Dear fellow patriots in Thurston County and across the
State,
I am sending this to all because you will have to deal with this
in your area. Watch for words like "Critical Areas Ordinance" ... "Growth
Management" ... "Sustainable Development" ... "Smart Growth" which are all
part of something called Agenda 21 (a.k.a. Sustainable Development.)
Agenda 21 was unveiled in 1992 during the United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development commonly know as the Rio Earth Summit and it
threatens your property rights. See www.freedomadvocates.org for more
info.
A friend forwarded the following information to me a few days ago
and I think is important for us to show up. Much of what I do for a living
has to do with regulations. Believe me, this is serious
business. Because of "Critical Areas" and similar administrative rules
many homeowners have LOST THE USE OF MOST OF THEIR PROPERTY! Each
new batch of regulations they pass comes with more and more
restrictions.
How bad it it? I have one customer (I design
septic systems) who cannot use 90% of his property (about 5 acres) because of
such restrictive rules. He was told all he could do is walk across the
property - no more. Another homeowner was told he couldn't even stand
on parts of his own property! Customers tell met that bureaucrats are
saying things like "You just think you own your property, but the government
owns your property." I've got lots of horror stories, but suffice it
to say these issues are real and they effect you. When your neighbor
looses his property rights, you loose yours as well.
Don't think this
effects you or your kids?Think again. It has been
documented that a State Agency wants to prevent you from rebuilding your home
should it burn down if your home is within 200 feet of a shoreline. Their
STATED GOAL is to REMOVE EXISTING HOMES from the shoreline by
attrition (by preventing rebuilding). Whether or not this sort of
outrage can be avoided is entirely up to you and whether or not you get
involved.
Yours truly, Ken Morse OTP organizer 360-923-1080 Here is the info - please show up at one of these
meetings, listen and ask the tough questions...
Ken,
You probably are aware (or maybe not) but the county has finished its rewrite of
the critical area ordinance. You may recall a few years back when this
thing reared its ugly head - 700 people showed up at the public hearing at the
fairgrounds forcing the planning department back to the drawing
table. At the time they had increased setbacks to 200' from
water and even had a provision that said if you remodeled or rebuilt (like after
a fire) a home currently on water, you had to conform to the new
setbacks. Don't know how folks would
qualify for homeowners insurance under those rules but heck, what do the
planners care. I haven't read the new rules but have been told they are very similar. The thing we need now is people to show up
at the hearings so they know that people care. The hearing dates/locations
are below.
Thursday, October 7 from 5-9 pm at the Thurston County
Fairgrounds Tuesday, October 12 from 5-9 pm at
the Rainier Sportsman Club Monday, October 18 from
5-9 pm at the Thurston County Courthouse