[Capr-announce] Bay Area Liberty Merges with CAPR to Form SFBayCAPR

Wed Feb 1 23:04:13 PST 2012

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Subject: Bay Area Liberty Merges with CAPR to Form SFBayCAPR

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Bay Area Liberty

 Merges with 

Citizens Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR)

to become

SFBay CAPR

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Dear Mimi,

The One Bay Area visioning sessions are over and the question is what are
the next steps.  Bob White is our chief strategist and researcher.  He has
been working tirelessly behind the scenes to figure out a winning strategy
to move forward.  In the fall of last year, he  found an organization,
Citizens Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR)and begin discussions to see how
Bay Area property rights advocates could benefit from their existing
structure.   CAPR is providing  us with an organizational structure and
support for our long term growth objectives.  Below is the Press Release.
Please consider joining and contributing to our efforts.

Press Release:  Bay Area Liberty Merges with 

Citizens Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR) to become

SFBayCAPR

January 29, 2012

Mimi Steel Statement Announcing Launch of

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, Citizens Alliance for Property Rights

           Exclusively on the Barbara Simpson show (KSFO AM 560), I was
pleased to announce the launch of a new grass-roots citizens organization
that will focus on the protection of property rights - the San Francisco Bay
Area Chapter of the Citizens Alliance for Property Rights.

            The parent organization, known by the acronym CAPER (pronounced
"caper"), was established in the State of Washington in 2003 to serve as a
voice for property owners whose rights were under assault from many
directions.

            It is important to remember that the Founding Fathers of our
country recognized that private property rights are the foundation of all of
the fundamental liberties we take for granted - freedom of speech and
freedom of the press, the right to worship according to our own conscience,
and the right to be secure in our homes. Furthermore, human experience has
shown that private property owners are by far the greatest stewards of our
environment.

            The concerted assaults on the rights of property owners come in
many guises. The most popular buzzwords today include "sustainability,"
"smart growth," "social justice," "open space protection," and other
noble-sounding terms that are never defined. The common denominator,
however, is an erosion of the rights of the owners of private property.

            We have been compelled to organize to focus exclusively on the
protection of property rights in the face of a well organized and well
funded alliance of private and public special interest groups that share a
common goal of reshaping our society through centralization of control over
all land use policies under non-elected regional government authorities.
Here in the Bay Area, the effort to centralize control over land use is
being driven by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) along with several other regional
authorities. These organizations are funded by taxpayer money, governed by
boards that are not subject to accountability at the polls, and assisted by
numerous "non-governmental organizations" (known as "NGOs"), many of which
have virtually unlimited funding from tax-exempt foundations and special
interest groups.

            CAPR is a private, non-profit, non-partisan citizens
organization. Our mission is to serve as unified voice in support of the
rights of property owners. Our members include citizens of all political
persuasions who share a common interest in protecting the rights of property
owners.

            In the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area, the most imminent
threat to property owners - and, for that matter, all of the residents of
the Bay Area - is a draconian plan known as "One Bay Area." One Bay Area is
a comprehensive plan that would centralize control over land use,
transportation, and housing under the authority of unaccountable regional
government organizations. It is a 25-year plan, which means that an entire
generation of Bay Area residents will have fewer choices about where and how
they will live, work, and enjoy one of the most beautiful areas in the
world.

            The plan rests on a number of highly questionable assumptions
concerning Bay Area population growth, economic growth, and the availability
of billions of dollars in federal funds to pay for the huge expansion of
government, subsidies for low-income housing, and expansion of money-losing
mass transit systems. Ironically, the plan relies on diversion of gas tax
revenues from road and highway construction to public transit systems even
while promoting policies that would discourage the use of private
automobiles and dry up revenues from gas taxes.

            The so-called "visioning sessions" that have been held
throughout the Bay Area to solicit public input have been a cruel hoax.
These sessions are carefully organized to create a false impression of broad
public support for a plan developed behind closed doors. These sessions have
been managed by professional "facilitators" employed by proponents of the
plan. They use proven techniques to marginalize opponents and limit
discussion to meaningless alternatives. For example, no discussion or debate
has been permitted on the underlying assumptions about population growth,
economic development, or availability of federal funds to support
implementation of the One Bay Area.

            As you can see, this is a very comprehensive plan that would
fundamentally transform our way of life. We can learn a great deal from the
frequent use of the term "smart growth," which proponents are very careful
to avoid defining. The use of this term evidences an elitist attitude that a
small handful of unelected bureaucrats and special interests know what is
best for millions of Bay Area residents.

            One Bay Area is a clear threat not only to the owners of private
property but to anyone who values personal freedom.

            We invite everyone who shares our concerns and wants to learn
more about the threat to our way of life posed by One Bay Area to join the
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of CAPR. 

Podcast from Barbara Simpson Show

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Please email Barbara Simpson (babeinthebunker at yahoo.com ) and thank her for
spending valuable radio time to discuss this subject.  Please support the
sponsors of KSFO

In Liberty 

Mimi Steel

President, SFBayCAPR

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