Albemarle County, Virginia: Growing Opposition to United Nations' Agenda 21

[FrankRep]

Ken Boyd follows tea party lead, asks Albemarle to drop emissions commitment


C-Ville
May 6, 2011


In March, during a Jefferson Area Tea Party (JATP) forum titled "The Deceptive Agenda of Sustainability in Local Government," Supervisor Ken Boyd told C-VILLE he was concerned about Albemarle's Cool Counties resolution. The resolution, backed by the Sierra Club, committed Albemarle to reducing carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Albemarle County also joined the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives—ICLEI, later rebranded "Local Governments for Sustainability"—to monitor its greenhouse gas emissions, at an annual cost of $1,200.

“I don’t think that big government should dictate [energy consumption] to our citizens,” said Boyd. “Or regulate it, for that matter.” Local Tea Party members claim that groups like ICLEI use global warming as rationale to assert internatinal control over energy consumption and personal property rights.

Now, Boyd has aligned himself with the JATP's stance, and asked Albemarle to both drop its ICLEI membership and its Cool Counties commitment. Boyd told Charlottesville Tomorrow that Albemarle is "being infiltrated...by an agenda that is set by this international organization"—a marked departure from 2007, when he voted to pass the Cool Counties initiative and reportedly expressed concern that a resolution wouldn't accomplish goals on its own. Albemarle included its ICLEI membership cost in its budget for Fiscal Year 2012.

Albemarle isn't the only county facing some debate over the merits of Cool Counties and ICLEI. Take a look at Carroll County, Maryland.


SOURCE:
http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=1991704080566501&act=post&pid=12030605113314830






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[nate895]

Albemarle County is beautiful and home to Monticello.

 

[malkusm]

Ken Boyd was a candidate in the GOP primary for the hotly-contested 5th Congressional District seat. He wasn't my favorite choice in the crowd, but it's good to see him continuing to fight the good fight. On the whole, Albemarle County is a liberal oasis in a sea of conservatism in central VA, being home to Thomas Jefferson's University of Virginia. The founder would be rolling in his grave.

 

[nate895]

Ken Boyd was a candidate in the GOP primary for the hotly-contested 5th Congressional District seat. He wasn't my favorite choice in the crowd, but it's good to see him continuing to fight the good fight. On the whole, Albemarle County is a liberal oasis in a sea of conservatism in central VA, being home to Thomas Jefferson's University of Virginia. The founder would be rolling in his grave.

UVa is in Charlottesville, which is an independent city (Virginia recognizes cities as jurisdictions independent of counties). Charlottesville is super liberal, whereas Albemarle only leans Democrat (60-40 Obama, 51-49 Kerry).

 

[malkusm]

Ah yeah, forgot about the city being independent, but the University is still the reason for the county being majority Democrat....Nate, assuming your avatar refers to Falwell's school in Lynchburg, I lived right next to it for a year, so I have a flavor for the area

 

[nate895]

Ah yeah, forgot about the city being independent, but the University is still the reason for the county being majority Democrat....Nate, assuming your avatar refers to Falwell's school in Lynchburg, I lived right next to it for a year, so I have a flavor for the area

I don't live there right now, I'm up in NoVA waiting for the fall (very eagerly). I love the area myself, and have since the first time I visited. BTW, I have an online government class from LUOnline over the summer. The books are fantastic (they include Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson and a book that speaks somewhat favorably to nullification).

 

[malkusm]

I don't live there right now, I'm up in NoVA waiting for the fall (very eagerly). I love the area myself, and have since the first time I visited. BTW, I have an online government class from LUOnline over the summer. The books are fantastic (they include Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson and a book that speaks somewhat favorably to nullification).

Excellent. LU hosted several Leadership Institute seminars and were generally very welcoming to the Tea Party / libertarian crowd during my time there. Good to know that it spills over into some of the curriculum as well.

 

[nate895]

Excellent. LU hosted several Leadership Institute seminars and were generally very welcoming to the Tea Party / libertarian crowd during my time there. Good to know that it spills over into some of the curriculum as well.

I wasn't too surprised that the texts were small government-oriented. I just was surprised how far they went for an intro course that is taken by a good chunk of the student body. In fact, being the weirdo I am, I started reading the books before class started.

 

[FrankRep]

Tea Party Against Government Mandated Sustainability

NBC 29 News
Jun 02, 2011

The use of the word sustainability has the Jefferson Area Tea Party calling foul. They say it has been hijacked to push a radical political agenda and they are calling on Charlottesville and Albemarle County to renounce it.

The tea party says they are all for sustainability and environmentalism as long as it isn't government mandated. But they say that is exactly what is going on in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

In a press conference Thursday afternoon, tea party leaders said Albemarle County's participation in several groups should end. Those include the Cool Counties Initiative as well as their involvement in ICLEI - an international cooperation of city and county governments.

They also take issue with the county and Charlottesville's acceptance of a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to facilitate better regional planning.
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The tea party plans to bring these issues up at next Wednesday night's board of supervisors work session. They plan to urge supervisors to drop the use of the word sustainability from any government documents.
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