rivers and
forests which surround or are near their socialist little commune,
take away our development rights and place them in a "village
receiving area." MUCH MUCH more...please read on and share this
with others (whether they want to see it or not...)
----- Original Message -----
From: Wanda Benton
To: Salem News
Donald, I am sending the complete long-range plan for a Sustainable
Community in Richland County, South Carolina. It begins with a
seemingly innocent economic development plan, just as the ones we have
attended in Salem. If you would take the time to click on the link
provided at the end of the
introduction and then click on "next" at the end of each
page and follow through, you will see the plan develop into a totally
controlled society surrounded by 'preserved' farmlands, rivers and
streams, forests, miles and miles of open space where humans are not
allowed to enter. Please remember, in 'greenspeak' and in all
environmental based plans the words 'preserve' or 'preservation' always
means taken FROM the people and in perpetuity, never to be used
again by human beings. The following plan comes directly from the United
Nations HUD document, which I have sent you several times. It is the
plan for sustainable development AKA 'Smart Growth,' developed by the
Clinton administration, and currently spreading like wildfire across
this country. Please read the front page and the introduction of the HUD
Document...they are self-explanatory. The enclosed plan calls for
restricting growth in the rural areas of the county, setting growth
boundaries, FOREVER PRESERVING THE AREAS OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES,
INCLUDING THE WATER SHEDS, RIVERS AND STREAMS AND FORESTS. (section 6.3)
Sub-section A: 'Implementation' describes transferring development
rights to a so-called "village receiving area" and much more.
The plan is very long, but please try to stick with it until you get the
total picture of how an unsuspecting citizenry can be taken in by slick
facilitators and gullible (or greedy) city fathers and county
commissioners. It is extremely important that we have people educated as
to what is transpiring and can keep an eye on any economic development
plan, no matter how harmless it appears to be. Seldom is full disclosure
even a subject which is brought up regarding this type of meeting...not
even by county commissioners. Almost always the civic leaders, elected
and appointed officials and other influential people are brought into
the plan early in the game, so as to give it unquestioned credibility.
Sincerely Wanda Benton
http://www.richlandonline.com/vision/intro.html
1. INTRODUCTION The Planning and Urban Design Team began its
work after the public's desires and their leaders' goals had been
established. We started with the specific mission of creating a vision
to guide the Richland County Comprehensive Plan. The vision of the
future presented in this report
captures the essential ideas and goals of the stakeholders, while adding
expertise in natural resources, land use planning and transportation.
Over the course of the next several months, the policies and ordinances
of the County will be adjusted to reflect the vision concepts. This
effort will ensure that the Vision is implemented in the County's
frequent decisions, both major and minor, on growth, development and
environmental resources.
The Richland County Vision is the result of extensive inputs from
concerned citizens and civic leaders. In 1998, Richland County
stakeholders were given many significant opportunities to influence land
use planning. Imagine Richland was designed to educate the public about
the importance of land use planning and to elicit the community's vision
of the future appearance of the County. It consisted of five
components:
A Summit on Growth with Nationally Recognized Speakers. A
Representative Sampling of Visual Preferences and Views on Growth and
Development (by Market Search). A Short Version of the Image
Survey (by Market Search). A Middle School Student Photography
Effort on Likes and Dislikes. A comprehensive set of stakeholder
forums and workshops on what Richland County should be like in the
future. The last component, using Stansbury Resolutions By Design's
PIBEO approach, built on prior Imagine Richland efforts with a greater
depth of discussion throughout the County. PIBEO means "Public
Input Before Expert Output." It stresses the importance of
combining the talents and knowledge of citizens and consultants in ways
that build consensus, not confrontation. PIBEO does not start with
consultant assessments of problems or solutions. It does not rely on
formal public hearings. It does not operate in a leadership vacuum.
Instead, it stresses clear roles, informal but measurable meetings and
value-added expertise. In PIBEO, civic leaders endorse and
monitor the process, reviewing results while deferring decisions until
recommendations are offered. Stakeholders influence outcomes, by
defining their own needs, assessing their priorities and offering
possible resolutions. Experts add value by responding to stakeholders
while ensuring that the results respect scientific, technical and other
factors.
Richland County Council, along with its public and private partners in
Imagine Richland, endorsed this concept of public participation at the
outset. It liked the fact that PIBEO starts by talking with a diverse
group of stakeholders, living throughout the County. It liked the
emphasis on consensus-building through facilitated community workshops
and forums. Finally, it liked the fact that the consultant team would
add its own expertise after the community had identified its own
assessment of the problems, possibilities, priorities and potential
ideas
1.1 Acknowledgments
The Vision Team thanks the following people and organizations that
contributed to the direction and content of the Vision for Richland
County:
The stakeholders who contributed countless hours in 19 workshops, forums
and a design charrette. The civic leaders from the county, city,
towns, school districts, police forces and non-profit organizations who
contributed their desired goals and assessments in two civic leader
workshops.
Imagine Richland Steering Committee and Richland County Planning
Commission members, who reviewed and supported the process.
County Administrator Cary McSwain and Research Analyst Mullen Taylor,
who reinforced the process and managed the project.
County Councilor Kit Smith, Chairperson of Imagine Richland.
The Vision Team consists of:
James Stansbury, Stansbury Resolutions By Design, Inc. - Project
Coordination and Facilitation Scott Killinger and Angelo Alberto,
Killinger? Alberto - Architecture, Planning Preservation
Timothy Smith, Kise Straw & Kolodner, - Architects, Planners,
Historians
Walter Kulash and Frank Jaskiewicz, Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin
Lopez Rinehart - Transportation and Livable Street Design
William Lucas, Integrated Land Management - Mapping and Natural Features
Analysis
GO TO http://www.richlandonline.com/vision/intro.html
FOR THE COMPLETE PLAN.
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