Despite the monstrous nature of the General Plan’s DEIR, the
Werewolf has deferred judgment since it depends upon the wolfs bane blooming.
While traditionally used to kill wolves or whales this toxic plant’s American variety,
the trailing wolfs bane, is an endangered and/or threatened species in
Tennessee and surrounding areas. So when the moon is full the Werewolf needs
his stuff and his wolfs bane is protected. Fortunately the DEIR protects us
against hazardous materials (2-36) by proposing “identifying businesses using,
storing, and/or transporting hazardous materials.” Sounds real good, but it all
depends upon who and what defines hazardous materials. How many of our old
paint cans and fluorescent light bulbs are hazardous materials?
The frightening prospect of forest fires is contained on
page 2-37. Mitigation measures include “using fire-resistant materials,
installing sprinkler systems, and providing on-site water supplies for
firefighting” and “impact fees”. No mention is made of the possible
carcinogenic nature of many fire-resistant materials. I find sprinkler systems
to be ugly and to have them in my home, my most private and personal space,
would be a grim reminder of state power’s ability of invasion like a computer
chip in my palm would be. No concern is
voiced that each new requirement costs money and prices more and more people
out of home ownership. Since growth is nonexistent today, except for perhaps
for some lawsuits, it can only intend to slowly force us into town center
apartments under someone else’s control. Any trade off decision, or individual freedom
to chose where one lives or assess their risk, is gone. Once again, their
static natural world/ forest concept sees people as only a hostile intrusion.
Their underlying assumption is laid bare because they completely ignore
thinning the forests in the high country. We all know that a summer lightening
strike fire spreading into the Upcountry is a real possibility.
Water quality concerns pages 2-38 to 2- 42. Their proposals include “…climate appropriate
landscaping…” and “reduced pavement cover, permeable pavement, and drainage
features which increase infiltration and groundwater recharge.” These ideas
seem to flow from the assumption that our rainwater belongs to the San Joaquin
Valley aquifer and that it isn’t ours. Forget the graciousness of guest parking
on your property. Given our clay soils permeable pavements will just trap
moisture near structures rather than allowing it to run off into more porous
soils. “…to reduce adverse hydrology and water quality impacts by limiting the
quantity and increasing the water quality of runoff flowing to the County’s
streams and rivers” they propose that “This program will incorporate stormwater
management programs for agricultural land.” They seem to assume that farmers
and ranchers callously let their top soil disappear. I would consider this an
insult.
So much of this DEIR depends upon the global warming hoax
that carrying their logic forward I wonder what the Environmental Impact Report
for having a child will entail? Will the stress of the process cause a
miscarriage? How much CO2 does a pile of pampers emit? Can we mitigate this by
killing our parents the way people did before the Ten Commandments said Honor
thy Father and thy Mother?
The water quality discussion continues with proposing “low
impact development techniques.” Housing is only abundant when we build what we
can afford, not what an ideological expert decrees with a hidden agenda. If we
lose the property owning middle class we have an impact on democracy, self governance
and social stability far greater than any concocted concept of the environment.
In the people off the land and into crowded settlements of this document’s
intent we will all be frustrated enough to howl at the full moon like the
Werewolf.
Copyright 2015, Mark L. Bennett
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