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1 . Community Character Act of 2001 (Introduced in the House)[H.R.1433.IH]

2 . Community Character Act of 2001 (Introduced in the Senate)[S.975.IS]

Below is the Pennsylvania Bill.

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HOUSE BILL
No. 2385
Session of 2002

I notice that Senator Levin from Michigan signed on as a co-sponsor of S975. Recently, there appeared in a local paper a letter from a concerned citizen with the words: "Back in 1993, I called Sen. Carl Levin’s field office to ask that Sen. Levin vote against an upcoming gun-ban bill. I told the aide that we do have the Second Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms. Sen. Levin came on the phone and essentially told me that right doesn’t exist."

I also noticed that my state representative, Bart Stupak, (among 48 other sponsors/co-sponsors) signed as a co-sponsor to the House version on June 21, 2001. I sent him a letter the other day concerning HR2829. It appears I'm going to have to write several more.

Thank you for the alert.

I see PA House bill 2385 includes the funding mechanism for increased "watershed planning" as well as purchasing the "greenways"...

Here in Centre County PA, the Greenways committee is already hard at work drawing on the county maps all the land they want to open to the public/preserve through the Greenways initiative. They are doing this very quietly, and intend to present a finished plan to the County to adopt. Bill 2385 would provide money to the county to begin purchasing the greenways. While I personally don't think government should own any more land than they already do, my biggest issue is: what will they do about property on the greenways map that the owners aren't willing to sell?

I am concerned about the broad issues of property rights in this country, but with greenways my concern is personal. I am fortunate enough to own some land on a mountain ridge in the county. The Greenways Committee wants to preserve the entire ridge, and has drawn a trail through my land, where I intend to build my home.

As I've heard these people say, what good is a trail if you only have pieces of it that don't connect? They want to use emminent domain in the end to connect the pieces they get from willing/pressured/extorted sellers. I don't intend to sell...