Conservancy Abandons Disputed Practices - Land Deals, Loans Were Questioned

"The Nature Conservancy announced last night that it is permanently abandoning a range of practices, from drilling for oil to lending employees money to selling undeveloped land to its trustees as home sites.

The board's actions followed a day-long, closed-door meeting at the charity's Arlington headquarters, during which it weighed issues and criticisms raised over the past month by two U.S. senators and by some of the nonprofit organization's 1 million members.........

......Finally, the board will hire independent outside advisers to help it review its governance and oversight policies.

The Conservancy's actions came as its activities were coming under increasing scrutiny on Capitol Hill.

Last month, after a three-day series of articles in The Washington Post, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking Democratic member Max Baucus (Mont.) said they planned to ask the charity to account for its programs, especially the sale of raw land at reduced prices to its state trustees.

Facing public concern over its activities, the Conservancy recently suspended many of the practices that it permanently abandoned yesterday......"

Read the rest of the article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57730-2003Jun14.html?nav=hptop_tb

'It's strange how computer "parts" start "going bad" when compiling this kind of information for publication'

Isn't that the truth? Princes and principalities, I think. Hopefully, their days are numbered. I still haven't cleared up the kids' computer - only 20 more windows to go!

Thanks for the compliments; they mean a lot coming from you, but all I did was connect some of the dots. 'I stand on the shoulders of giants', some listed, others I've been reading for years, including you two!. I'm happy if I've been able to help. Maybe with synergy and FAITH, we will be able to move mountains. (keeping the pressure on the congresscritters wouldn't hurt, either.)

"Metropolitan government would eliminate the individual States as meaningful political entities, would divide the nation into metropolitan regions sprawling across State lines, and would place the management of these regional governments in the hands of appointed experts answerable not to local citizens but to the supreme political power in Washington."

"PROFESSIONALS" TO REPLACE ELECTED OFFICIALS

As mentioned previously, the 1966 CED report calls for "professional staffing for all local units" of government at the State level.

Who are these unelected "experts" who, according to the long-laid plans of the pushers of Metro, will take over the administration of government at the local level -- and who, being appointed -- not elected -- will be able to control local-level government in all of the 50 States?

What are their theories on local government -- and who financed their training for this planned take-over of positions of power -- positions formerly occupied by officials elected by the people?

The answer is "1313" -- the founding, financing, power and influence of which is discussed in the next chapter.

http://www.sweetliberty.org/beware_metro.html

58 posted on 06/23/2003 1:35 PM PDT by Ethan_Allen

"1313" CONSTRUCTED WITH ROCKEFELLER FUNDS

http://www.sweetliberty.org/beware_metro2.html

59 posted on 06/23/2003 1:39 PM PDT by Ethan_Allen

Regional councils of governments (COGs) are deeply involved in local allocation of Federal funds.

In this connection, the NEWS AND COURIER editorial had this to say:

"As it happens, some administrators, who have no direct responsibility to the people hold positions of considerable power. A professional planning staff, operating under the auspices of the Charleston County (South Carolina) Planning Board, an appointive body, screens and reviews each funding application.

"Five of the ten members of a Regional Council subcommittee, including the chairman, are non-elected appointees. This subcommittee considers the planners' recommendations and decides on its own recommendation before passing applications to the Governor's office. In Columbia, other non-elected personnel funnel applications to non-elected bureaucrats in Washington, where a final decision is made…"

"In sum, the local picture of regional government shows a new governmental system with burgeoning authority functioning primarily under the direction of non-elected individuals."

http://www.sweetliberty.org/beware_metro2.html

The Rockefeller Syndicate http://iresist.com/cbg/rockefeller.html

61 posted on 06/23/2003 1:51 PM PDT by Ethan_Allen

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