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  • Frank Lloyd Wright against urban cities, 1958

    Posted by admin on February 27th, 2010 and filed under smart growth network | No Comments »

    February 19, 1958

    From the Forum Network’s free lecture titled “Frank Lloyd Wright – Creative Mind: The Architect as Creator”
    http://forum-network.org/lecture/creative-mind-architect-creator

    The host is Lyman Bryson

    Duration : 0:9:56

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    Refuting Liberal Talking Points: Urban Sprawl

    Posted by admin on February 24th, 2010 and filed under sprawl smart growth | 1 Comment »

    Is urban sprawl a problem as the Sierra Club and other envirokooks say it is? Not hardly.

    http://www.tinyurl.com/3arenr (see table GCT-PH1)

    National Resources Conservation Service, 1997 Natural Resources Inventory, table 1

    As cited in The Best Laid Plans by Randal OToole, p. 97-98

    Duration : 0:3:38

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    Behind the Green Curtain (Part 3 of 4)

    Posted by admin on February 12th, 2010 and filed under smart growth movement | 5 Comments »

    Behind the Green Curtain: Environmentalism vs. Property Rights

    Behind the cloak of idealism used by the environmental lobby is a toxic, power-seeking agenda. This video unearths the lobby’s real goal, which is to eliminate private property ownership altogether. Filmed in 1995 and produced by Voice of Free America.

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    COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Video uploaded for nonprofit, educational purposes only under the “fair use” provision of U.S. Code, Title 17, section 107. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

    Duration : 0:10:0

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    Behind the Green Curtain (Part 2 of 4)

    Posted by admin on February 9th, 2010 and filed under smart growth movement | 3 Comments »

    Behind the Green Curtain: Environmentalism vs. Property Rights

    Behind the cloak of idealism used by the environmental lobby is a toxic, power-seeking agenda. This video unearths the lobby’s real goal, which is to eliminate private property ownership altogether. Filmed in 1995 and produced by Voice of Free America.

    * * * * *

    COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Video uploaded for nonprofit, educational purposes only under the “fair use” provision of U.S. Code, Title 17, section 107. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

    Duration : 0:10:0

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    IMD – Smart Big Moves – Paul Strebel & Anne-Valerie Ohlsson

    Posted by admin on February 2nd, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | No Comments »

    http://www.imd.ch – This is the first chapter in a series of animated videos based on the book “Smart Big Moves” written by Paul Strebel and Anne-Valerie Ohlsson

    Duration : 0:3:46

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    America In Crisis (Part 5 of 6)

    Posted by admin on February 2nd, 2010 and filed under smart growth movement | No Comments »

    The late Helen Chenoweth discusses the economic impacts of the environmental movement on our land base. She also exposes how the Wetlands Act and the Endangered Species Act are being used to destroy private property rights. Filmed in September of 1993.

    Duration : 0:10:0

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    Austin Progressive Fire Chief Promoting Based on Diversity & “Change”

    Posted by admin on January 29th, 2010 and filed under smart growth management | 11 Comments »

    The Austin Fire Chief’s decision to promote three men is causing unrest within the department. Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr is trying to increase diversity within her management team.

    She wants to promote Lt. Matt Orta who is hispanic, Lt. Richard Davis who is African American and Battalion Chief Harry Evans who is white to Assistant Chief and increase their salaries to $120,000 a year.

    “It’s change and change does create some conflict, we all know change is difficult,” Chief Kerr said.

    Palmer Buck with the firefighter’s nnion says this kind of change is also expensive and sends the wrong message to firefighters during a tough economic time.

    “Firefighters can’t have their physical fitness equipment repaired, there’s no budget for it, but we want to approve two new un-needed executive level positions,” Buck asked council members Thursday.

    Representatives with the firefighter’s union are also upset that two lieutenants are being promoted to assistant chief, ahead of dozens of higher ranking AFD employees. But city officials say there is a more important goal at stake.

    “There’s another struggle taking place here as well and that’s us working toward making the fire department more progressive,” said Assistant City Manager Michael McDonald.

    City officials say two AFD assistant chiefs recently retired so the promotions will cost the department only $10,000 more per year.

    The Austin City Council still has to approve the promotions but Thursday they voted to postpone the decision until June 11.

    Duration : 0:2:54

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    America In Crisis (Part 4 of 6)

    Posted by admin on January 22nd, 2010 and filed under smart growth movement | No Comments »

    The late Helen Chenoweth discusses the economic impacts of the environmental movement on our land base. She also exposes how the Wetlands Act and the Endangered Species Act are being used to destroy private property rights. Filmed in September of 1993.

    Duration : 0:10:0

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    Smart Growth Hearing: Dr Sultan Al-Jaber

    Posted by admin on January 22nd, 2010 and filed under smart growth | 1 Comment »

    Dr. Sultan Al-Jaber, CEO of the Masdar Initiative in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, speaks to the US House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming regarding the steps Masdar has taken towards building a green, efficient city from the ground up.

    Duration : 0:4:50

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    America In Crisis (Part 3 of 6)

    Posted by admin on January 15th, 2010 and filed under smart growth movement | No Comments »

    The late Helen Chenoweth discusses the economic impacts of the environmental movement on our land base. She also exposes how the Wetlands Act and the Endangered Species Act are being used to destroy private property rights. Filmed in September of 1993.

    Duration : 0:10:0

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