Unelected bureaucrats, creating rules and regulations, running an extreme agenda in a government agency on the taxpayer’s dime. We’re talking the Tea Party’s view of EPA, right? Nope. We’re talking about the Tea Party itself in Bonner County.
Bonner County’s “Property Rights Council” is meeting tonight (a lengthy pdf agenda here) in Sandpoint. It is a new creature of Bonner County government with big plans “to review county government activities and inter-governmental activities to determine whether they may cause adverse impacts to private property rights.” Pam Stout, a Tea Party favorite – she was on David Letterman’s show last year – was recently hired by the County to run the new council.
The Council’s preliminary plans, posted on the Bonner County website, are elaborate and expansive, and borderline incoherent. Evidently, the Council will set up “review committees” to do legal research, hold hearings and meetings, and generate “Property Rights Impact Statements.”
The Council has also set up an online discussion group “to discuss a broad array of county relevant property rights issues utilizing market-oriented resources.” But in order to participate as a member of the Council, a Review Committee, or even the discussion group, ideological “free market and property rights” orientation and training will be necessary. Seriously.
For example, Councilors, whatever they are, are required to get a special certification:
PRC councilors must complete all stages of certification required of County resident volunteers as a condition of ongoing council membership. This ongoing requirement ensures that PRC councilors meet the same high standards as the volunteers assisting them. This requirement helps PRC councilors demonstrate their commitment to free-markets and private property rights. (emphasis added.)
The Council has promised to use expert advise from “free market think tanks” with a helpful link to the far-right State Policy Network and a list of “property rights and free market concepts” we can only assume would be part of the certification process.
KEA has sent a public records request to this new arm of Bonner County Government asking for budget information and the legal authority for the Council. We’ll let you know what we find out.
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Sounds to me like the Bonner County PRC is making the tree huggers nervous. Gee what a novel concept a Commission that wants to protect the property rights of citizens from the green monsters. It is about time. I guess until someone tries to take away the property rights of one of the greenies they will ridicule a group that appears to have the most honorable of intentions. The people of Bonner need to stand up and defend these people that are looking out for YOU!!! Our government, EPA, HUD, DOT surely won’t support your rights as American citizens. Glad to see the Commission has taken charge and is doing what is right for the people. The greenies need to understand their day in the sun is over. Global warming, man made climate change is all a lie and is being used to usurp American freedom.
Funny how protecting property rights is a “right” wing thing. The last time I looked our Constitution and God gave us the right to own property. If that is right wing then so be it. If Bonner County doesn’t appreciate what these people are trying to do we will welcome them here in Tennessee. We need people that will look out for the citizens rights.
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Funny that when ordinary citizens (finally) stand up for their Constiutional rights, progressives call them all the dirty names in the book. How dare they stand against the elitist left wing progressives! Don’t they know they are supposed to be subserviant to the greater minds who only want to have power and control over every aspect of their lives?
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