• "In the case of the U.S., local authorities are engaged in planning processes consistent with Local Agenda 21 (LA21), but participating in a U.N. advocated planning process would very likely bring out many of our society who fear a ‘one world government’ and would actively work to defeat [it]… So, we call our processes something else, such as comprehensive planning, growth management or smart growth."

• "Smart Growth programs that attempt to alter individual lifestyle choices through policies such as urban growth boundaries, increased urban density, limits on road expansion and increased public transit…, are likely to decrease quality of life. …government policies should not be expected to alter individual preferences."

• ""Smart Growth" (SG) came to Wisconsin through the back door. Although it was described as "one of the most comprehensive pieces of land-use legislation considered in this state during the last 50 years," it wasn’t "considered" by the full Legislature. It was an item added to the 1999 Budget. …What we are confronting is a far-reaching program of social engineering. The problems and restrictions will not become apparent overnight. SG is a long-term plan for the entire restructuring of all of American society. It will happen gradually, but the final results can be anticipated by what has already happened to those areas that have embraced this "sustainable" concept."

• The American Planning Association (APA) Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook goes further then other "Smart Growth" public policies; it recommends a broader application of the principle of "amortization of non-conforming uses" to force homeowners to change their property in ways that fit the new schemes. Those who do not comply must forfeit their property without compensation. …the APA Growing Smart Guidebook is thus a legislative guide for increased poverty, not prosperity."

• "Comprehensive planning (planning + zoning) is "good" for cities as long as the property rights of its citizens are protected. …In a multi-jurisdictional comprehensive plan you can lose local control of your "town plan" sometime after adoption by the county and by your town. Why? See 66.1001(1)(b) [i.e. Wis Smart Growth] under definitions of a "local governmental unit". If your plan is incorporated into a county or regional planning commission plan, that government becomes, for purposes of 66.1001, the "local government.""

• Landowner Joe Neal has some choice words for his county's new "Smart-Growth" plan that may put his farmland off-limits to development in the name of helping the environment and fighting suburban sprawl. "It's robbery!" He says he cares about the environment, but "people are a part of the environment, too." Others subdivide land not for development but so that their children can have their own homes on the family land. …"With the present plan, as I see it now, it's going to limit how much you can build on a parcel of land…the idea of government dictating who can basically do what with their land to me is…sort of a bureaucratic, top-down, communist-style way of getting there."

‘Smart-Growth’ Plan Riles BlackFarmers (September 16, 2002

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