The New Jersey Committee of
Safety
324 Atsion Road
Shamong, New Jersey 08088
voice (609) 654-8326
e-mail contact: gellett9371@earthlink.net
Resolution in Opposition to the
National Parks Service "Crossroads of the American Revolution"
National Heritage Area
August, 2001
Whereas the establishment of a National Heritage Area is not listed among the powers that the States delegated to the federal government in the United States Constitution; and,
Whereas the National Heritage Area program violates the separation of powers as defined by the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution; and,
Whereas the structure of the National Heritage Area program is too nebulously defined to frame knowledgeable debate about its potential problems or merits, if any; and,
Whereas the National Park Service regularly takes private property without compensation, to the detriment of individual landowners and local communities; and,
Whereas National Heritage Areas have closed river access, denied boat ramps and prohibited hunting; and,
Whereas the structure and goals of the National Heritage Area program appear to have the potential of being destructive of private property owners’ rights and local control; and
Whereas the structure and goals of the National Heritage Area program appear to be a device to impose national zoning on local governments and private property owners, which is clearly unconstitutional;
Now be it therefore resolved by the ___________________________________:
Section 1. That the __________________________________requests that the entire geographic area within the political boundaries of ___________be excluded from the designation of a "Crossroads of the American Revolution" or other National Heritage Area;
Section 2. And that the Clerk of the ______________________ is hereby directed to transmit copies of this resolution to:
The Honorable George W. Bush, President
1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, DC 20500
Honorable Donald DiFrancesco, Acting Governor, State of New Jersey,
State House, Trenton, NJ 08625
Honorable Robert Torricelli,
United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510
Honorable Jon Corzine,
United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510
Honorable _____________,
House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515