Grant part of globalist agenda
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Editor,
Is the local media keeping a tight lip, or are they just plain ignorant? This is the nagging thought running through my brain 24/seven. Can it be that those amongst us who are trained in the art of journalism would turn a blind eye to the obvious takeover of our local governments by globalist interests who care not about individuals, but deeply about the collective? Polson’s most recent gift of $100,000 provided by the Orton Family Foundation’s Heart and Soul program is just one more glaring example of the influence globalist organizations can exert over the voices of “locals” in the local planning process. They would have you believe that a grant of $100,000 has been made without one single string attached; however, this could not be further from the truth.
It just so happens that the Orton Family Foundation will provide the city with a nifty “implementation guide” in order to help them make the most effective use of the money. They can even provide a GIS computer program designed to do local land use planning, for a fee, of course. Not a word in any newspaper, nor any publication whatsoever about the Orton Family Foundation’s connections to the United Nations “Earth Charter” and “Local Agenda 21,” which serves as a tool in every county in these United States of America to guide the planning process in a “sustainable” way. Through the “consensus” process, local stakeholders are invited to participate in “visioning” sessions so as to get a sampling of local input into the planning process and to make citizens feel as though they have an influence on decisions made locally.
Might I suggest that the Greater Polson Community Foundation and the City of Polson rethink their acceptance of this tainted money and do the moral thing by returning it to whence it came? Leave city and county planning in its rightful place, which is in the hands of the local citizens and their elected representatives.
John Swenson
Ronan
