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7. BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL AGENDA 21 SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT

 MARTHA BONETA
“Unfair regulatory actions against Martha Boneta, a farmer in Fauquier County, Virginia, “violate
fundamental rights and unfairly restrict her property rights.”….Martha Boneta’s plight and
subsequent lawsuit stemmed from a planned birthday party for eight ten-year olds on her farm.
County officials notified her that she should have obtained a prior permit for hosting this party and
thus would be fined $5,000 for failing to abide by the local ordinance.

She was charged with two additional violations of up to $5,000 each, one for advertising a pumpkin
carving and another for operating a small shop on her property from which Martha sold her fresh
produce and homemade crafts. The county made these allegations without ever setting foot on her
farm. The Fauquier county board of zoning appeals upheld the zoning administrator’s decision that
Boneta held “temporary and/or special events without the required county approvals….

A trench was dug to prevent parking on her property because it might obscure the view shed. Then
came the infamous pumpkin carving party that actually never took place, it was cancelled. Yet the
harassment from the county and the moneyed environmentalists never stopped. These people prefer
and define farming as penny-loafer farming, running a few horses on lush endless green grass fields,
nothing to grow that people would need.”
http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/52188
http://www.amazon.com/U-N-Agenda-21-Environmental-Piracy/dp/0615716474

 ORTON FAMILY FOUNDATION COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN DURANGO
As mentioned in Section 1 above, The “Comprehensive Plan” for rural La Plata County, Colorado seeks
to concentrate their population into “Smart Growth” "mixed use" corridors in condos above the street
level retail businesses. “Durango has not experienced a housing bubble or high unemployment.
However, they have destroyed their once historic downtown with a massive infill project in recent
years, increasing population and traffic in its downtown area with townhomes and “smart growth
towers.”

In addition, the City has built smart growth townhomes along the edge of town (shown below).” New
parcels less than 10 acres in size are restricted to a 1% designated portion of the county. “As you’ll see
on the City of Durango comprehensive plan below, at least two thirds of the City Limits is open space.
The remaining land is divided between high density mixed use, and lower density single family
estates. The City places a priority on mountain bike trails and developing smart growth condos, as I’ve
seen when visiting the town.

Therefore, the supply of land for Durango’s most desired product – single family homes on one acre
lots – is scarce. In economics, scarcity especially when combined with high demand causes bubbles.
Unfortunately, Durango and La Plata County will experience a gigantic bubble in the next decade, as
baby boomers retire in droves, due to land rationing from the City of Durango and the La Plata County
Comprehensive Plan. Currently, the average cost of a home in Durango on Trulia is about $300,000,
compared to $150,000 in nearby Albuquerque….

From a design standpoint, smart growth is such terrible design that one doesn’t need to invoke the
name of the Libertarian Party, Constitution Party, or AGENDA 21 to oppose it. Smart growth is
opposed by thousands of architects, planners, and landscape architects who choose to not incorporate
its principles into their communities. This is true even for highly environmentally conscious places
listed above. All these places have developed their own “green” ways to plan w/o using smart growth
principles.”