From: [email protected] Subject: National Greenline Vote Wednesday (Federal Zoning) Land Rights Network American Land Rights Association PO Box 400 – Battle Ground, WA 98604 Phone: 360-687-3087 – Fax: 360-687-2973 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Web Address: http://www.landrights.org Legislative Office: 507 Seward Square SE – Washington, DC 20003 Senate NEW CARA Hearing Set – S 259 National Greenline Vote Wednesday (Federal Zoning) Action Alert! Action Alert! Action Alert! *** Senate To Vote on National Heritage Areas NIGHTMARE THE VOTE IS ON WEDNESDAY! You remember green lining. The Federal government puts a circle around an area they want to control and then over time gradually infill land use controls with Federal zoning and local zoning coercively imposed at the “suggestion” of the Federal agencies. They impose their will by the threat of lost loans, guarantees, Federal funds, water projects, Endangered Species Act enforcement, wetlands enforcement, lost road projects and many more. Local government caves in. You lose. Greenline control is like redlining loan companies use to reduce or eliminate economic support for communities within the redline. It is like a reverse buffer zone we stopped them from using around all national parks 20 years ago. Together, land use groups largely stopped the green lining name from being used, so now they have a substitute. It is Heritage Areas. The new Greenline land use control concept. They just put a pretty name on it, but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck, no matter what some folks will tell you in Washington. Call Today, Tuesday and Wednesday. Ask for the staff person who handles heritage areas. Ask at least three others to call too. THE FOLLOWING LIST OF SENATORS MUST HEAR FROM YOU! On Wednesday, July 14, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will vote on bill that SPELLS DOOM FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, LANDOWNERS, AND LOCAL ZONING. Sen. Craig Thomas’ “National Heritage Partnership Act” (S. 2543) would create a National Heritage Areas program that threatens to swallow every community in the United States. The National Heritage Partnership Act is a FEDERAL ZONING scheme perpetrated under the guise of preservation. It will spur a FLOOD of National Heritage Areas, each of which will DEVOUR private property rights and local land use control. Funding for National Heritage Areas is administered through the National Park Service to Green special interest groups. The Park Service and the Greens then team-up to preserve EVERYTHING within the Heritage Area that they deem fit! Private property rights will be LOST. Local control over zoning and land use will be LOST. UNLESS WE ACT NOW! The National Heritage Areas Policy Act is the latest attempt by the federal government to snuff-out property rights and purchase influence over local communities and their zoning practices. To read more about the dangers of National Heritage Areas go to: http://www.americanpolicy.org/prop/main.htm S. 2543 MUST BE STOPPED! THE NEXT TWO DAYS ARE CRUCIAL! THE FOLLOWING LIST OF SENATORS MUST HEAR FROM YOU! ** Action to Take ** Contact the following members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and tell them to vote NO on the National Heritage Partnership Act. NOTE: This is not a partisan issue! Republicans AND Democrats need to hear from you! Tell them the National Heritage Partnership Act is simply a federal zoning and land use POWER GRAB that will destroy property rights and the ability of local communities to make their own land use decisions. Tell them to vote AGAINST the National Heritage Partnership Act (S. 2543)! CONTACT THE FOLLOWING SENATORS TODAY, TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY! Chairman Pete Domenici (R-NM): phone (202) 224-6621; fax (202) 228-3261; to e-mail go to: http://domenici.senate.gov/resources/contactform.cfm Don Nickles (R-OK): phone (202) 224-5754; fax (202) 224-6008; to e-mail go to: http://nickles.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email Larry Craig (R-ID): phone (202) 224-2752; fax (202) 228-1067; to e-mail go to: http://craig.senate.gov/contact_email.htm#compose Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO): phone (202)224-5852; fax (202)228-4609; to e-mail go to: http://campbell.senate.gov/email.htm Craig Thomas (R-WY): phone (202) 224-6441; fax (202) 224-1724; to e-mail go to: http://thomas.senate.gov/html/body_email.html Lamar Alexander (R-TN): phone (202) 224-4944; fax (202) 228-3398; to e-mail go to: http://alexander.senate.gov/contact/ Lisa Murkowski (R-AK): phone (202) 224-6665; fax (202) 224-5301; to e-mail go to: http://murkowski.senate.gov/contact.html Jim Talent (R-MO): phone (202) 224-6154; fax (202) 228-1518; to e-mail go to: http://talent.senate.gov/Contact/default.cfm Conrad Burns (R-MT): phone (202) 224-2644; fax (202) 224-8594; to e-mail go to: http://burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Contact Gordon Smith (R-OR): phone (202)224-3753; fax (202)228-3997; to e-mail go to: http://gsmith.senate.gov/webform.htm Jim Bunning (R-KY): phone (202) 224-4343; fax (202) 228-1373; to e-mail go to: http://bunning.senate.gov/index.cfm?Cerberus=7df805942859db8c64b97ab306a49309&FuseAction=Contact.Email Jon Kyl (R-AZ): phone (202) 224-4521; fax (202) 224-2207; to e-mail go to: http://kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm Jeff Bingaman (D-NM): phone (202) 224-5521; fax (202) 224-2852; to e-mail go to: http://bingaman.senate.gov/Contact_Me/e-mail_form.htm Daniel Akaka (D-HI): phone (202) 224-6361; fax (202) 224-2126; e-mail [email protected] Byron Dorgan (D-ND): phone (202) 224-2551; fax 202-224-1193; e-mail [email protected] Bob Graham (D-FL): phone (202) 224-3041; fax (202) 224-2237; to e-mail go to: http://graham.senate.gov/email.html Ron Wyden (D-OR): phone (202) 224-5244; fax (202) 228-2717; to e-mail go to: http://wyden.senate.gov/contact/ Tim Johnson (D-SD): phone (202) 224-5842; fax (202) 228-5765; to e-mail go to: http://johnson.senate.gov/ContactPage/emailform.htm Mary Landrieu (D-LA): phone (202) 224-5824; fax (202) 224-9735; to e-mail go to: http://landrieu.senate.gov/newsite/webform.html Evan Bayh (D-IN): phone (202) 224-5623; fax (202) 228-1377; to e-mail go to: http://bayh.senate.gov/LegForm.htm Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): phone (202) 224-3841; fax (202) 228-3954; to e-mail go to: http://feinstein.senate.gov/email.html Charles Schumer (D-NY): phone (202) 224-6542; fax (202) 228-3027; to e-mail go to: http://schumer.senate.gov/webform.html Maria Cantwell (D-WA): phone (202) 224-3441; fax (202) 228-0514; to e-mail go to: http://cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html SPREAD THE WORD ON THIS UPCOMING THREAT TO PROPERTY ROGHTS! REMEMBER: Proponents of National Heritage Areas are already applying MASSIVE pressure on these Senators, therefore, THEY MUST HEAR FROM YOU! Tell everyone you know and storm Capitol Hill for your property rights! FORWARD THIS URGENT ACTION ALERT TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE! Note: American Land Rights and the National Policy Center are working together on this issue. Most of this alert came from the American Policy Center. -- To unsubscribe from this mailing list; please visit http://governance.net and enter your email address.