Public meeting on county wide zoning

 7 PM – All meetings.

Location is at the Grady County Volunteer Fire Stations, seating is provided. You do not have to speak, although you can. What is important is that you raise your hand yes or no when you are asked to vote. It was not, at first, intended that a vote would be taken. Three commissioners voted that it shall. This is the only opportunity you will have to vote, so be sure to come and bring your friends.

In 1993, 18 years ago the RDC, the County planning Commission, and a majority of commissioners planned to stick us with zoning – they failed to do it, like I hope they will fail again. Taxpayers saved about one $million during that 18 years. Lets save some more. -

Monday, Feb 13 – Beachton

Tuesday, Feb 14 - Calvary

Thursday, Feb 16 – Reno

Monday, Feb 20 -  Midway

Thursday, Feb 23 – Pine Park

Monday, Feb 27 – Whigham – scout building

Tuesday, Feb 28 – Pine Level

Thursday, Mar 1 -  Spence

Monday, March 5 – County Line

Grady County Commissioners deceived

Grady County Commissioners are being deceived

The Southwest Georgia Regional Commission, (a non government organization SWGRC), begins its work in cities and counties by meeting with County Planning Commission (an appointed group of citizens), usually selected for their agreeable nature, trying to be kind here. SWGRC spends considerable time with planning commission, inviting them to meetings, building up their sense of importance, making them feel they are contributing, when, in fact, they are being used to convince the County Commission that their mission for zoning in the county is necessary, and that the citizens want zoning so they will vote for it, after a few public meetings, at which nobody comes, which is exactly what SWGRC wants. Then news media prints that a consensus is reached, people want zoning regulations …. A majority of commissioners vote zoning in. This is exactly what happened in 1988 when sub-division regulations was voted in.

But, this time around, County Commission Chairman Charles Norton stated that a straw vote will be taken after each public meeting. This is the only vote citizens will get. Citizens will not need to speak (although you can), just raise your hand, this is unprecedented.

Veteran “sustainable development” opponent Tom DeWeese, the leader of the Virginia-based American Policy Center, notes that the Sustainable Development plan contained in the Agenda 21 plan is being advanced under an array of deceptively labeled initiatives such as:

… cap and trade, global warming, population control, gun control, open borders and illegal immigration, higher taxes, higher gasoline prices, refusal to drill for oil and natural gas, education restructuring, international IDs, health supplement control, food control, farming “reform,” control of private property, etc.

George Bivins

georgebi@windstream.net

www.gradycountynews.blogspot.com

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