Conservation Easements are
touted as a means to protect resources such as productive agricultural land,
wildlife habitat, historic sites or scenic views. They are used by landowners ("grantors")
to authorize a qualified conservation organization or public agency
("grantee") to monitor and enforce the restrictions set forth in the
agreement. Federal and state governments grant vast sums in tax benefits to the
grantor in exchange for relinquishing all or part of the development rights and
meeting the specified terms of the agreement.
Mrs. Boneta was not the grantor of the easement on her property
nor was she awarded any tax benefits or subsidies. She bought the property with
the easement and is bound by the terms of the original agreement that are
passed on to any subsequent owner permanently. She had a reasonable expectation
that the easement on her farm would assure that the land would be preserved for
her intended purpose - farming.
What could possibly go wrong?
One minute she
is a responsible organic farmer with the required license to sell her
vegetables and fruits; the next, she is bullied and fined for contrived
violations by Fauquier County Administrators.
They never obtained a warrant nor set foot on her property to
gather actual evidence. Instead a county bureaucrat relied on unscrupulous,
unlawful methods to bring charges against Mrs. Boneta. They ignored due process
of law which is a common practice used to intimidate citizens into forfeiting
their rights and ultimately their property.
One would think the PEC would be in her corner and stand up for
her right to farm per the conservation agreement.
But it wasn't enough for the PEC that Martha was bullied into
shutting down her farm out of fear of further uncertain charges by Fauquier
County carrying possible criminal penalties. The PEC has now put Mrs. Boneta on
notice that they intend to inspect the Barn Complex and Smithy "for the
purpose of determining if improvements have been made to accommodate
residential use".
The conservation easement agreement authorizes the Piedmont
Environmental Council the authority to monitor and enforce the terms of the
agreement but the notice completely ignores that the agreement allows 1600 sq.
ft. of residential space in the Barn Complex.
PEC Vice President, Heather Richards, further believes she can
ignore the law by prohibiting Mrs. Boneta from photographing or video recording
anyone entering her private property, even to inspect, while asserting the
PEC's right to do so.
In essence, Fauquier County Administrators and the PEC are
attempting to pull the land right out from under the feet of Martha Boneta
without due process of law and totally ignoring the terms of the conservation
agreement.
Their position assumes they are above the law and Mrs. Boneta is
but a mere serf or tenant on what is her land, while she is still burdened by
taxes and other expenses, and subject to the whim and will of Fauquier County
Administrators (the king) and the Piedmont Environmental Council (the
privileged lords and nobles).
The UN objective of Agenda 21, to extinguish private property
rights, is met when wealth and power (property) is transferred to, and
accumulated in the hands of the modern ruling elite: government agencies and
trusts which form an unholy alliance to defraud rural landowners, like Martha
Boneta, of their inherent right of lawful ownership and use of their land.
Source: Right Side News, Donna
Holt, Executive Director, Virginia Campaign for Liberty
Campaign For Liberty's Mission is to promote
and defend the great American principles of individual liberty, constitutional
government, sound money, free markets, and a noninterventionist foreign policy,
by means of educational and political activity.
Related:
Resource Page for Agenda 21 Information: RSN Agenda
21 and below is the directly related content for further study.
·
Fauquier Cites Farmer for Farming Fauquier Cites Farmer
for Farming - 14 July 2012
·
15 January 2013
·
Virginians Standing up for Property Rights, Begin Boycott
of Farm Bureau 16 January 2013
·
County Lobbyists
Seek to Protect Bullying Bureaucrats from Boneta Bill - Where
was VACo when Fauquier County charged Martha Boneta for hosting a birthday
party for eight little girls? The Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) is
quietly opposing H.B. 1430, the Boneta Bill, 18 January 2013
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