At a general meeting on February 10, 2011 the Riverside County Committee of The Libertarian Party adopted the following resolution:
In California the cost of government programs has outgrown the ability and willingness of the people to pay for them. Year after year, the Sacramento politicians resort to accounting tricks, illicit borrowing and ‘temporary’ tax hikes to create the illusion of a balanced budget.
Governor Jerry Brown’s call for 12.5 billion dollars in spending cuts may point to a change in direction. Libertarians applaud Governor Brown’s call to close down all of the more than 425 community redevelopment agencies in California.
Redevelopment agencies have stood in the way of natural economic growth, rewarding favored developers with taxpayer funded subsidies.
The Riverside County Libertarian Party supports an end to community redevelopment agencies in California and we endorse Governor Brown’s proposal to bring this about.
More info on RCLP @ www.rclp.org
More important about that meeting where the resolution was passed, but not mentioned in the article, is the phenomenal growth that that local organization is experiencing.
That little rural county: Riverside, Ca., renown for being the home of “The Valley of the Dirt People” had a county convention with more than 20 people attending; half under 30. A number of them were new that year and they were there because of one simple bit of activism that hooked them:
Tabling at a community Art Walk… and the manners of a couple of younger members that make sure everyone that comes to the monthly meetings, wants to come back.
Nice work Riverside!
@ 3, 4, 5 Here is what Alan sent us..it will probably become its own thread at some point today:
From: Alan Pyeatt
Sent: Feb 11, 2011 10:02 PM
To: Bruce Dovner, Dave Bowers
Cc: [ Bunch of other people -p]
Bruce et al,
First: I don’t know who all received it, but Beau Cain sent an email about an action in Glendale this coming Tuesday morning. The City of Glendale is in the process of “acquiring” the Golden Key Hotel through eminent domain, so they can give it to David Caruso to expand the Americana at Brand shopping mall. Ray Patel, the owner, is working with the Institute for Justice. They will be holding a rally at the hotel as follows:
Tuesday, Feb. 15th at 8am
Golden Key Hotel
123 W. Colorado Street
Glendale, California
Followed by public hearing at 9am
City Council, 613 E. Broadway Street
Michael Lundburg of Region 63 and I plan to attend, and we are working on a flier to hand out at the event. Despite the ungodly hour, it would be very helpful if other libertarians showed up in support of our efforts. There is more information available at the website
http://SaveTheGoldenKeyHotel.com.
Second: The Riverside County LP has passed a resolution supporting Governor Brown’s plan to close the Community Redevelopment Agencies in California (425 or so total). Ted Brown and I discussed this at the Region 63 meeting this past week, and I think it’s a great idea. It’s a very rare opportunity when we can actually support an effort by the Governor, and I would like LPLAC to pass a resolution supporting this effort at our next meeting. The Riverside County resolution has been posted on IndependentPoliticalReport.com at
[body of this article above -p]
. It reads as follows:
[scroll up -p]
I hope you will agree with me that this is a good idea.
Yours in Liberty,
Alan Pyeatt
Region 63 Representative
FYI, I emailed Bruce Dovner (LPLAC Chairman) and the rest of the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County executive board about this resolution tonight, requesting that we consider it at our regular meeting on February 28. I can’t imagine that there will be any objection to it.
Kudos to Gene and everyone in the RCCLP!
Write us at [email protected] if you do.
That’s a good suggestion, Gene! I just might take you up on it!
We invite other local Libertarian groups in California to get behind the Governor’s initiative to end this blatant form of corporate welfare known as Redevelopment.
Feel free to copy our resolution or to pass a similar resolution of your own.
Well, good for Riverside county! This kind of local activism is wonderful.