Sunday, February 4, 2024

State and Local Government Policy Failures 2424

Cities began to deteriorate due to lack of maintenance and replacement of roads, bridges, sewers and waterlines.

Cities took federal grants to build unnecessary 12 foot multi-purpose sidewalks that requires seizing land from home-owners and removing shade, privacy and oxygen creating trees. Federal grants are not offered for fixing potholes and preventing sink holes. Cities spend unnecessary money to buy land and build unnecessary parks. This land should be used to build homes and keep the land on the tax registry. Cities spend unnecessary money to hire consulting firms and engineering firms that add unnecessary cost to road maintenance. All of this began with US Agenda 21 implementation in 2009 with Regionalism laws giving State DOTs the right to take financial responsibilities away from elected city and county officials. They were told to use the “City Manager” form of government that resulted in corruption. City Managers chose “well-connected” contractors that charged twice the price. It now costs $335,000 per mile to repair and resurface roads. The buzzwords were Smart Growth, Green Space, Roundabouts. The big push was public transit. There were countless Bond Issues that failed to be approved by the voters. 

State Legislatures need to repeal their Regionalism laws and allow Cities and Counties need to return to electing Mayors and County Commissioners to power to regain their financial authority.

Federal grants to state and local governments totaled $1.2 trillion, or 19 percent of all federal outlays, in 2022. Medicaid accounted for the largest portion, with the federal government paying out $592 billion. Jul 20, 2023

States allowed lawlessness to take over cities and allowed riots, In 2020, Cities in Democrat States were allowed to host property destroying riots to spread across States led by Black Lives Matter and Antifa masquerading as peaceful protesters. We then allowed defunding the police, stopped prosecuting criminals, eliminated bail and set career criminals free to commit more crimes.

This “Bandwagon” Hoax was used by Democrats to prepare the way for the Illegal Immigrant invasion of 2021.

These “virtue signaling” entities made a serious mistake. This was started by the City of Berkley, California in 1971.

Sanctuary States, Counties and Cities

States

California
Colorado
Connecticut
Illinois
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Utah
Vermont
Washington

Cities and Counties

California

Alameda County
Berkley
Contra Costa County
Fremont, CA
Los Angeles County
Los Angeles
Monterey County
Napa County
Oakland
Riverside County
Sacramento County
San Bernardino County
San Diego County
San Francisco County/City
San Mateo County
Santa Ana
Santa Clara County
Santa Cruz County
Sonoma County
Watsonville

Colorado

Arapahoe County
Aurora
Boulder County
Denver County/City
Garfield County
Grand County
Jefferson County
Larimer County
Mesa County
Pitkin County
Pueblo County
Routt County
San Miguel County
Weld County

Connecticut

East Haven
Hartford

District of Columbia

Georgia

Clarke County
Clayton County
DeKalb County

Iowa

Cass County
Fremont County
Greene County
Ida County
Iowa City
Johnson County
Marion County
Montgomery County
Pottawattamie County

Illinois

Chicago
Cook County

Kansas

Butler County
Harvey County

Louisiana

New Orleans

Maine

Cumberland County

Massachusetts

Amherst
Boston
Cambridge
Concord
Lawrence
Newton
Northhampton
Somerville

Maryland

Baltimore
Howard County
Hyattsville Montgomery County
Prince George's County
Rockville

Michigan

Ingham County
Kalamazoo County
Kent County
Lansing
Wayne County

Minnesota

Hennepin County
Nobles County

Mississippi

Jackson

Nebraska

Hall County
Sarpy County

New Jersey

Newark

New Mexico

Bernalillo County
San Miguel

Nevada

Clark County
Washoe County

New York

Albany
Columbia County
Franklin County
Ithaca
Nassau County
New York City
Onondaga County
Westchester County

North Carolina

Buncombe County
Durham County
Forsyth County
Mecklenburg County
Orange County
Wake County

Ohio

Franklin County
Hamilton County

Oklahoma

Oklahoma County

Oregon

Baker County
Clackamas County
Clatsop County
Coos County
Crook County
Curry County
Deschutes County
Douglas County
Eugene
Gilliam County
Grant County
Hood River County
Jackson County
Jefferson County
Josephine County
Lane County
Lincoln County
Linn County
Malheur County
Marion County
Multnomah County
Polk County
Sherman County
Springfield
Tillamook County
Umatilla County
Union County
Wallowa County
Wasco County
Washington County
Wheeler County
Yamhill County

Pennsylvania

Allegheny County
Bucks County
Chester County
Clarion County
Dauphin County
Delaware County
Franklin County
Lehigh County
Lycoming County
Montgomery County
Montour County
Northampton County
Philadelphia
Westmoreland County

Rhode Island

Providence

Tennessee

Shelby County

Virginia

Albemarle County
Alexandria
Arlington County
Chesterfield County
Fairfax County

Vermont

Burlington
Montpelier
Winooski

Washington

Chelan County
Clallam County
Clark County
Cowlitz County
Franklin County
Jefferson County
King County
Kitsap County
Pierce County
San Juan County
Skagit County
Snohomish County
Spokane County
Seattle
Thurston County
Walla Walla County
Wallowa County
Marysville
Whatcom County
Yakima County

https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States

States where legal recreational marijuana has been approved:

Colorado

Washington

Alaska

Oregon

Washington, D.C.

California

Maine

Massachusetts

Nevada

Michigan

Vermont

Guam

Illinois

Arizona

Montana

New Jersey

New York

Virginia

New Mexico

Connecticut

Rhode Island

Maryland

Missouri

Delaware

Minnesota

Ohio

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/where-is-marijuana-legal-a-guide-to-marijuana-legalization

Comments

There is a pattern of “Bandwagon” Hoaxes that includes Democrat States, but also some less vigilant Republican States. The Sanctuary hoax was started by Marxists and filtered out to Socialist Cities and spread back up to include entire States and was based on “virtue signaling”.  The Marijuana Hoax had it’s roots in increasing State Revenue and began under cover as “medical marijuana”. 

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

 

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