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I would like to respond to the current accusations that sustainability equals communism, and Commissioner Richard Rothchild's thoughts on what sustainability means, as these views do not define what the word means to me.

To me, sustainability has nothing to do with the government, regulations or a communist plot to try to usurp our capitalist society. Perhaps I should let those who agree with these ideas have that word and give my definition of sustainability a new name. Neil Ridgely called it stewardship, and that is a good synonym. But the goal of leaving our place in as good if not better condition than we found it doesn't have many synonyms. Maybe it's time to invent some new words.

I was taught by my Republican, conservative father to pick up trash. That littering was a sin. Turn off the lights. Turn your nose up at the dime on the floor, God forbid, that is 10 cents. To me, sustainability defines these ways of living.

It means using less, so human life is less taxing on the natural resources we rely on. Choosing to use less paper and plastic by bringing cloth bags to the store, using cloth diapers, cloth scrub rags, gardening without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides, eating local food, including meat, preserving local or homegrown food for the winter, mending clothing to make it last, using good oldfashioned baking soda and vinegar to clean and reusing or recycling valuable resources. These are things that were commonplace 70 years ago. These very reasonable actions happen to be good for our pocketbooks, and they happen to also be good for the planet.

These activities are neither sinful nor covert. They demonstrate a very practical and considerate way to live.

Some clarification of terminology needs to be made here because many of us in Carroll County value something we call sustainability. And if this word's definition is totally and completely off base for one of our elected officials or fellow residents, we have cause to worry. Call it stewardship, preserving, considerate living, conscious living or local living. Whatever you want to call it, it is a far, far cry from conspiracy and communist plots.

UN Agenda 21  Coming to a Neighborhood near You

By Scott Strzelczyk and Richard Rothschild

Most Americans are unaware that one of the greatest threats to their freedom may be a United Nations program known as Agenda 21. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development created Agenda 21 as a sustainability agenda which is arguably an amalgamation of socialism and extreme environmentalism brushed with antiAmerican, anticapitalist overtones.

A detailed history on sustainable development, definitions, and critical actions can be found here. Section III of the Agenda 21 Plan addresses local community sustainable development. The Preamble and Chapter 28 discuss how Agenda 21 should be implemented at a local level. The United Nations purposely recommends avoiding the term Agenda 21 and suggests a cleverly named alternative: "smart growth." The United Nations Millennium Papers  Issue 2 (page 5) says this of Agenda 21 and smart growth:

Participating in a UNadvocated planning process would very likely bring out many of the conspiracyfixated groups and individuals in our society such as the National Rifle Association, citizen militias and some members of Congress. This segment of our society who fear 'oneworld government' and a UN invasion of the United States through which our individual freedom would be stripped away would actively work to defeat any elected official who joined 'the conspiracy' by undertaking LA21. So, we call our process something else, such as comprehensive planning, growth management, or smart growth [emphasis added].

Undoubtedly, residents of any town, county, or city in the United States that treasure their freedom, liberty, and property rights couldn't care less whether it's called Agenda 21 or smart growth. A recent example of this can be found in Carroll County, Maryland, where a smart growth plan called Pathways was drafted by the County Planning Department. The plan, if enacted, proposed a breathtaking reshuffling of land rights:

Rezoning of thousands of acres of beautiful, lowdensity agricultural farmland and protected residential conservation land into office parks

Downzoning of agriculture land to prevent future subdivision by farmers

Upzoning of lowdensity residential land around small towns into higher density zoning to permit construction of hundreds or possibly thousands of inclusive housing units, including apartments and condominiums

Inclusive housing with placement of multifamily construction on infill lots within existing residential single family communities.

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