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Sarasota News Leader February 22, 2013 Page 23 Lumpkin: I don���t think it���s our city���s respon- Do you have an opinion of Agenda 21 sibility to go and expand it. That���s for other and how do you think it impacts the City communities to decide. of Sarasota? Theisen: I think it���s a sideshow. People who want to take advantage of it could move to Sarasota. It���s like half the price of a marriage license. ��������� Eliminate it? Lumpkin: That���s something up until a week ago I had not heard of. But somebody asked me about it, and I���m still studying it. The UN initiative. I have to absorb it. I was meeting with some supporters and they asked what I thought about Agenda 21, so I���ve been reading up on it. Dorfman: I support the registry of partners. I���m a freedom person. ��������� ��������� ty for nonprofits to make some good use of Do you have an opinion on something Lumpkin: I���ve heard former Commissioner called Agenda 21? [Ken] Shelin talk about it. I don���t fully understand it; it���s not something I���ve really studied. Theisen: I do. They keep using the language from it. Smart growth, which is ordinary Theisen: I don���t think it���s causing any probgrowth dressed up with a new adjective. So lems. The people who are using it are just tickyou���re supposed to approve this and let us led with it. have more density. ��������� Agenda 21 is putting the growth all in one Do you have an opinion of Agenda 21 spot. They want to practically eliminate huand how do you think it impacts the City man use of many, many properties outside the of Sarasota? city. In general I���m not a fan of the United NaDorfman: I���ve had discussions about Agenda tions. They kind of want to dictate our laws, 21 so often now. I think there is a real possi- and I think that���s a sovereignty issue. bility it is going to impact the county. And if ��������� it impacts the county, it���s going to impact the city. And it does give me cause for concern. Parts of Sarasota ��� including St. Armands Circle ��� are prone to flooding I don���t think anyone is aware, as they should when high tides or storms create a rise be, relative to Agenda 21. in sea level. Should the city continue to What do you think the change is? encourage development on its barrier islands? Dorfman: I���m no expert on Agenda 21, but it seems to be a catalyst through the United Na- Dorfman: Define development. tions. The United Nations is the one pushing it the hardest, but then it filters out into a lot You name it: commercial, residential. of different lobbying groups as well. Dorfman: I think there is some opportuni-