Several of the Senate’s most liberal members, including Hillary
Clinton, Jim Jeffords and Joe Lieberman are pushing for a bill that would
allow federal bureaucrats to determine how land will be developed and used
in local communities. This bold attack on our federalist society is titled
the "Community Character Act" (S. 975). The name says it all, as
several characters are acting to hijack our communities.
S. 975 is simply a bribe offered by the federal government to
localities to update their zoning plans. The feds promise to pay for 90%
of the costs for the updates—BUT ONLY IF THE LOCALITY DOES IT THEIR WAY.
And just what is feds’ way? SMART GROWTH (read, NO GROWTH).
Recall that the Clinton Administration paid $2 million for a
"Smart Growth Legislative Guidebook" that is intended to
"guide" counties, cities and towns on how to update their
zoning. S. 975 provides the money to force this agenda on unsuspecting
localities. This bill is the vehicle for mandatory sustainable
development. Among other dictates, S. 975 calls for land use planning to
"promote social equity." By gaining control of how property is
developed in YOUR community, the federal government thinks it can control
how YOU live. It is essentially snatching your property rights through the
channel of local government.
*Action to Take*
1. Call your both of your Senators and tell them to vote NO on S. 975!
S. 975 is anti-property rights and anti-American. Individuals and locally
elected officials should be free to determine the type and amount of
growth appropriate for their communities. We don’t need the federal
government and radical environmentalists forcing their warped vision upon
us! Capitol Hill Senate Switchboard: (202) 224-3121. Simply ask for your
Senators by name.
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to send this APC Action Alert to up to TEN of your friends!
UN’s International Criminal Court Becomes Official
Last week, April 11, the United Nations’ International Criminal Court
(ICC) became a reality. On that date, four more nations ratified the ICC
treaty, thus giving the UN the necessary 60 ratifications needed for the
court to become operative.
Though the United States never ratified the treaty, President Clinton,
in one of his final, dastardly deeds before leaving office, signed the
treaty. Now it is more important than ever before that President Bush
rescind that signature. That signature tells the United Nations that the
U.S. is willing to participate in this sham of a global court.
Congress’ greatest champion of U.S. sovereignty, Rep. Ron Paul, has
recently introduced H.R. 4169, the "American Servicemember and
Citizen Protection Act of 2002." This bill would protect American
citizens from prosecution by the ICC, prohibit the use of U.S. taxpayer
funds for the UN court, and it deems ICC actions against U.S. military
personnel as acts of aggression against the United States.
Now that the International Criminal Court has become a reality, it is
extremely important that Congress pass Rep. Paul’s American
Servicemember and Citizen Protection Act. We must protect our brave men
and women fighting terror overseas from vindictive nations who have a bone
to pick with the U.S.
*Action to Take*
1. Call your Representative and urge him to immediately throw his or
her support behind H.R. 4169, the American Servicemember and Citizen
Protection Act. Capitol Hill House Switchboard: (202) 225-3121. Simply ask
for your Representative by name.
2. Click here
to send this APC Action Alert
to up to TEN of your friends!
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