Does anything in your citiy's official or unofficial motto say anything indicating that it is a 'Choice City?' As was pointed out on a radio show, most people would be under the impression that your Choice city would offer its citizens many freedoms. You would think that you could choose to live your life without too much government intervention.

However, the opposite is closer to reality as the observant caller stated. He said that we the GDP (generally dumb public) need to get up to speed on the new government newspeak. When governments use the word choice it is more in line with the grading of beef than personal freedom. Most upity cities want to choose the kind of people that can live within the city limits. If you do not meet the requirements of the various city codes, you my friend have the choice to live elsewhere.

Many municipalities have so many ordinances covering everything such as the height of weeds, parked cars, couches on porches, curfews, who can live in a house on private property, no smoking on private party, transferring ownership of private property. The nitpicky list goes on ad infinitum. It is a wonder that anyone can live anywhere!

Yes, the neat and orderly folks at city hall want you stamp all of its subjects with the Good Cities of Amerika seal of approval.

A recent letter to the editor from a Ft. Collins, CO city councilor highly suggested that neighbors spy on neighbors. She even suggested rifling through your neighbor's mailboxes to see who is getting mail. Here is a quote from her letter. “It is up to neighbors to monitor who lives in the rental by getting the renters to acknowledge that fact, checking cars parked every night at the rental, or checking mailboxes to see who is getting mail delivered at each rental.” You can read the entire letter for yourself here.

This letter promted the creation of this web site. Yes, it will neighbor against neighbor, spying on each other to get brownie points from the local government.

A new position at your city might include 'Spy Master' to inform us of what the government is looking for and how you can help.

Forget the old fasion way of getting to know who your neighbors are. Don't bother just talking to them and getting to know them better. You can find out who your neighbors are by going through their mail before they do. Just take the advice of your city council because after all, it is for a good cause.

Yes a new city sponsored program may well be in the plans for you. It may introduced like this.

Now you can send a postcard to your neighbors informing them that they have been spied on. Get a pdf version here and print it out (two sided) and cut it into four individual postcards. Then you can do whatever you want with them.

Where will it stop? Unless people stand up and start screaming about too much government intrusion, the fact is it will not stop until we are all regulated into submission.

Where do these civic leaders get these ideas anyway? A little research will provide some insight to this question and other concerns regarding zoning laws. It is a very good possibility that your city belongs to the National League of Cities

The National League of Cities is the oldest and largest national organization representing municipal governments throughout the United States. Its mission is to strengthen and promote cities as centers of opportunity, leadership, and governance.

Working in partnership with 49 state municipal leagues, NLC serves as a national resource to and an advocate for the more than 18,000 cities, villages, and towns it represents. NLC was founded in December 1924 by 10 state municipal leagues that saw the need for a national organization to strengthen local government through research, information sharing, and advocacy on behalf of hometown America. It was initially an organization of state municipal leagues. In the 1960s and 1970s, membership was gradually opened to cities of all sizes giving local elected leaders a more direct opportunity to shape the priorities, policies, and advocacy positions of the organization.

Today, the unique partnership among NLC, the 49 state municipal leagues, and the elected leaders of the 1,700 member cities and 18,000 state league cities provides a powerful network for information sharing and for speaking on behalf of America's cities in Washington, D.C. and all state capitols.

If you do a search on their site for 'United Nations' you will find articles that link to UN-HABITAT Go here for the United Nations home page.

If you have wondered why most every city in the United States is becoming just like every other city the answer probably lies in the fact that they all send their representatives to conferences designed to give local governments more power over the people. It is probably where they learn tactics like to keep scaring citizens with the need for more taxes because there will be doom and gloom on the horizon shortly.

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