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We Need To Stop The Disability Treaty

 H/t Kathie and Judson Phillips.  This message appears on Tea Party Nation:

ALERT - We Need To Stop The Disability Treaty - ALERT

    Posted by Bill MacSems on July 27, 2012 at 11:52am in Tea Party Nation Forum
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Patriots –

Yesterday 3 Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee joined with the Democrats and passed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), who has led opposition to the treaty, fought for a reservation to the treaty but was voted down when Sens Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) joined the 10 Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

“The last thing we want as a country is for our courts to deem some of our disabled policies against the law, because they're different,” DeMint said. “Because we want them to be better than what the United Nations can do.”

GOPers approve UN disabilities pact despite abortion concerns

http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/un-treaties/240529-republic...

We need to take action. Call the 3 senators who voted for the CRPD treaty and tell them to oppose the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty.

Senator Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) (202) 224-4814

Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) (202) 224-6441

Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) (202) 224-3643

Call your own senator and ask them to oppose the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty (CRPD).

Senators of the 112th Congress

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

UN Treaty Mischief on Disabilities

The United Nations in collusion with Obama's globalists has cooked up another scheme to slice off a piece of U.S. sovereignty and put us under global government. The plan is to stampede the Senate into ratifying the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD.

CRPD's Article 7 gives the government the power to override every decision of the parent of a disabled child by using the caveat "the best interest of the child." This phrase has already been abused by family courts to substitute judges' decisions for parents' decisions and transferring the use of that phrase to the government or to a U.N. committee is the wrong way to go.

http://townhall.com/columnists/phyllisschlafly/2012/07/24/un_treaty...

Say No to Engage Mid Hudson July 30 6:00 PM Newburgh

This "Engage Mid Hudson" Agenda 21 organizing stuff in our own neighborhoods is serious stuff -  Wake up - this is not good - mert
The program was announced (supported) by Gov Cuomo in 2011 (who would have guessed that)  They hope to impliment Agenda 21 in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullvan, Ulster, and Westchester Counties.  This first meeting is July 30, from 6:00PM to 8:30PM at SUNY Orange Newburgh Campus, in the Great Room, Kaplan Hall.  This is an attempt at a huge power grab and if it moves forward, it will totally affect you daily life, adversely.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell Langbert <mlangbert@hvc.rr.com>
To: NYLibertyAlliance-list <NYLibertyAlliance-list@meetup.com>
Sent: Fri, Jul 20, 2012 11:48 pm
Subject: [NYLibertyAlliance] Engage Mid Hudson (Agenda 21 pseudo) Public Meeting July 30

(1)    The first meeting of Engage Mid-Hudson will be on Monday, July 30. Engage Mid-Hudson covers the Southern and Northern Westchester Energy Action Consortia up through Ulster County (and everything in between).   If you haven’t been following Engage Mid-Hudson, it is the latest manifestation of the regional push to implement UN Agenda 21 through non-governmental organizations that violate republican and constitutional principles by providing a carte blanche to exercise eminent domain and other authoritarian planning tactics that obviate republican standards and freedom.  Please bring your friends who favor private property rights, oppose eminent domain, and oppose authoritarianism.   I have linked below to a video of Rosa Koire’s recent talk in Olive and, as well, my recent interview on A-21 with Tom Sipos on Hudson Valley Focus. 

The idea would be to attend the meeting and, where possible, raise key issues like these:  property rights,  your preference for freedom and market processes over authoritarian and government-based ones, the failure of state-based solutions to improve the economy, improve equity, or help the environment,   your opposition to eminent domain, and your opposition to granting legislative power to non-governmental organizations (NGOs).    The view that no NGO should be permitted legislative, zoning, or eminent domain authority needs to be loudly voiced.  

These are not distant concerns. The purpose of Engage Mid-Hudson is to establish a vehicle that will usurp republican local government authority and establish eminent domain and zoning authority for Engage Mid-Hudson or a successor NGO. This will be used to implement radical environmental policies that will increase in severity over time.  

http://www.rocklandrecycles.com/docs/Engage_Mid-Hudson_Public_Meeting_Evite.pdf

(2)    Several people on the New York Liberty list wanted to discuss our strategy for discussing A-21 with Congressman Gibson. At his kick-off event he was interested enough to ask for information, and we thought we’d meet with him.  Please contact me if you want to work on preparing a presentation and setting up a meeting with him.

(3)    Links:

http://www.rocklandrecycles.com/docs/Engage_Mid-Hudson_Public_Meeting_Evite.pdf

http://www.mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2012/07/rosa-koire-speaks-to-town-of-olive-on.html

http://www.mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-2nd-hudson-valley-focus-interview-re.html

FOIL Requests Re Town of Olive Route 28 Scenic Bypass

PO Box 130

West Shokan, New York 12494

July 19, 2012

Ms. Sylvia Rozelle

Town Clerk

Town of Olive

PO Box 180

West Shokan, NY 12494

Dear Ms. Rozelle:

At a recent public meeting Town Board member Bruce Lamonda stated that he had revised the Town of Olive Plan. When I e-mailed him for a copy, he said that it is not available.  Either there is a revised plan or there isn't.  Please state which.  If there is a plan,  I would like to see it.  

Today I have heard allegations from another Town of Olive resident that the town has conducted secret meetings with the Department of Environmental Preservation and Department of Environmental Conservation and has offered to transfer zoning authority to them.  

Under the provisions of the New York Freedom of Information Law, Article 6 of the Public Officers Law, I hereby request a copy of records or portions thereof pertaining to (or containing the following):

The revised Town of Olive Comprehensive Plan to which Mr. Lamonda alluded.

If the allegations are true, copies of all correspondence, signed agreements, and other documents between the Town of Olive and the Department of Environmental Preservation or the Department of Environmental Conservation concerning transfer of zoning or other legislative authority.

I understand there is a fee of $.25 per page for duplication of the records requested.  If the fee exceeds $20, please contact me before duplicating the records.

As you know, the Freedom of Information Law requires that an agency respond to a request within five business days of receipt of a request. Therefore, I would appreciate a response as soon as possible and look forward to hearing from you shortly.

If for any reason any portion of my request is denied, please inform me of the reasons for the denial in writing and provide the name and address of the person or body to whom an appeal should be directed.

Sincerely,

Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.

845-657-846

mlangbert@hvc.rr.com

PO Box 130

203 Watson Hollow Road
West Shokan, NY 12494

July 19, 2012

Records Access Officer
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
625 Broadway
Albany, New York 12233-0001

Re:      Freedom of Information Law Request for Records Regarding Central Catskills Collaborative and Scenic Byway Nomination Final Draft of Project Description

Dear Records Access Officer:

Under the provisions of the New York Freedom of Information Law, Article 6 of the Public Officers Law, I hereby request a copy of records or portions thereof pertaining to (or containing the following):

The Route 28 Corridor Byway Plan, either 130 or 230 pages depending on conflicting media reports, associated with the Route 28 Central Catskills Scenic Byway Nomination Final Draft of Project Description. 

A copy of any Town of Olive Plan your department has drafted or negotiated as part of the negotiations concerning the Byway Plan.

A copy of the Route 28 inventory associated with the Byway Plan

Copies of all correspondence between your department and the Catskill Watershed Corporation and your department and the Town of Olive concerning the 28 Corridor Byway Plan.

Minutes of meetings concerning the above-referenced plans, specifically including any discussions of  transfer of  zoning functions from Olive or other Route 28 towns to your department.

I understand there is a fee of $.25 per page for duplication of the records requested.  If the fee exceeds $200, please contact me before duplicating the records.

As you know, the Freedom of Information Law requires that an agency respond to a request within five business days of receipt of a request. Therefore, I would appreciate a response as soon as possible and look forward to hearing from you shortly.

If for any reason any portion of my request is denied, please inform me of the reasons for the denial in writing and provide the name and address of the person or body to whom an appeal should be directed.

Sincerely,

Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.

845-657-846

mlangbert@hvc.rr.com

PO Box 130

203 Watson Hollow Road
West Shokan, NY 12494

July 19, 2012

FOIL Records Access Officer
Department of Environmental Protection
59-17 Junction Boulevard, 19th Floor
Flushing, NY 11373

Re:      Freedom of Information Law Request for Records Regarding Central Catskills Collaborative and Scenic Byway Nomination Final Draft of Project Description

Dear Records Access Officer:

Under the provisions of the New York Freedom of Information Law, Article 6 of the Public Officers Law, I hereby request a copy of records or portions thereof pertaining to (or containing the following):

The Route 28 Corridor Byway Plan, either 130 or 230 pages depending on conflicting media reports, associated with the Route 28 Central Catskills Scenic Byway Nomination Final Draft of Project Description. 

A copy of any Town of Olive Plan your department has drafted or negotiated as part of the negotiations concerning the Byway Plan.

A copy of the Route 28 inventory associated with the Byway Plan

Copies of all correspondence between your department and the Catskill Watershed Corporation and your department and the Town of Olive concerning the 28 Corridor Byway Plan.

Minutes of meetings concerning the above-referenced plans, specifically including any discussions of  transfer of  zoning functions from Olive or other Route 28 towns to your department.

I understand there is a fee of $.25 per page for duplication of the records requested.  If the fee exceeds $200, please contact me before duplicating the records.

As you know, the Freedom of Information Law requires that an agency respond to a request within five business days of receipt of a request. Therefore, I would appreciate a response as soon as possible and look forward to hearing from you shortly.

If for any reason any portion of my request is denied, please inform me of the reasons for the denial in writing and provide the name and address of the person or body to whom an appeal should be directed.

Sincerely,

Mitchell Langbert, Ph.D.

845-657-846

mlangbert@hvc.rr.com