Greg Kesich
Gov. LePage's appearance at a rally in Naples gives anti-government alarmists undeserved credibility. When the socialists take over, we won't see tanks roll in, we'll see bike paths. That's the picture described to lawmakers last month by conspiracy theorists who are making life a living hell for planning departments all over the state.
First come bike paths and sidewalks. Then trolleys to make cars less desirable. And then oppressive one-world government, controlled by the United Nations through its nefarious "Agenda 21".
The liberty-loving kooks who want to protect us from the horror of sustainable development have a bill before the Legislature that would stop the insidious spread of international socialist ideas creeping into zoning maps and building codes.
The need for such a law is self evident -- to them. "Think about this, why would there be a need for a bill 'An Act to Ban the United Nations Agenda 21 in Maine' if there were no United Nations in Maine?" asked Phil Merletti of Take America Back, with the circular logic typical of the movement. "This is the most important bill to be heard this century." (Their other hallmark is overstatement.)…To Read More….
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