While this is about Boise, every Idahoan should be on the alert for it happening in their city.
The Boise City Council recently approved a massive change in the city's zoning codes that will "permit the inclusion of more housing units, diverse housing options, and an increase in mixed-use districts. This is called upzoning, and consequently, development along transit corridors will be denser, combining both residential and retail spaces", opening the door to more money. A copy of the 611 page Boise Zoning Code Adoption Draft can be found here. One group fighting this change is Reject Boise Upzone. Among many other concerns, issues they raise include a lack of citizen involvement in the decision, a resulting lack of affordable housing and reduction in lot sizes, increasing ADU sizes, and the fact that "2 of 6 council members were not elected by public vote". Resources for other information can be found on their website. Traditional zoning codes are now perceived as exclusionary, damage equity, inhibit growth, and should be eliminated. There is also some thought that these codes perpetuate segregation and hinder sustainable development. Changing these codes addresses equity in every way possible. There is truth to this. Why should a person who works their arse off to better their lives be allowed to have property that isn't made available to others? Some think changes in zoning codes don't go far enough. After all, housing is a human right. So what is upzoning? Simply put, it is "changing the zoning code to allow taller and/or denser buildings", thereby creating more development. But it isn't just building size and numbers, it goes much farther with a drastic reduction in single housing lots and size, increased accessory dwelling units (ADU), reduced car use, and increased mass transportation with more walking and biking. Somehow, this is supposed to create social justice, equality, and protect the environment. These zoning changes are also typically built near mass transportation to move all those extra people around, and "promote inclusionary growth". ADUs can be built on existing single family lots. An addition can be added to the house, the space above a garage converted to an apartment, or a separate unit on the lot can be used for rent. Or a home can be split in half creating a rental unit. The whole purpose is to increase the number of people living on one lot, providing more housing "affordability", options, equity, and inclusion, and protect the environment from less car use. From where does all of this nonsense originate? The 1968 Fair Housing Act barred discriminatory practices regarding housing. In 2015, the then president decided to create some new rules to "combat segregation and wide-spread discrimination in neighborhoods". Basically, these rules began surveillance of housing to identify "patterns of integration and segregation, racially and ethnically concentrated areas of poverty, disproportionate housing needs, and disparities in access to opportunity.” In 2020, President Trump rescinded this rule. As soon as the current administration came into office, the rule was reinstated and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reinstated it in 2021. This brings the requirement of ensuring cities have a blend of housing that meets the needs of all, including workforce housing for the influx of migrants. None of these rules fall under any congressional law. The theory: It isn't perceived as fair that lower income populations are not allowed to live in wealthier areas. Single family homes are hoarded by the wealthy so development in those areas should be mixed with lower income populations, and minority integration for inclusion, equity, and social justice. Tucked inside this debacle was the idea of loosening zoning regulations to increase housing availability. Like any other fad, or agenda in this case, the idea flourished and has already been executed in places such as Seattle, New York, and Oregon in spite of evidence that it does not increase affordability. There is also the issue of gentrification, which is the influx of the wealthy "white" into poor areas to renovate homes or businesses, increasing property values, but not housing supply. This whole agenda is a rehash for high density, compact, and mixed-use housing, but now it is invading private property rights, based on the fallacy of racism while pursuing social justice and social engineering objectives. How will a neighbor's decision to build an ADU affect your property value? Or having a ten story high rise apartment complex built next to your single family lot? This Brookings article covers some upzoning issues. It is also a step closer to the 15 minute city concept. Housing and the homeless have been a focus of Boise Mayor Lauren McLean. The most current data shows there are 687 people "without housing" in Boise, 101 of those without shelter. She supports the notion of preventing eviction, paying people's rent, and "increasing affordable units". In 2022, McLean joined House America with other mayors, in exchange for federal goodies to create more housing that feeds right into the mortgage industry, and may bring an opportunity to pursue more money for spending on her pet project as she already has. While background information on Ms. McLean is fluffy and Boise oriented, and she preaches her love of Boise ad nauseam, the truth is she is far more involved in activities and groups that are distant from Boise, and Idaho for that matter. Along with Rep. Ilana Rubel and many national figures with whom she can hobnob, Ms. McLean is one of the NewDEAL leaders, "who are pro-growth progressives" that are just full of ideas. The Mayors Institute on City Design (MICD), "a leadership initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts", guides Ms. McLean towards transforming Boise towards big city projects. The American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) gives Ms. McLean an opportunity to learn about China for a global perspective. Wonder if she understands "the people who gave their lives for China" were actually murdered along with many, many others. As a Notre Dame graduate, she is gutting the very place she believes is "so special". Having a degree in environmental policy, Ms. McLean is very much an environmentalist, being responsible for building a wall of no growth around Boise so the city can be more compacted and congested with people. She also supports the America the Beautiful 30x30 plan, to conserve 30% of land by 2030. In this interview, she discusses how she has moved Boise towards that goal by planting trees, having full support of residents, and fluffing over the source of her climate objectives. But, she ain't telling the whole story of what she is really doing. America Is All In, led by Michael Bloomberg as appointed by the United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions, is an organization that supports climate action, and in which Ms. McLean belongs. She has set a target for city government to be carbon neutral by 2035, and the community with a target of 2050. The Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) "share a long-term vision to combat climate change". A regional partner with this organization is the Climate Mayors of which Ms. McLean is a member and participant. As part of the Climate Mayors, she signed a letter committing to "adopt, honor and uphold Paris Climate Agreement goals" and was recently assigned to a steering committee to "strengthen city climate action". As a side note, GCoM is a participant with the World Economic Forum (WEF). Being carbon neutral by 2050 is a WEF goal, and her "100% “clean” energy by 2030" goal also belongs to the WEF. Her upzoning plan comes straight out of the objectives in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, while the WEF sees ADUs as one way to alleviate the housing crisis. Her playbook for WEF housing begins on page 18. Another GCoM partner is C40 Cities which has an Urban Planning agenda for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that promotes development in transit-oriented locations with an emphasis on affordable housing, and works toward a model of compact communities and 15 minute cities. Along with Climate Mayors they have a guidebook on how to spend money for these climate actions. In an effort to appear loyal to America, Ms. McLean is a member of the United States Conference of Mayors, where she can bring information back from the global elite to contaminate the minds of other mayors under its Alliance for a Sustainable Future, climate program, and MICD in which she is involved. Ms. McLean's agenda and associations with deep pockets doesn't go unnoticed by those paying attention. As a Democrat she has no qualms about using taxpayer money to grow the government for her agenda and "transform" it into being more equitable. For sure, she is using the WEF roadmap for Boise's climate action plan. The WEF vision is her vision, and mission. That's right, Ms. McLean is taking Boise down the WEF Great Reset path that will end up being a smart city or a 15 minute city design. There will be no escape as cars will no longer be available for escaping. Thanks to Ms. McLean, representing Boise citizens, and how they want their city to look and progress, has been taken over by outside organizations. Ms. McLean is bringing all of the WEF miasma and totalitarian objectives to Boise citizens that will also have an impact on surrounding cities. The goal has always been to infiltrate local governments with Agenda 21 objectives, and this is how the Great Reset gets integrated at a local level. That must be what the majority wants, as they elected Ms. McLean.
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By now everyone is somewhat familiar with the dangers of smart cities and have heard about 15 minute cities. These versions of how everyone should live centers around technology and compacting humans in to small areas in order to save the planet. Supposedly. It is really about surveillance. Most people are also probably aware that these versions of how humans should live includes the importance of data collection on everything going on. Maybe much thought hasn't been given to exactly how that would work. Now, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has provided the technology that will accomplish this data gathering, surveillance contraption, the "smart lamppost". This lamppost has the capability of monitoring traffic, air quality, floods, and people. Plus, it is self powering and has the potential for offering 5G WiFi. It will even have the capacity to talk to people. In the U.S. these are already being used. A more quaint, or rather "elegant" version, is offered by Sansi. At least Sansi included the monitoring by Homeland Security, recording of activity, and its connection to the Internet of Things (IoT). It is so well built one can hardly ascertain that there is evil built into it. One thing not mentioned is just exactly where does all that gathered data go?
In Chicago a new concept is being installed, Array of Things (AoT). It "is an urban sensing project, a network of interactive, modular sensor boxes that will be installed...to collect real-time data on the city’s environment, infrastructure, and activity for research and public use." Whatever it takes to implement an effective and full surveillance system that can be applied to all cities. The World Economic Forum, through its Global Smart Cities Alliance on Technology Governance, has engaged Chattanooga, Pittsburgh, and San Jose to participate in pilot programs to develop policy roadmaps for smart cities. This policy framework can be used for implementation of smart cities more successfully and several other cities across the U.S. are involved in its network. But they never tell you exactly what or how they plan to change cites, just that it will be equitable, safe, and transparent. Smart lampposts are a given as part of a full surveillance state. Next time you take a nice morning walk, just remember to look for one of these lampposts. WaterWorld, a magazine that is "dedicated to delivering up-to-date information on technology, products and trends in the municipal water industry", published an article written by Richard Lansdowne, on August 2, 2022 titled, Transforming a Small Town into a Major Smart City. The article covers how the town of Cary, North Carolina, through the use of technology, is becoming one of the smartest cities. What is interesting about this article is that it doesn't say anything about how this technology has improved the city. It only cites the data collection and ability to "predict" an event with that data. Did it work? The World Economic Forum has big ideas on how we should all live. Transforming a Small Town into a Major Smart City
The term "smart cities” implies a common misconception that only the biggest cities are capable of deploying advanced technologies and digital solutions. However, becoming more technically savvy and embracing smart city technology has never been more attainable than it is today. The town of Cary, North Carolina, with just over 175,000 residents, is becoming one of the smartest towns in the United States. Cary started its foray into smart technology by beginning to monitor key elements of its public infrastructure. Today, the town is a smart city with consistent data collection and analysis, and the development of smart solutions to benefit the greater good of the community. Interestingly the term “smart city” has another misconception; that a city is smart once it deploys Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to collect data. In reality, the point at which it becomes truly smart is when the sensor data is streamed into analytics wherein it enables insights and predictions to drive decisions. The Key to Unlocking Smart City Status: Insight through Data Analytics The town of Cary has been committed to invigorating the community for more than a decade. In 2007, the town enlisted the help of SAS, an analytics systems and solutions provider also based in Cary, to improve public safety and develop services within the town. As part of this collaboration, the town government used SAS’s software solutions to compile, organize and analyze data to make smarter, more actionable predictions for the benefit of the town and its residents. With new insights from an untapped wealth of data, municipal operations can run more efficiently by allowing town employees to access information they need, ahead of time, to help the town perform at a higher capacity than ever before. Originally, the town had planned this as a four-year project, but successes were seen almost immediately. This led a group of key decision makers within the town to explore expanding the project’s horizons. To add to the innovation brought by the extensive data and analytics, the town looked to cost effective and efficient IoT solutions. This was the logical next step to improve resident life, establish more sustainable practices, and lead the town of Cary to the apex of smart city innovation. By using IoT sensors — long range, low power sensors that collect data and enable analytics to provide actionable insights — IoT offers information and insight from nearly any area of Cary’s town infrastructure and community needs. Whether it’s monitoring air quality, trash can and water levels, or parking meters, IoT is helping Cary, North Carolina make smarter infrastructure decisions. But smart technologies are only as good as their deployment and ability to analyze their data. The IoT solutions provide real-time predictions that help solve specific challenges. These insights all provide better ways to monitor and safeguard the community and its resources, and help build a more sustainable city. The IoT sensors incorporate Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) connectivity, based on Semtech’s LoRa® devices, which are developed on an open, globally accepted standard for LPWAN applications. Used in IoT networks in more than 100 countries, the LoRaWAN® standard is designed to wirelessly connect battery-operated devices to the internet in regional, national or global networks. The standard targets key IoT requirements such as bi-directional communication, end-to-end security, and mobility and localization services. LoRaWAN connectivity solves many of the challenges that smart city operators face and is well suited to facilitate data collection from key applications throughout a city or town, including streams, storm drains, energy meters, street lighting, parking, condition monitoring equipment, air quality stations, waste and recycling containers, mobile asset tracking and much more. Providing Crucial Information Rain or Shine Long range, lower power IoT devices offer a unique benefit for public sector applications. They have an incredible battery life, lasting up to 10 to 20 years in some cases. The low power devices reduce maintenance needs. This allows towns to operate the devices in many areas — including those that are hard to reach — and in environments that would normally require extra maintenance and extra budget for that maintenance. Many solutions for connectivity – like Wi-Fi or cellular – can be unreliable during severe weather like hurricanes that have high winds and often flooding that knock out local infrastructure. Typically, when a building’s power goes down all connection can be lost. But long range IoT sensors connect to multiple gateways on high-points well away from any potential infrastructure damage. The result is a strong, trustworthy and resilient network connection. This type of connectivity solutions offers two-way communications and also has the ability to penetrate dense building materials to communicate in urban environments at a low operating cost, unlike Wi-Fi, which can’t operate efficiently over long distances or in remote areas. These benefits support creative city planning and development processes in everyday life as well as plans for disaster resiliency. IoT Technology Enhances Disaster Response in Wake of Flooding Smart technologies are only as good as the hands they are placed in and having these edge-to-cloud solutions are critical for driving innovation in the town of Cary. Historically, Cary has faced many challenges when it comes to storm drain water and flooding. As the town faces the realities of increased severe weather brought on by climate change, stormwater that runs off into roads, parking lots, sidewalks and buildings all pose hazards to residents and their property. IoT solutions have proven critical in alerting the town and its residents to potential instances of predicted flooding. With that, the town has been able to turn its disaster response from a reactive and manual process into a more predictive, proactive and automated response – often before a storm even hits. The approach to severe rain, which leads to rising water levels and flooding, has undergone a complete digital transformation. In fact, since deploying the new IoT solutions, the town has created a Stormwater Division that is responsible for capturing, managing and analyzing floodwater data. Sensors leveraging Semtech’s LoRa technology and SAS’s data analytics solutions allow the division to measure the water height, depth, flow and rainfall totals. This data is then uploaded to the cloud and combined with other weather models to predict the strategy for Public Works, Public Safety and Information Technology departments in the town. Planning for a Better Future As with so many projects, there is always room for progress and additional efficiencies. The town of Cary continuously collaborates with their technology partners to innovate and further define what it means to be a smart city. While weather monitoring enables the town and its residents to protect their livelihood — from personal safety to personal belongings and shelter — the town is also looking at other solutions to improve quality of life. From trash can sensors that monitor when a public bin is full, to the development of a new downtown park area, IoT sensors are becoming part of a new model of civic public service, and offers residents a town in which everyone feels comfortable and excited to be a part of. In its never ending quest to figure out how to design a city that will control the masses, the World Economic Forum has another fantasy being explored, Society 5.0. Hitachi has a nice, detailed website on what this society entails. Are any Idaho cities headed in this direction? Here is the Wikipedia article referenced in the video. Below is the video of Sam Palmisano, also referenced in the video. As the United Nations (UN) and World Economic Forum (WEF) continue to chip away on getting people to move into cities and live in stacked, small apartments, the end goal is to limit the ability to move about freely and have full surveillance over them. Cities are being designed to provide everything one needs within a 15" walk. Of course, because there is no need for cars, this will also help the environment by combating climate change. The Covid-19 exercise with locking people down was a good test to see how people would adjust to limited movement, receive their goods through deliveries, and conduct their business over the computer.
How many Idaho cities are creating developments with dense housing that involves crowded stacked apartment units? It's time citizens become engaged with their city councils and commissioners to take control of how their communities are developed and reject the 15" walk agenda. On Friday, March 4, 2022, the Idaho House narrowly passed House Bill 701, the Idaho Workforce Housing Fund, sponsored by Rep. Blanksma. Under this bill the legislature would allocate monies to a trust fund within the state treasury, which according to this article, would be administered by the Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA). "IHFA would approve grants for nonprofit developers to create affordable housing units...". While Rep. Blanksma admonished the idea that America Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds would be used to fund this, she claimed this bill is "only a path" for funding in the future. Clearly the bill's Statement of Purpose and other sources identify $50 million will originate from ARPA. It appears that "path" can be jump started with ARPA funds, why else would it be in there? What this bill also does is set up a public-private partnership between the Idaho government and private developers, it just being filtered through another organization. This bill is intended to fill the "gap" for citizens who don't qualify for housing subsidies and yet don't earn enough money for "affordable housing'. After meeting with his cronies, Governor Little made the recommendation to use ARPA funding for these purposes, although how that ARPA money could be used had not been defined. Well, now it is. The January, 2022 U.S. Department of Treasury final rule is that ARPA money can be used for "Improvements to vacant and abandoned properties, including rehabilitation or maintenance, renovation, removal and remediation of environmental contaminants, demolition or deconstruction, greening/vacant lot cleanup & conversion to affordable housing." It also references funding can go to "households that qualify for the National Housing Trust Fund" (NHTF). This is another government run housing program that targets "building, rehabilitating, preserving, and operating rental housing for extremely low-income people." No doubt this is an expansion of government housing. This really isn't about workforce housing which is just a metaphor for affordable housing. The Urban Land Institute (ULI) defines workforce housing as those who have a "moderate income, 60-120%" Area Medium Income (AMI) that includes rentals and home ownership. This map identifies who in Idaho would qualify under the 60-120% AMI threshold. H701 provides that financial assistance is given to housing "developments that include a commitment on the part of a local government to match." To develop these housing projects local governments will have to pony up as well, a fancy description for redistributing wealth. 20% of those monies must be given to rural areas. The bill becomes void at the end of 2026. Is that time allotted for the sole purpose of getting more nefarious plans in place such as through the ULI mission for workforce housing? Erik Kingston is the Housing Resources Coordinator for the Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA), the association assigned to administering HB701 funds. IHFA partners include Idaho Rural Partnership (IRP), the regional Western Community Assessment Network (WeCan), and several state agencies. Mr. Kingston is on the IRP Board of Directors and is a member of WeCan. As usual the federal government is the instigator of WeCan. Mr. Kingston has devotion to several housing objectives and considers housing a "human right" as declared by Article 25 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Rights. In his Housing Basics guide he supports housing cooperatives, community housing/land trusts, and using modular and 3D printed homes. Kudos to Mr. Kingston for trying to create solutions for those individuals who are unable to afford housing. But what he is really doing is recommending and supporting a more hidden agenda, and the source is from his multiple buddies. Behind the scenes these groups are actively using their collaborators to bring their housing initiatives forward. Collaborators include the University of Idaho (U of I), the IRP program, and the ULI.
Going back to the ULI, who cares what it thinks? ULI is a global non-governmental organization, with an Idaho chapter, that supports Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), including #11, affordable housing for all, and highlights real estate alignment with the SDGs. Several globalists have held webinars for the Idaho ULI chapter, including one who is Co-Chair of the Real Estate Governors of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Coen van Oostrom. Multiple ULI executives are members of the WEF including Patrick L. Phillips, Lynn Thurber, and Peter Baccile, One can reasonably assume that these individuals pass on their SDG and WEF visions to naive ULI listeners. This presenter is really choice, Solomon Greene, previously HUD’s principal adviser on the United Nations process for setting global sustainable development goals. Mr. Kingston's support of modular homes, 3D printed houses, and housing cooperatives all come from the WEF. In this WEF document, housing issues have already been solved and are now trickling down to Idaho via these partnerships and collaborations thanks to Governor Little and Rep. Blanksma. So yes, Rep. Blanksma, there is a direct trail back to the WEF and its objectives for "workforce housing", just another term to disguise a feel good agenda, and new government housing program. It is WEF ideology that is being passed on to Idaho groups for implementation, the typical way these operatives work. You are proposing to hand over millions of dollars to an organization with a resource coordinator who is leading the effort to bring together groups for meeting common globalist housing objectives. An apology is owed to every house member that challenged you with the truth. This type of public housing ploy, government money for housing, has been tried, and failed, before. It is also another example of how Governor Little uses his cronies to devise a spending scam that benefits them, and miraculously it flows through the legislature unlike some other bills for citizens that get stuck in the drawer. While you may be ok spending money that has already "saddled us with debt", most Idahoans do not ascribe to your money management thinking. What this money really does is benefit the looters that use it to advance ideology that Idahoans directly oppose. There are many unanswered questions about how this money would be allocated, and used, especially by non-profits which often hold the same ideologies as the globalists. Regardless of how Rep. Blanksma chooses to perceive this ill-gotten idea, it is public housing because the money is coming from the government and historically that has not worked. Even the IHFA itself "functions as an agent for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development". The Senate most likely will be voting on this bill next week. Contact your legislator and let them know you are opposed to HB701. In the prior article, The Great Reset Is Local, money given to counties from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is meant to implement the World Economic Forum (WEF) Great Reset Initiative, a devastating plan to destroy lives around the world. But it isn't just counties, that money is also intended for cities as noted in Section 603. The trail is quite deep but it is there.
ARPA funding for cities is broken into two categories, Non-Entitlement Units (NEU) which are cities with 50,000 or less in population, and metropolitan cities. Governor Little announced $54 million will be allocated NEUs for investments in "water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure". This is the first installment out of $107,940,808.00 that Idaho will be allocated. Metropolitan cities receive direct payment from the treasury rather than through the state. The National League of Cities (NLC) lists Idaho metropolitan cities that have committed to take funding and an estimated amount of money that can be taken for NEUs. The Association of Idaho Cities (AIC) is a "nonpartisan, nonprofit corporation" that "provides education, training and assistance to strengthen the ability of city elected officials and staff to serve their communities.", and "serves as the voice for cities before the Idaho Legislature, Idaho Governor and executive branch agencies, and Congress." Must be the new form of representation, they represent us, not elected officials. Idaho cities with an asterisk are AIC members. Four Officers and six District Officers serve on the AIC Board of Directors. AIC provides Technical Assistance on topics such as Roles and responsibilities of elected officials which in reality is defined by law in Idaho Statute Title 50; Planning and financing capital projects which correlates with ARPA funding; and Planning and zoning where the WEF can easily integrate how it wants cities designed. AIC does have associates, one being the League of Idaho Cities (LIC), a hidden entity, with Areas of Emphasis that include education, health & wellness, and broadband. These areas in turn include even more partnerships that dilute citizen representation, and also coincide with the WEF in education, health & wellness, youth leadership, workforce development, and broadband. Without going into details other AIC associates include ICCTFOA, IMA, IDCMA, and LHTAC. AIC "affiliate partners" are secret. Staying on the rabbit hole trail, AIC is a state municipal "league" in the NLC, probably one reason to keep its affiliates secret, but they are buddies. NLC "is an organization comprised of city, town and village leaders that are focused on improving the quality of life for their current and future constituents.", with a mission to "strengthen local leadership, influence federal policy and drive innovative solutions." Dues, that is taxpayer dollars, can be hefty. NLC involves itself in a very broad spectrum of issues and advocates those opinions with the federal government. Starting on page 58-67 in its 2021 National Municipal Policy and Resolutions document, two ARPA funding areas, water quality and wastewater treatment are discussed, Sustainable Development on page 102, and broadband on page 261. Heck, there is even a section on "Human Development" on page x. NLC has opinions on everything, not necessarily reflecting those of Idaho citizens. NLC has several partner programs, Enterprise, Capstone, and Executive. While Capstone has a few corporations that are WEF members, it is the Executive program that is heavily laden with WEF partners. Clicking on the NCL Executive page the Johnson Controls icon goes to a 404 page. However, as a WEF partner, it looks like Johnson Controls, like a wolf, is going directly for county and city throats. In 2019 the National Association of Counties (NACo), NLC, and Smart City Works co-hosted an event called Infrastructure Week, highlighting technology and security. The discussion centered around transportation, water, and energy systems, and how to "migrate infrastructure to the digital world." One of Smart City Works partners is Johnson Controls. Speaker Lisa Brown, Johnson Controls national senior director of the Local Government and Municipal Infrastructure, talked about her company's research on creating smarter communities, smart neighborhoods, and is all in for sustainability. All of this brought down to the local city level through NLC. Johnson Controls is a company that transforms "environments where people live, work, learn and play", working in "industries such as healthcare, education, data centers, and manufacturing." Another focus area is "IoT and Smart Buildings for the Next Generation of Sustainable Cities", all WEF objectives. It sure got this statement right, "Connectivity and technology are not the end goal for smart cities...". The true end goal is having mass control over every aspect of our lives through data collection, the sharing of that data, and analysis of that data through AI. Don't believe for one minute it is about improving lives. Oh, and Johnson Controls is a federal government favorite. NLC supports the "Build Back Better" agenda, which is actually the WEF agenda to change our economic system from free market capitalism to stakeholder capitalism, a euphemism for socialism spending, by controlling production and consumption equally among all through AI. Build Back Better is the name of one bill currently being fought over in Congress, its companion, Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, pouring more money into the same. NLC also promotes the notion to Reimagine America's Infrastructure, another WEF, and Western Governors Association, mantra. Broadband, vaccinations, government survival, investments in water infrastructure, and intrusions into our health are all issues NLC supports. NLC hides its United Nations (UN) and WEF involvement very well on its website, but is led by CEO and Execute Director Clarence E. Anthony who is a member of the UN global United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG). In 2019 NLC attended the UCLG Towards the Localization of the SDGs conference and was recognized as being "crucial for empowering and mobilizing smaller local government organizations and their communities in the process of SDG Localization" (Pg 53). "Localization relates both to how the SDGs can provide a framework for local development policy and to how local and regional governments can support the achievement of the SDGs...". Some of Idaho's favorite leaders recently spoke at its 2021 conference, an NLC delegation is attending the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, and NLC made a recent commitment to drive climate change action at a local level. Sorry NLC, your buddies and agendas are busted. One last note, the US Conference of Mayors is another group influenced by these outside forces, again at a hefty taxpayer price, and also sent delegates to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. Maybe they can discuss the WEF Global Future Council on Cities of Tomorrow so the need for local representation won't be necessary. These are the organizations controlling the future of our lives through influence with elected officials. It is through the multiple layers of associations, affiliates, and partners that the Great Reset is being thrust down to a local level, and the government is funding it as per WEF recommendations. City leaders belong to AIC which is a member of NLC, that in turn brings UN and WEF agendas down to the local level. This is a standard method used by global entities to entrap our elected officials, feeding them the global agenda under the fallacy of "best practices". Even worse, it is altering and destroying our form of governance through elected representation. How can elected officials listen to citizens when they have all of this propaganda in their heads? Is it no wonder citizens are so exasperated? Is it no wonder there is so much talk about stopping this only to be labeled domestic terrorists or threatening us for exercising our duty to throw off such Government? Funny, it really sounds like the description of a domestic terrorist fits AIC and NLC. It must be difficult for elected officials, being led into the den of deceit, possibly unaware and in the dark about the true agenda behind what they are being told, or maybe just being glad their responsibility for decisions can be determined by an outside entity, or maybe they believe in this ideology that destroys our country. It is critical to meet with your Mayor and Council members to discuss AIC influences in their decisions. Demand they exit the AIC. For elected officials, it is time to recognize your responsibility to listen to citizens, they are the experts on how they want their city and community to function, not globetrotting organizations and corporations. Don't take any money that advances these ideologies, and that is exactly what ARPA funding does. Installing 5G broadband is at the foundation of this agenda, the very key that will impact everything because of its data gathering capability. Listen to the citizens who elected you. The World Economic Forum Great Reset Initiative is a global tyrannical plan being forced upon the world to enact its 4th Industrial Revolution (4thIR), primarily change the way the economy works, and change how we all live. As usual, this obscenity is being paid for by taxpayers that will only add to the ongoing debt for our children. 5G broadband is the foundation for the Great Reset 4thIR. It is needed not only because of its faster speed but also for its capability of gathering and sharing data. This provides connectivity between different devices known as Internet of Things (IoT). As information is collected on infrastructure services such as water and sewage, it can then be monitored, analyzed, shared with other entities, and controlled. Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in March , 2021 to allegedly provide governments with economic relief for the economic devastation they created from shutting businesses down and forcing people into unemployment. "This bill provides additional relief to address the continued impact of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses." That statement is nothing but a bunch of crap. This bill is intended to fund and advance the implementation of the Great Reset at a local level, expand government intrusion into our lives, and support the continued Covid-19 narrative. Section 603 in ARPA outlines how cities and counties can apply for this federal grant money. There are four categories of eligible uses. It may be used for assistance to small businesses and nonprofits, tourism, and travel. "Premium pay" may be given to eligible "essential workers" which the government defined. Money can also be used for revenue losses that occurred from the reduction of government services. But it is the fourth category that outlines one connection to the Great Reset, "to make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure". What does that have to do with Covid-19? Nothing. This National Association of Counties (NACo) map lists Idaho counties that have taken ARPA money. The site also expands on other areas where money can be used such as education, transportation, childcare, food, shelter, air pollution, National Endowments for the Arts, and internet connectivity that keeps children in remote learning. The Federal Register on this corrupt bill is too exhaustive to read but does outline more specifics. Under the Table of Contents, II Eligible Uses A. Public Health and Economic Impacts, a link is provided to 603(c)(1)(A). Under the guise of Covid-19 mitigation tactics, money can include "capital investments" to public facilities and hospitals for improvements. Other choice areas are a continuation of the vaccination campaign and eventual vaccination of children. Looking into its crystal ball, money is available for "the long-term health impacts of COVID-19...for individuals with “long COVID...”. Yes indeed, this scam is going to continue. For other "health issues" money is available for mental health, low income folks, and other public health outcomes. Under the II Eligible Uses D. Investments in Infrastructure link, funds can be used in projects for "safe" water and sewer upgrades for "resilience to climate change". But the water and sewer issues are from existing costly federal government requirements to repair, improve, and construct wastewater treatment plants, and create a green infrastructure among other offensive demands. The register goes on to define other projects that address climate change by reducing energy to treat water, conserving and reusing water, collecting stormwater runoff for rain gardens and filtering, and interconnecting water systems. It just so happens that the WEF has the same agendas for clean water, reusing wastewater, and using storm water. My, my, is this coincidental or deliberate? Included in Investments in Infrastructure is broadband, providing "award recipients with flexibility to identify the specific locations within their communities to be served and to otherwise design the project." Isn't it generous of the government to give jurisdictions authority over something? Well, not totally, the government dictates internet speed that "meets or exceeds 100 Mbps download and between at least 20 Mbps and 100 Mbps upload speeds". Dictating speeds forecasts the intention to keep everyone at home with work and school, and IoT. There are references to specific Executive Orders (EO) under X Regulatory Analysis. EO 12866, from 1993, EO 13563, and EO 13132 from 1999 that addresses Federalism. It includes "a provision allowing states to obtain waivers from certain federal regulations if state-level actions achieve the desired policy outcomes." That is, if a state adopts the federal policy a waiver is granted. Enough to make one choke is how Federalism principles are defined in the EO. A few include "All powers not delegated to the federal government by the American people are reserved for the states." "The Tenth Amendment protects the relationship between the federal government and state governments." "Citizens are free to live their lives in an individual manner, subject only to constitutional restrictions." "States are laboratories of democracy." States are encouraged to experiment with a variety of public policies...". "Actions by the national government that exceed its authority violate federalism. (Link is from article)". There are some others but the general idea is that all of them are a distortion of our Constitution and Republic. Back to the Table of Contents, Part 35 Pandemic Relief Programs goes to Subpart A—Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. 35.6 defines eligible uses for vaccinations, Covid related expenses including construction of new facilities for quarantining, telemedicine, and public health data systems. These are all Great Reset objectives. Other goodies include contributions to an unemployment trust fund, money for businesses, nonprofits, households, tourism, travel, and hospitality, housing, education, childcare, and one last section for government services, all linked to the Great Reset. This is an example of an agreement from one county in Idaho with requirements for following other federal legislation and EOs. Out of the millions of dollars Idaho counties have taken, how much of it will be used to transform Idaho into the WEF vision? The newest bill Congress is fighting over is just as bad, It continues the march in destroying small businesses so global corporations can swallow them up or bring them into the agenda, advancing a welfare state, and forcing us to live in a "green" world while destroying our culture.
If your county has accepted any of this money ask your Commissioners how the money is being spent, and how much of the Great Reset is being implemented locally, in your community. Looks like with the World Economic Forum (WEF) in charge now the term "human settlements" has been advanced to sustainable cities. Regardless, both are still very much a part of Agenda 2030. WEF has identified seven ways in which to make a city "more sustainable". 1. Sponge cities - using the power of nature to mitigate risks from global warming. 2. Vertical forests - this means growing trees on high rise buildings. 3. The 20-minute neighbourhood - everything anyone needs will be within walking distance which continues to be in line with the human settlements concept. 4. … and anything they can do! - everyone should be within a 15 minute walking distance to everything. 5. Miniature urban forests - patches of land in urban areas with native vegetation around buildings that "co-exist" to produce diverse ecosystems and help combat climate change. 6. The green train track - regeneration projects that turn old into new green spaces. 7. Smarter commuting - using an app to generate an algorithm that calculates your most efficient journey. Doesn't all that sound like fun! What a way to live. The old human settlement concept is the same, everyone jam packed into dense, high rise, small apartments, having no transportation other than by walking, biking, or buses, having all services within a short distance, but all dressed up in a pretend utopia. In its booklet, Making Affordable Housing a Reality in Cities, the WEF has it all figured out how you will live, trapped in a small defined area with a radius around you that will be impossible to escape. Easy to monitor, easy to surveil, and easy to grab you if you get out of line. Getting land out of private ownership and targeting changes in planning an zoning ordinances is also a target in this booklet. And don't forget how the WEF thinks housing should be designed. Forget local representation by citizens to determine how they want their community to look, a new smart city governance.
Ah, it can be so discouraging... The World Economic Forum (WEF) has it all figured out on how everyone will live in urban areas. One of its plans is its Inspiring Future Cities & Urban Services: Shaping the Future of Urban Development & Services Initiative. We are no longer citizens of sovereign states or cities, we are global citizens who emphasize "access over ownership" which fits in nicely with the WEF we will own nothing and be happy delusion. Again, forget those boundaries, it will be "multilateral organizations" that will be creating "inclusive partnerships that provide collective, cross-border solutions". Forget the rightful and legal citizens, "...basic services are often inadequate for the migrant population" so non-governmental organizations will save the day by helping "the urban poor to articulate their concerns to people in power and thereby encourage equitable development." Nothing like merging with policies in cities like Portland, Oregon as "...regional and national government agencies will have to work along with cities on economic development, housing and social policies." Heck, just turn us all over to the government. How have Americans survived in the cities they built. Listening to the WEF, cities have been a disaster. Apparently our cities haven't been economically vibrant, accessible, experiencing "chronic stress and acute shock across health, the economy, infrastructure and environment.", and haven't done a very good job with planning. Here are its stages of development to get cities into proper shape. The new "business model" to run cities will include digital services and "city ops", short for city operations which involves capital investment into operational expenses which is suppose to create faster solutions for problems. This is sweet, Public asset revitalization which is the installation of sensor boxes on "streetlights to collect real-time data on the city’s environment and infrastructure (parking spaces)." Sounds more like Big Brother surveillance. These are just a few examples of the hair-brained ideas being put forward by the WEF. On page 19 there are examples from across the world of cities that have implemented the WEF's brand of surveillance with Chattanooga, Tennessee boasting its smart grid technology. The rest of the report goes on with its often repeating blather, how cities should be governed and how citizen involvement is so crucial. Heck, the WEF is dismantling our Republic to a new form of government for the world! The pictures used to illustrate their vision are probably some of the most crowded cities in the world, as if everyone wants to live like that. It is hard to imagine that our locally elected officials might just buy into this nonsense. Nowhere, in this whole document, is freedom and liberty discussed as part of the package. This initiative is also based on the United Nations 2016 Habitat III: New Urban Agenda, which was initially adopted by U.S. Department of Housing and Development (HUD), and supported by the American Planning Association (APA) bringing the United Nations right down to a local level through city planners. The WEF has even held forums to lead the charge. The only way in which to stop the advancement of this agenda is becoming knowledgeable about this agenda and closely engage with your city and county leaders, then leading the opposition to its implementation. After all, it does mean choosing between freedom and enslavement. |
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