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The Battle To Save Drakes Bay Oyster Farm

Posted on December 14, 2012 Written by

This is the sto­ry of Drakes Bay Oys­ter Farm, locat­ed on the Pacif­ic coast just north of San Fran­cis­co, and Inte­ri­or Sec­re­tary Ken Salazar’s Novem­ber 29th deci­sion to destroy jobs, destroy 40% of Cal­i­for­ni­a’s oys­ter pro­duc­tion, exter­mi­nate mil­lions of oys­ters, ter­mi­nate a beloved busi­ness that has been in oper­a­tion since 1934, and make fam­i­lies that […]

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Baldwin County’s Comprehensive Plan Voted Down and All But Shouted Down

Posted on August 9, 2012 Written by

BAY MINETTE, Alaba­ma — Egged on by a large crowd invok­ing prop­er­ty rights, Unit­ed Nations Agen­da 21, the U.S. Con­sti­tu­tion and even the Com­mu­nist Man­i­festo, the Bald­win Coun­ty Com­mis­sion killed the Hori­zon 2025 com­pre­hen­sive plan today.

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Baldwin County Alabama Commissioner Seeks to Rescind Horizon 2025 Plan

Posted on August 6, 2012 Written by

Hori­zon 2025: The Bald­win Coun­ty Com­pre­hen­sive Plan 2008–2025 is a 310-page doc­u­ment that was approved by the Coun­ty in 2009, and reg­u­lates human activ­i­ty includ­ing trans­porta­tion as well as the use of pri­vate, pub­lic, and com­mer­cial lands.  Hori­zon 2025 is an Agen­da 21 plan. The word­ing and details of Hori­zon 2025 are vague and it […]

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Showdown at the Red Tape Corral

Posted on August 1, 2012 Written by

Fed­er­al land con­trols come under bright light in Tomb­stone, Ari­zona. Free­dom Advo­cates asks: When will locales and state gov­ern­ments start remind­ing the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment that they have no author­i­ty under Arti­cle 1 Sec­tion 10 of the Con­sti­tu­tion to direct land man­age­ment prac­tices?  Read arti­cle below. ——————

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Feds Take Historic Water Supply of Tombstone, Arizona

Posted on June 25, 2012 Written by

Before the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment declared own­er­ship of much of Ari­zona, water appro­pri­a­tions were estab­lished to Tomb­stone, Ari­zona.  Mag­i­cal­ly the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment now lays claim, fol­low­ing a nat­ur­al dis­as­ter, to pre­vent water line repair across “fed­er­al lands.”  Free­dom Advo­cates asks:  Does the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment have the pow­er to own vast expans­es of wilder­ness any­way?  Does any­one read […]

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Dam Removal will Ruin Lives and have Catastrophic Consequences

Posted on April 7, 2012 Written by

Dam Removal Would Be Cat­a­stroph­ic Defend Rur­al Amer­i­ca March 23, 2012 Stephen Koshy Mr. Stephen Koshy is a hum­ble man, aged 77, who just hap­pens to love our coun­try and share our con­cerns over what is hap­pen­ing to it. He became aware of the plan to destroy four Kla­math Riv­er dams, due in part to the […]

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