Virginia Right!

Here’s a summary of how ICLEI thought the Rio+20 Conference went.  There was (thank The Lord of Hosts!) few substantive accomplishments.  But ICLEI once again convicted themselves of unconstitutional foreign policy actions: Do cities have to step in where governments are failing to take effective action? Cities are cooperating internationally without borders, without customs, without [...]

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The Murrieta Patch reported the following story: CITY REFUTES CLAIM THAT MEMBERSHIP HAS UN TIES After all here’s the last word from the Murrieta city manager! City Manager Rick Dudley said Murrieta’s membership in ICLEI came about to adhere to California law. “It’s much ado about nothing,” Dudley said in a phone interview Thursday. He [...]

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Vermont is home to one Democrat Senator (Patrick Leahy) and one self-called socialist independent (Bernie Sanders – no relation!) and one Democrat member of Congress.  It is one of the most liberal states in the Union.  But even here, there is signs of life:  Two great anti-ICLEI blogs. The first is Vermont for Evolution, a [...]

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