Counties Opt Out of Agenda 21

Opt Out of the Countywide Vision Plan & Common Core Posted on December 5, 2014 Written by iAgenda21.com

FA Note: iAgenda21 is an affil­i­ate of the Amer­i­can Coali­tion for Sus­tain­able Com­mu­ni­ties (ACSC) — “Sus­tain­ing rep­re­sen­ta­tive gov­ern­ment.” Theirs is the type action that needs to be under­taken in every county in the country!

New Report exposes col­lec­tivist reg­u­la­tion, insti­tuted at tax­payer expense, in San Bernardino County, Cal­i­for­nia. The report is authored by the Amer­i­can Coali­tion for Sus­tain­able Com­mu­ni­ties (ACSC) whose mis­sion is “Sus­tain­ing Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Government”.

Report Key Findings

• The San Bernardino Coun­ty­wide Vision, through its “Cradle-to– Career” goal, aka, Com­mon Core; the Com­mon Core State Stan­dards (CCSS) are a set of aca­d­e­mic stan­dards, pro­moted and sup­ported by two pri­vate mem­ber­ship orga­ni­za­tions, the National Governor’s Asso­ci­a­tion (NGA) and the Coun­cil of Chief State School Offi­cers (CCSSO), as a method for con­form­ing Amer­i­can stu­dents to uni­form (“one size fits all”) achieve­ment goals to make them more com­pet­i­tive in a global mar­ket­place and com­pli­ant “global citizens”.
• The San Bernardino Coun­ty­wide Vision is defined as a “Regional Vision­ing Plan”, which usurps our elected rep­re­sen­ta­tive form of gov­ern­ment and encour­ages top-down control.
• The San Bernardino Coun­ty­wide Vision Plan advo­cates a con­sen­sus based decision-making process via unelected busi­nesses, non­prof­its, agen­cies, boards, bod­ies and com­mis­sions via “stake­holder groups”, thereby cir­cum­vent­ing the cit­i­zen vot­ing process.
• The San Bernardino Coun­ty­wide Vision Plan pro­motes envi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­ity* pro­grams, which are anti­thet­i­cal to free mar­ket sys­tems, local prop­erty rights and local choice, by defin­ing them as destruc­tive to the environment.
• The San Bernardino Coun­ty­wide Vision Plan pro­motes social equity through sus­tain­abil­ity as a method to reduce stan­dards of liv­ing via col­lec­tive con­ser­va­tion schemes that limit cur­rent lifestyles in order to pro­tect resources for future gen­er­a­tions; by “look­ing beyond local inter­ests” and man­dat­ing that all ben­e­fit equally for the com­mon good.
  Report Sum­mary - This report is a crit­i­cal review of some of the ele­ments and regional goals, (see ele­ments and goals below) of the San Bernardino Coun­ty­wide Vision Plan. Specif­i­cally, the edu­ca­tion, envi­ron­ment and water ele­ments are addressed, as well as the cradle-to-career regional edu­ca­tion goal (Com­mon Core). There is added empha­sis pre­sented regard­ing the water cri­sis in Cal­i­for­nia. Also dis­cussed are pro­grams under the umbrella of the Coun­ty­wide Vision Plan. Some of these pro­grams sup­port ele­ments of the plan, such as habi­tat preser­va­tion and water con­ser­va­tion. A County sanc­tioned non­profit fundraiser is dis­cussed. A wrap up is pre­sented iden­ti­fy­ing some of the poten­tial pit­falls of the plan along with prospec­tive solu­tions. Finally, the Appen­dix offers com­mon answers about the Com­mon Core edu­ca­tion stan­dards by Dr. J. David Lehman.
  The Coun­ty­wide Vision Plan - What appears to have started out as an idea to curb cor­rup­tion in San Bernardino mor­phed into a col­lab­o­ra­tive cen­tral­ized plan. The col­lec­tive goal of the Coun­ty­wide Vision Plan can be summed up in this statement:
  “Rec­og­niz­ing the con­straints declin­ing rev­enue has placed on gov­ern­ments; we must build new, and expand exist­ing, part­ner­ships among pub­lic agen­cies, busi­nesses, and non­profit and faith-based orga­ni­za­tions. We must set goals for the county and region that look beyond our indi­vid­ual interests.”
  Ini­tial fund­ing for the plan was $300,000: $50,000 pro­vided by SANBAG and $250,000 pro­vided from the county gen­eral fund.  The plan intro­duces ten ele­ments and two regional goals to pro­mote social equity in the county. In lieu of our rep­re­sen­ta­tive vot­ing process, a sur­vey was con­ducted to include cit­i­zen and res­i­dent input for the plan. 3,656 responded. The total pop­u­la­tion for San Bernardino County in 2010 was an esti­mated 2,000,000, which means that 0.18% of the total pop­u­la­tion in the county par­tic­i­pated in this “rep­re­sen­ta­tive” survey.
  Opt-Out and Opposition Resolution
  The San Bernardino Countywide Vision
  WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Countywide Vision is defined as a “Regional Visioning Plan”, which usurps our elected representative form of government and encourages top-down control; and,
  WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Countywide Vision Plan advocates a consensus based decision-making process via unelected businesses, nonprofits, agencies, boards, bodies and commissions via “stakeholder groups”, thereby circumventing the citizen voting process; and,
  WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Countywide Vision Plan promotes environmental “sustainability” programs, which are antithetical to free market systems, local property rights and local choice, by defining them as destructive to the environment; and,
  WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Countywide Vision Plan promotes social equity through sustainability as a method to reduce standards of living via collective conservation schemes that limit current lifestyles in order to protect resources for future generations; by “looking beyond local interests” and mandating that all benefit equally for the common good; and,
  WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Countywide Vision, through its “Cradle-to- Career” goal, aka, Common Core; the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a set of academic standards, promoted and supported by two private membership organizations, the National Governor’s Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), as a method for conforming American students to uniform (“one size fits all”) achievement goals to make them more competitive in a global marketplace and compliant “global citizens”; and
  RESOLVED, the city of ______________________________________ hereby acknowledges the overreaching collective nature of the San Bernardino Countywide Vision Plan and opts out of the plan,
  including all of its elements and goals.
  Elected Offi­cials Can Opt Out - Com­mis­sioner Had­dox OPTS OUT of the Regional Seven50 Plan: motion call­ing for Mar­tin County FLA to with­draw from the Seven50 plan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opDUvjp8tU4
  Comments
  County Commissions can vote to reject Regional “top-down” Planning schemes for land use, zoning and transportation projecting unrealistic growth projections. Also, county commissions can reject common core and parents can opt out of common core testing.
  Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader