Unabashed Truth about AFFH, Protecting Property Rights and Local Government Authority
Introductory email with letter attached: Donald, you should recognize most of the people on this email as friends and longtime supporters. Each volunteered comments and spoke at the June 27, 2017 BOCC meeting objecting to Jefferson County accepting HUD grants. All have contributed to the content of the attached letter either in writings, discussions, and Continue Reading
Read along using the script below. Maria: Floor video on politics: ‘WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD COUNTY COMMISSIONER’ To get my answer, I am interviewing Smith Young, a retired IBM architect. He became an activist, opposing government corruption, after learning Justice Scalia’s views on the 2015 ruling on ‘disparate impact’, which basically turns a HUD grant Continue Reading
To put the amount in perspective, the state of Colorado paid much more for affordable housing alone than HUD paid Denver, Colorado’s largest recipient of federal HUD grants, consisting of $11,333,541 for 2017 and $11,059,457 in 2016. These are federal grants provided for everything from a bread basket to the kitchen sink. These are HUD Continue Reading
Bismarck Tribute – ‘We have no idea what’s going to happen’: Local leaders fear funding cuts Sam Easter Forum News Service North Dakota, county of Burleigh and city of Bismarck Jul 22, 2017 All around Grand Forks — and the country — nonprofits, local leaders and others are asking the same question they always do: Continue Reading
Comments by Smith Young. Yes, and Ben Carson should reinterpret the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule as he said he would do on July 19, 2017 after meeting with a group of Republican members of Congress led by Utah Sen. Mike Lee called on Carson to rescind the rule. After its introduction July 2015 Continue Reading
Great letter sent to Secretary Ben Carson: http://affh.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/353797381-Sen-Lee-Rep-Gosar-and-Colleagues-Send-Letter-Asking-Sec-Carson-to-Rescind-Zoning-Rule.pdf
It’s been a long time coming, but HUD finally folds because they were wrong. WSJ Opinion – Westchester Beats Obama The feds concede that the suburb’s zoning laws aren’t discriminatory. By The WSJ Editorial Board July 23, 2017 Westchester County Chief Executive Rob Astorino spent seven years fighting Obama-era Department of Housing and Urban Development Continue Reading
Western Conservative Summit HUD AFFH Workshop presentation July 21, 2017 by Frank Francone An excellent presentation on housing by Mr. Francone who is currently a candidate for the Colorado State House (on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/frankfranconeforstatehouse/). To view presentation click 2017 Western Conservative Summit HUD Presentation Joining Frank the panel includes