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~ George Washington (1787)

Monday, September 19, 2011

Maryland County Abolishes Sustainable Development Office

From The American Thinker:

Carroll County, Maryland elected five new County Commissioners in November. These brave souls voted unanimously to get rid of all traces of the "Sustainability" agenda in the county. They abolished their "Sustainability" office and dropped out of ICLEI (the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives), the first county to do so.

This may not sound like much but is in fact, huge.
Walla Walla County is faced with a similar issue.  Perhaps not quite as far along as Carroll County, but far enough.  "Sustainable Development" is in fact an attack on property rights.  We see it every day in this country, from overbearing zoning laws to land use restrictions due to environmental reasons.  An earlier post here discussed the background on this topic, also known as Agenda 21. 

We need to work towards abolishing "Sustainable Development" in the County.  Given the State Growth Management Act, that will be difficult, but it is in support of our basic values of smaller government. 

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