Regionalism (Agenda 21)
and Governor Chris Christie, Posted on August 27,
2012August 27, 2012 by Conservatives
on Fire
Regionalism is
the concept that the suburbs, through their taxes, should support the costs of
their nearby city core. It comes straight out of the UN Agenda 21 where they
use terms like “smart growth” and “sustainable development” or “sustainable
living”. Regionalism is a favorite of “Community Organizers” like you know who.
So, why is Governor Chris Christie of New Jersy, a darling of many conservatives
and a keynote speaker at this year’s Republican National Convention supporting
regionalism in his state? We will get to that in a moment. First, let’s review
what “regionalism” is all about.
I first posted
on the subject of regionalism about three weeks ago. In this post, I parsed an article at
National Review by Stanely Kurtz on his new book, Spreading the Wealth: How Obama is Robbing the Suburbs to Pay
for the Cities. Quoting myself from that post:
Have you ever
heard of the concept of “regionalism”? I vaguely recall reading that term in
some research I did a while back on Agenda 21. Mr. Kurtz explains that
Obama learned to embrace regionalism from his Chicago community organizing
mentors at the Gamaliel Foundation. “Regionalism” is the idea that the suburbs
should be folded into the cities, merging schools, housing, transportation, and
above all taxation. Kurtz says that the relationship with his community
organizing mentors continues to this day.
Via Real Clear Politics, came across another article about the Kurtz book
at New Geography that is excellent and I hope you will
bookmark it and read at your leisure if you want to know more about
“regionalism”. This article has some very interesting and important data.
Take a look at this quote and the graph that follows:
Opponents of
the suburbs have long favored amalgamating local governments (such as cities,
towns, villages, boroughs and townships). There are two principal
justifications. One suggests “economies of scale” — the idea that larger local
government jurisdictions are more efficient than smaller governments, and that,
as a result, taxpayers will save. The second justification infers that a larger
tax base, including former suburbs, will make additional money available to
former core cities, which are routinely characterized as having insufficient
revenues to pay for their services. Both rationales are without foundation.
As you can see,
bigger is not necessarily better and more efficient. The cities studied do not
have a revenue problem. They have a spending problem. Sound familiar?
What does this
regionalism have to do with Governor Chris Christie? Fox News has the story. It seems that cash
strapped Camden, New Jersey, one of the most crime ridden and dangerous
cities in the United States, is planning to do away with their police force and
let the county provide that service.
In the latest
example of a cash-strapped municipality taking drastic measures to deal with
swollen public sector liabilities and shrinking budgets, the city plans to
disband its 460-member police department and replace it with a non-union “Metro
Division” of the Camden County Police. Backers of the plan say it will save
millions of dollars for taxpayers while ensuring public safety, but police
unions say it is simply a way to get out of collective bargaining with the men
and women in blue.
Comments
Chris Christie is not the guy to send to the
Whitehouse. Our candidate must be well
versed in Agenda 21 and the dangers posed by the UN. His consolidation in Camden does make
sense.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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