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Santa Cruz County

Hung Out to Dry by The Transportation Plan

By Nick Peros, 9/30/2006 –

Buckle your seat belts, put on your helmets and brace yourself for the most colossal transportation wreck in the history of Santa Cruz County. Responsible parties include the County Board of Supervisors, County Tax Collector Fred Keeley, highly paid consultant, Eileen Goodwin and the 100 “stakeholders” of the Transportation Funding Task Force of the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission.

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Oceans and Coasts

Coastal Commission Fails Attempt To Control Views From The Ocean

For over 30 years the California Coastal Commission has been overzealous in its attempts to control private property. In Dennis Schneider’s case the Coastal Commission attempted to impose unreasonable building conditions on his yet to be built house merely because it could seen from certain spots off-shore. This is an example of how power-grabbing agencies with non-elected officials attempt to destroy private property rights – one property at a time.

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Articles

Aptos High School “crosses the line” with secret behavior control exercise

By Freedom Advocates Staff, 9/27/2006 – Aptos High School (AHS) violated the families of 360 students when it conducted a secret behavioral control exercise that compelled the students to publicly confess their sexual behaviors, personal thoughts, and family secrets, according to “Crossing the Line crosses the line” in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. AHS dismissed its violation of law and family autonomy as an “oversight” and expects the story to stop there. It doesn’t. […]