This letter to the editor by Douglas Darrell appeared in the Laconia Daily Sun, February 10th, 2019. To the Daily Sun, I endeavor to appeal to the civic mindedness of our democracy with a republican form of government to follow the plea in attention of 2019 legislative session CACR-8. This bill is not an innovation [...]
This editorial by Douglas Darrell, a New Hampshire Community Rights Network (NHCRN) board member, was published on Fosters.com, October 9th, 2018. ll people are born with inalienable rights — the right to practice one’s chosen religion, to exercise free speech, etc. These rights define our personhood and cannot be transferred from person to person; they [...]
Residents in Columbus and Toledo are being told they don’t have the authority to vote to protect their drinking water this November. This article by Simon Davis-Cohen appeared in The Progressive, September 25, 2018. Markie Miller, an organizer from Toledo, Ohio, has been working for more than two years to pass a Lake Erie Bill of [...]
This guest editorial by Douglas Darrell of the National Community Rights Network (NCRN) appeared in The Laconia Daily Sun, July 9th, 2018. Guest commentary by Community Rights US Media Team member Curt Hubatch: To build a movement to elevate Community Rights over corporate rights it will take thousands of letters like Douglas Darrell's written and [...]
A leading expert said tensions have never been higher between the different levels of government, thanks in part to preemptive legislation in various policy areas. This article by Chris Teale appeared in Smart Cities Dive, July 2nd, 2018. At a Washington, DC event in May, Harvard Kennedy School professor and former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith [...]
An original essay by the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) posted on June 29th, 2018. When the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776, it was the work of many hands. Thomas Jefferson gets the credit, but the people of more than ninety towns and counties throughout the colonies had sent instructions [...]
This article by Gillian Pomplun appeared in the Crawford County Independent, June 27th, 2018. VIROQUA - The Viroqua City Council met as a committee of the whole on Wednesday, May 30 for a presentation and discussion about community rights. Paul Cienfuegos of ‘Community Rights’ spoke to council members and almost 50 concerned citizens about the [...]
This 30 minute audio interview with Thomas Linzey was posted on David Swanson's "Lets Try Democracy" website, June 12th, 2018. Thomas Linzey is an attorney and the Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) – a nonprofit law firm that has provided free legal services to over five hundred local governments and [...]
"A Phoenix from the Ashes," an article about resurrecting a constitutional Right of Local, Community Self-Government in the name of environmental sustainability, was published in the Arizona Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (AJELP) back in January of 2018. More details and links below. CELDF’s Executive Director Thomas Linzey, Esq. and attorney Daniel E. Brannen, [...]
This article by Simon Davis-Cohen appeared in The Progressive, April 24th, 2018. A brief commentary by Community Rights US media team member Curt Hubatch: Let's not forget that we do have the right as The Sovereign to enact and enforce laws locally to protect our health, safety, and welfare. And, as this insightful article by [...]
