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Weekly/biweekly Michigan legislative activism thread
Michiganvotes.org ^ | 12/01/12 | Cripplecreek

Posted on 12/01/2012 4:55:42 AM PST by cripplecreek

November 30, 2012 Weekly Roll Call Report

Senate Bill 1360, Extend deadline on school employee pension reform choices: Passed 26 to 12 in the Senate To extend from October 26, 2012 to January 9, 2013, the deadline for public school employees to choose whether to contribute more toward the cost of their defined benefit pensions or else accept a slightly less generous benefit calculation formula, as required by a recently-passed pension reform law.

Senate Bill 909, Create Detroit regional mass transit authority: Passed 24 to 14 in the Senate To create a new Detroit area regional transportation authority covering Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties, and potentially others. Among other powers, the authority could levy property taxes (special assessments) and higher local vehicle registration taxes if approved by a majority of voters in the region, meaning a particular community could not “opt out” of the tax increase. The authority would be specifically authorized to create “rolling rapid transit” corridors along some streets and highways, potentially with dedicated lanes that other motorists could not use. It would be run by a board appointed by the counties and the City of Detroit.

Senate Bill 1021, Increase state property tax payments to locals: Passed 25 to 13 in the Senate To increase from $2 per acre to $4 per acre the amount the state pays to local governments as “payment in lieu of (property) taxes” (PILT) on state-owned land in their jurisdictions, and index the amount to inflation going forward.

Senate Bill 1240, Extend lawsuit liability waivers to certain social services agencies: Passed 25 to 13 in the Senate To give social services agencies licensed to oversee child adoptions, foster care and other child care issues immunity from liability for personal injury or property damage caused by the agency's provision of services, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Senate Bill 402, Authorize physician impaired driver reports: Passed 56 to 52 in the House To establish that while a physician has no affirmative obligation to report to the state or a third party any concerns about person's mental and physical qualifications to safely operate a motor vehicle, he or she may do so, and in such a report should recommend a license suspension of six months or more. The bill establishes that the physician has no liability for either making or not making such a report.

House Bill 5805, Exempt “health care sharing ministries” from insurance regulations: Passed 77 to 30 in the House To establish that “health care sharing ministries” are not subject to state insurance regulations. These are an alternative to insurance, and facilitate voluntary health care cost sharing arrangements among people of similar and sincerely held religious beliefs.

House Bill 5261, Allow more school retiree “double dipping”: Passed 105 to 1 in the House To allow a former school employee to work as a substitute teacher or coach in the district he or she "retired" from and still collect a pension in addition to the substitute or coaching pay. This would also apply if the "retiree" was employed by private firm under contract to provide substitute teachers.

House Bill 5881, Allow pension "double-dipping" by some “retired” prison workers: Passed 58 to 48 in the House on November 29, 2012 To allow retired prison employees to simultaneously collect pension benefits and a paycheck for going back to work in a prison, if the person is paid on a per-diem basis for a limited term, with no (additional) benefits, and for less than 1,040 hours annually (the equivalent of 26 40-hour weeks).

House Bill 6008, blish new “non-ferrous” mine taxation regime: Passed 62 to 45 in the House To revise the taxation of “non-ferrous” mines (including new copper and other mineral mines in the Upper Peninsula). The bill is part of a package that would exempt these mines from property, income, sales and use taxes, and instead levy a “severance tax” based on the amount of material extracted. Various credits would be allowed against pre-operational start-up costs, including regulatory compliance costs. Most of the tax revenue would go to the local government, but some would go to a new state “rural development fund.”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: activism; discussion; legislature; michigan
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To: restornu

I know Maurice Strong had the idea of depopulating the north American continent to about 1/3 of the current levels and putting us into a couple of mega cities on the plains.


21 posted on 12/02/2012 7:01:33 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Correct

Beck has been education about this stuff on the Blaze TV This is not a right or left it is an American issue. What Is Agenda 21? After Watching This, You May Not Want to Know

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/what-is-agenda-21-after-watching-this-you-may-not-want-to-know/ http://beyondthecurtain.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/un-agenda-21-commercials-
now-airing-on-glenn-becks-the-blaze-tv-netword/

I have to do this in incerments or the links wont work


22 posted on 12/02/2012 7:03:05 AM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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To: Correct

Those who follow Glenn Beck might be aware that Tuesday marks the release of his latest book, “Agenda 21,” the suspenseful and perhaps sobering tale of a futuristic America in which a UN-led program spawned an authoritarian state where individuals are stripped of all personal rights and freedoms. Oddly, Beck’s novel is not simply a work of fiction, but based on an actual program created by the United Nations by the very same name —

“Agenda ; — which, according to the UN’s own website, is a “comprehensive plan of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organizations of the United Nations system, governments and major groups, in every area in which human impacts on the environment.” In so many words, the United Nations seeks to co-opt, via individual governments, and eventually, a “one-world government,” privately held land under the auspices of ensuring its “sustainability.”

Worse still, the UN’s Agenda 21 has even laid out plans for “depopulation” or rather, “population control.” If it sounds like something out of George Orwell’s 1984, that is because Agenda s tenets are eerily in line with the demented alternate reality Orwell himself had imagined while scribing the pages of his famed novel. “Sustainable development” is the catch-phrase Beck urged his Monday evening viewers to be leery of. Where one can live and what land should be designated for would, under fully-


23 posted on 12/02/2012 7:04:55 AM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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To: restornu
Sustainable Development/Agenda 21 Explained
24 posted on 12/02/2012 7:13:38 AM PST by jenk (My tagline is new.)
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To: Correct

....realized Agenda 21 plan, be controlled by the United Nations and a future one-world government. Consider the following section from the UN website on Agenda 21s plan for “promoting sustainable human settlement development.” Emphasis added:

This is a liberal Rosa Koire who is giving lectures to the Calf Tea Parties she heads the Democrats Against UN Agenda 21

Tea Party Patriots of Monterey County http://www.meetup.com/Tea-Party-Patriots-of-Monterey-County/messages/boards/forum/1986051 How your community is implementing AGENDA 21 - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEHWsdimVO4

Roseville Ca teaparty Rosa Koire liberal http://www.teapartyroseville-california.com/agenda-21.html

Land Use | Fellowship of the Minds

fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/tag/land-use/Share

Jan 11, 2012 – Posted in Agenda 21, Tea Party, The Powers That Be, United ... This Youtube video has only had 1,103 views since August. We need to make it go viral! This video was recorded at Rosa Koire’s conference on Agenda 21, .... in the state of Oregon there was a farmer and part-time janitor named Joe Spenner.
http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/tag/land-use/

I just got my Winter taxes and they double or went up 100%


25 posted on 12/02/2012 7:13:54 AM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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If you live in a Red Zone now you won’t

Look over the map!

Their greatest fear we all wake up!

Slide Show Explains Agenda 21 Vendetta Against Property Rights
http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/tag/land-use/


26 posted on 12/02/2012 7:20:33 AM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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Media Panic to Control Exposure of Agenda 21 Takeover

UN agenda 21. ... IF YOU LIVE IN THE RED OR YELLOW ZONES,. UNDER AGENDA 21 - YOU WON'T. ... If you were to ask at random the question, "Have you heard of Agenda 21? ... Now read the evidence in Population Agenda and perhaps then you'll realize that Agenda 21 is a plan that the U.N. has put into place ...


27 posted on 12/02/2012 7:28:15 AM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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To: jenk

Thank you,

I really feel once folks are aware we have time to change this around.

When I lived in NYC once a police officer told me when the City Charter plan was first installed that they can arrest you and put you where no one can find you.

There is activity going on in Mich now.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2964653/posts?page=17#17


28 posted on 12/02/2012 7:53:29 AM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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To whom it may concren

The Proper Role of Government by Ezra Taft Benson-Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyDrC5q6S9o

Selected Essays on Political Economy
Bastiat, Frédéric
(1801-1850
http://www.econlib.org/library/Bastiat/basEss1.html

That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen
http://bastiat.org/en/twisatwins.html


29 posted on 12/03/2012 5:37:27 AM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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Setting the election record straight
Watch Bill Whittle | David Horowitz TV Episodes | Blip
http://blip.tv/davidhorowitztv/bill-whittle-6444929


30 posted on 12/03/2012 8:12:39 AM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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To: cripplecreek; Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; ...

Agenda 21 EXPLAINED, full version Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GykzQWlXJs

He talks about the Agenda 21 Preablem this is an out line link at the end.

Agenda 21
agenda 21 | rio declaration | alternative treaties | information ecology | information habitat
information, data & communication | access, participate & participation | educate, education & aware

The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
Agenda 21

Chapter 1 Preamble

Section I. Social and Economic Dimensions
Chapter 2 International Cooperation for Sustainable Development
Chapter 3 Combating Poverty
Chapter 4 Changing Consumption Patterns
Chapter 5 Demographic Dynamics & Sustainability
Chapter 6 Human Health
Chapter 7 Human Settlements
Chapter 8 Decision Making

Section II. Conservation and Management of Resources for Development
Chapter 9 Protection of the Atmosphere
Chapter 10 Land Resources
Chapter 11 Deforestation
Chapter 12 Desertification & Drought
Chapter 13 Sustainable Mountain Development
Chapter 14 Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development
Chapter 15 Conservation of Biodiversity
Chapter 16 Biotechnology
Chapter 17 Protection of the Oceans
Chapter 18 Freshwater Resources
Chapter 19 Toxic Chemicals - Management
Chapter 20 Hazardous Wastes - Management
Chapter 21 Solid Wastes - Management
Chapter 22 Radioactive Wastes - Management

Section III. Strengthening The Role Of Major Groups
Chapter 23 Preamble Major Groups
Chapter 24 Women
Chapter 25 Children & Youth
Chapter 26 Indigenous People
Chapter 27 Non-Governmental Organizations
Chapter 28 Local Authorities
Chapter 29 Trade Unions
Chapter 30 Business & Industry
Chapter 31 Scientific & Technological Community
Chapter 32 Role of Farmers

Section IV. Means of Implementation
Chapter 33 Financial Resources
Chapter 34 Technology Transfer
Chapter 35 Science for Sustainable Development
Chapter 36 Education, Public Awareness & Training
Chapter 37 Capacity Building in Developing Countries
Chapter 38 International Institutions
Chapter 39 International Legal Instruments
Chapter 40 Information for Decision-making

Download
Agenda 21 WordPerfect 5.1, zipped
Programme 21 Français - WP5.1, zipped
Programa 21 Español - WP5.1, zipped

Other Rio Agreements
Framework Convention on Climate Change
Convention on Biological Diversity
Forest Principles
The NGO Alternative Treaties

http://habitat.igc.org/agenda21/


31 posted on 12/06/2012 4:50:10 PM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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To: cripplecreek; Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy

Things are unfolding so fast our heads will spin....

About 30 mins into the talk he reveals that there will be no relibility for many business owners who do shoddy work and this was on Drudge today

Virginia woman is sued for $750,000 after writing scathing Yelp review
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243820/Virginia-woman-sued-750-000-Yelp-review.html

Town Bans Front-Yard Clotheslines, Violators Face $1,000 Fine, Jail Time...

NHTSA gets White House OK to mandate vehicle ‘black boxes’...

Furor over WVA high school’s mandate that students stand for ‘African-American National Anthem’...

Monckton evicted from UN summit after challenging global warming...

‘Escorted from the hall and security officers stripped him of credentials’...

Thousands of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to be Released in Florida...


32 posted on 12/06/2012 5:06:13 PM PST by restornu (Love One Another)
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