by Editor | Dec 11, 2012 | Govt Agencies, War on the West
By TIM HEARDEN Capital Press Posted 12/11/2012 WEAVERVILLE, Calif. — More than 200 residents of this spotted owl-weary mountain community crammed into a veterans’ hall Dec. 10 to tell U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack a thing or two about rural...
by Editor | Dec 10, 2012 | Govt Agencies
Damon W. Root for Reason Magazine |Dec. 4, 2012 The federal government suffered a major defeat today at the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States. In their unanimous decision, the justices rejected the...
by Editor | Dec 7, 2012 | Agenda 21, Growth Management Act (GMA)
By Henry Lamb from Renew America.com So what’s wrong with regional governance? Nothing- unless you value the republican form of government and individual freedom — and detest autocracy in all its forms. Regional governance evolved as a way to get around the...
by Editor | Dec 7, 2012 | Agenda 21
By Henry Lamb from Renew America Published October 4, 2012 Local governments have two fundamental responsibilities: (1) protect the rights of the citizens; and (2) provide the services the citizens authorize. To meet these responsibilities, local elected officials...
by Editor | Dec 7, 2012 | Agenda 21
October 9, 2011 by Henry Lamb from Renew America Where did governments — at every level — get the idea that they are supposed to manage the affairs of their citizens? Governments were first created in America to serve their citizens. Now, citizens must ask...