Articles

By Michael Shaw, 10/12/2004 -

It is ironic that "progressive" Santa Cruz politicians are neck deep in a right wing government/private partnership scam that destroys neighborhoods at taxpayer expense. A friend was right when he said it is like Russia -- except that Lenin and Stalin were not this sophisticated.

By Michael Park, 10/12/2004 -

Measure J proponents argue that Measure J will fund Highway 1 widening and alternative means of transportation projects. Opponents see the measure as an ineffective crutch to support an allegedly unsustainable car culture. Both sides fail to explain what this bond will truly accomplish.

By Susanna L. Jennings, 10/4/2004 -

“Traffic calming devices” include lane reductions, planted median strips, corner bump-outs, cement roundabouts, speed bumps and chicanes occupying former parking spaces. They are all different types of hazardous obstacles -- whose purpose is to delay you or discourage you from using your automobile. Traffic calming is not just physically hazardous. It harms our way of life as well.

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9/10/2004, SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- What you haven’t heard about the San Diego Wildfires and how changed policies have destroyed lives, property and nature.

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9/10/2004, KING COUNTY, Wash. -- Are gardens and ecosystems mutually exlcusive? King County's 65-10 rule denies future generations the American gardening tradition.

By Michael Park, 9/10/2004 - Update to 2004 article: Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), Nancy Pelosi and WM Broomfield (R-MI)  all use the term “Agenda 21” and “United Nations” on this CSPAN video at 11:43:30.

WASHINGTON D.C. - Though Congress never voted to support and implement Agenda 21 (aka Sustainable Development) -- and its implementation has been accomplished through executive orders and the activities of NGOs -- there is evidence that some representatives tried very hard to push it through early on.

By Alan Caruba, 9/10/2004 - SOUTH ORANGE, New Jersey -- The federal government has no business underwriting the publication of a book that deliberately subverts key elements of the US Constitution.

By Freedom Advocates Staff, 8/4/2004 -

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Santa Cruz County government is once again admonished by a high court for abusing citizens.

By John W. Whitehead, 8/4/2004 -

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia. -- In the pursuit of security, America has strayed far from the liberties envisioned by our founders. Will we stop now and reverse the trend?

By Michael Park, 8/3/2004 -

The transportation options available in feudal society are only quaint in hindsight. Smart Growth calls for a reversion to the limited mobility of the pre-automotive society.