Translation: Local government will determine how many human resources a specific area will contain. A higher density of people (per square foot) means that local government is efficiently fulfilling the goal of the master plan.

Translation: Homes and apartments are "clustered" (crowded) in an area with shops, parks, schools, etc.; streets are narrow with little parking available but walking and bike trails are featured. The idea is to discourage motor traffic (thus less pollution) and encourage community cohesion. Yard sizes are minimal and conformity to set standards is required. Single family dwellings are discouraged through regulations and tax structures.

Translation: As you can see from the wording above, these "plans" take on the color of law and become legally binding agreements without ever being voted on. They also have the ability to change through the action of the "planning board," which is not subject to oversight by the legislature or the voice of the people. These are very dangerous agreements. Would you give your used car salesman a check without filling in the amount? Then you shouldn't allow your elected representatives to enter into one of these "plans," which use broad based concepts to obscure the reader's understanding of the plan's objectives. Remember, Eve thought that "apple" was pleasing to the eye and would be fine for the palate.

Formal adoption by local government is the first step in implementing the United Nations local agenda 21. Local law designed to enforce the social agenda will follow adoption of the "comprehensive plan".

Translation: Self explanatory.

Translation: Human resources (people) who meet the governments standards will be subsidized.

Translation: The regulations established under the "Planning Board" approach to development and growth will require permission for just about any kind of change you propose to your property. Your proposed action will be examined to determine what impact it might have when viewed as a part of the whole. Whether or not you may fertilize your lawn (or crop) could depend on how much fertilization has already been done by others within the community. Whether or not you will be able to add a building or pave a driveway will be considered based on how much of an area within the community is already composed of "impervious surface." The examples are endless.

Translation: Once "Urban Growth Boundaries" (UGBs) are imposed, there will be a strong demand for living space within those boundaries. One-acre lots for homes cannot be approved. Single family dwellings will be hard to come by and will then be on postage-stamp-sized lots. The freedom to pick and choose where and how one lives will have evaporated.

Translation: Extortion - or selective use of ordinances to coerce developers to willingly comply with the agenda. Legalized bribery, allowing local governments to use the power of government to perpurtate an injustice and call it justice.

Translation: Welfare: Social planners impose fees on developers who must up the price of their services to retain their profit. These fees then may be used to subsidize low income housing for others. Another "tax" designated as a "fee," thus avoiding a vote by the legislature or whichever governing body would have to approve a tax.

Translation: You have only those personal property rights that local governments will grant. You may own the property and pay taxes on it but control of how it may be used is in the hands of the "planning board," and your rights are subservient to those of "the people." Seizing the right to the air above and the ground below is just the beginning.

Translation: Historically easements have been granted for specific purposes such as right-of-ways for railroads or power companies or even for another landowner to access property surrounded by other properties. Now we are seeing "conservation easements" for environmental purposes that often appear to offer the landowner a way out of a problem situation. These easements are very dangerous and the landowner should look very carefully before entering into one.  See our articles on Easements accessible from our "Property Rights Index".

Translation: Economic Development must now take "sustainability" into account and factor in the environmental ramifications and the depletion of resources that could impact future generations. Our "planning boards" will be staffed with computer models that will unerringly predict the future (we say with tongue-in-cheek) and will give the bureaucrats even greater confidence in their belief that they know better than we what's good for us.

Translation: You would be amazed at the amount of taxpayer dollars being spent in cataloging the flora and fauna these days. Counting every bug, animal and plant before a development can begin is becoming a common practice. Adding a room to your house will require a permit which includes an ERI or NRI. Your papers please!

Translation: Notice the plan being described should be such that it can easily be converted into an ordinance (law) to ensure its enforceability. When government takes from Peter to pay Paul they can always count on Paul's support. As this program feeds on itself look for the ranks of program users (beneficiaries) to grow.

Translation: Remember, the purpose of the master plan is to equalize everything. When any building in the area gets too far out of line or when the total ratio is out of balance (does not fit the planning board specifications as to what the ratio should be) development within the area will have to be adjusted accordingly.

Translation: You are free to choose from the choices that are made available. Planning Boards will decide what will be left for future generations. "Unaccounted for cost" is whatever some bureaucrat says it is, and if some environmentalist thinks the habitat for some bug or fly is being threatened guess which of you wins the toss.

Translation: Every product will be assigned a "unique product identifier." This will allow the product to be tracked from the time it is made until all components - packaging or any article that accompanies the product - are disposed of. Disposal will be in compliance with approved methods designed to protect the environment. (We are looking at the cost to the environment, not to humans.) Transgression of the approved methodology could result in fines or in restrictive purchasing authorization.

Translation: This definition is a little misleading. The term refers to any structure, some of which may rest on your property, that hinders nature's ability to sustain itself -- such as buildings, roads or other structures that prevent rain from being absorbed into the ground or that may otherwise interrupt the natural harmony between man and nature.

Translation: Credits (money) will be transferred to the account of a company that mitigates (offsets the perceived harmful effects) of the company's actions. Any actions taken by the company to foster a "cleaner" environment could have financial benefit for the company, even such actions as making single car use for employees less attractive by providing parking spaces to car poolers.

Translation: This statement, in a most profound way, references a new world view that will totally alter the structure of society. It is the inclusion of private assets: trees on your property, the creek that runs through it, how much open space the local committees determine you must have. Notice that "Land Assets" is underlined, emphasizing everything that deals with land, is falling into a "system" that must be controlled.

Translation: Greenways are, or will be in most cases, the interconnecting corridors between the animal population centers (core areas). They will (according to the greenies) prevent animal interbreeding.

Translation: Community in this definition does not mean the people's elected representatives. Appointed boards (or stakeholder councils) will determine where growth, if any, will be allowed. If recent history is any indication, such determinations will be based more on environmental considerations than on the needs of the people.

Translation: This is a measure of your "ecological footprint" i.e. How kind you are to the earth. It will determine your credit allotment within the evolving system. (see Impact Assessment)

Translation: While we generally think of this as a developer fee, everyone understands that such fees are passed on to the ultimate consumer -- you and me. Such assessments could also be applied when an individual takes some action that is perceived to negatively impact the environment of the community.

Translation: Cover one inch of your property and your gray infrastructure goes up and your green infrastructure goes down i.e. You get less credits. You must keep in mind that man's comfort or even his livelihood must take second place to the green conception of what is best for the earth.

Translation: "Growth inducing effects" could be something as simple as spreading fertilizer on your land. Therefore fertilizing your lawn or crop can become criminal. The fertilizer may wash into a stream, be carried to a river and cause pollution. In essence, it will be necessary for the landowner to examine any action and try to predict any negative impact it might have if he wants to avoid confrontation with the environmental police.

Translation: The move is to make maximum use of available space. To do this all empty areas within the community must be examined to determine if additional units can be inserted. Remember, the plan is to INCREASE population densities.

Translation: The transfer of a resource from one ecosystem to another signals a deficit in the receiving system's balance sheet -- the receiving system will have to "mitigate".

Translation: This affords a "backdoor" approach to "regional government." It establishes defacto regional government without alerting the populace to the fact.

Translation: Fifty percent of the land mass of the United States will be designated as "core areas" under this program. "Core area" (sometimes referred to as "wilderness area") is land designated as reserved for animal habitation only - no human habitation permitted and human intrusion only under strict supervision for specified purposes such as scientific study.

Translation: Government bureaucrats will decide how many acres are required for the "desired community of plants and animals" or for the farm operation you may be involved in. There are many unstated implications here. As we have seen, when an area is desired there is usually an "endangered species" somewhere in the woodpile.

Translation: Human resources (people) produce pollution. Therefore all are guilty of this violation. This will become the source of increasing revenue for the local government. Already, under the Clean Waters Act all states are mandated to collect fees for the pollution caused by storm water runoff from their property. The storm water fee is added to the property tax statement in Alabama, in North Carolina it is added to the water bill. Clean air and clean water are things everyone wants and the politicians have discovered it's a good way to increase revenue.

Translation: The governments official propaganda publication -- hardly distinguishable from most daily newspapers these days. If you want the truth, try the web and look for "property rights" pages.

Translation: If the preceding sounds confusing to you, it is. Essentially what is happening is that planned restrictions on individual ownership decisions are being put in place in advance to ensure compliance to sustainable indicators down the road.

Translation: Self explanatory. One should keep in mind that it is a term being widely used in comprehensive planning schemes and its use should send up red flags.

Translation: Represents a value added tax system. Every part of the environment -- trees, bugs, animals, land, rock, etc. will in the beginning be assigned a dollar value, later this will likely become a numerical credit system. Cutting a limb, harming a bug will reduce the value that your assigned assets contribute to the environment. You therefore must pay a penalty (perhaps reduced credits) or mitigate for harming the ecosystem.

Translation: Eventually, revitalization of distressed areas will become the responsibility of the community lying within or adjacent to those areas.

Translation: Land that can be seen from the road will come under the jurisdiction of the "viewshed committee." Altering anything on your property that changes the view will come under their watchful eye. "Viewsheds" will be assigned values, if your action improves the viewshed you may be given credits, if it has an adverse effect you will be charged for the action or prohibited from it.

Translation: Growth that is not regulated, endorsed and approved will not be allowed. The environmenal impact will be a controlling factor. "Managed growth" is frequently used in conjunction with or in lieu of "smart growth."

Translation: Essentially, an area off-limits to development without clearances from the highest levels.

Translation: Narrow streets, one-lane traffic, the creation of cul-de-sacs to prevent through traffic and other devices to discourage use of automobiles.

Translation: Strategies such as the "Traffic Calming" efforts in the previous definition. Other strategies include comprehensive plans that call for clustering of residences, businesses, entertainment options, etc. all within walking or cycling distance. Foot paths and bike trails will also be included in the plans. One of the major goals is to try to separate you from dependence on your fossil-fuel-burning mode of transportation.

Translation: Simply a term the planners will be using in attempting to formulate the most energy efficient arrangements.

Translation: Because services such as roads, sewer, water, etc. will not be supplied to land on the outside of the UGB it will become worthless, to be bought up at give-away prices by the environmental NGOs (non-governmental organizations) - a taking of ones property made possible through the actions of local government. Property on the inside of the line will become so valuable that only the wealthy elite will be able to afford desirable locations. People will be packed like sardines in a can. "Density" levels will rise to whatever numbers the social planners decide is appropriate.

Translation: Any alteration to the your private property, such as building a structure, modifying a structure, or altering the landscape in any manner that is visible from a scenic corridor must receive the approval of a "viewshed committee." "Viewshed committees" are already in existence in many parts of the country.

Translation: Part of the "core" area, off-limits to human intrusion. See "Core Area" above. These corridors are supposedly to provide unfettered access to animal populations inhabiting the core areas.

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