"Earlier this year, a bill urging the United States to pull out of the United Nations was proposed by Montana's Rep. Bob Davies. It didn't get beyond a legislative committee. (Bob Davies, we salute you...but don't stop now!)
And Virgin, a town of 400, six miles east of La Verkin, also is considering an anti-U.N. ordinance. That town made news earlier this year after passing an ordinance requiring residents to own guns."

Following is an article with more information about the Little Town that showed its intelligence by banning U.N. activity. Considering the above article, it would seem we must begin to identify the 'treasonous' everywhere. If they are in our city, state or federal government, they must be rooted out. Of course, we're going to need some place to 'house' them. Oh...so that is what those Concentration Camps are for! Now we know.

SALT LAKE CITY
(July 24, 2001 10:12 p.m. EDT ) - According to its charter, the United Nations strives to protect justice, social progress, and "the dignity and worth of the human person." [Wouldn't it be interesting to know what the U.N. definition of 'human person' is?]

The southwestern Utah town of La Verkin doesn't want to hear it: The City Council restricts U.N. activity here even though the move may be at odds with the U.S. Constitution.

"When you stand up for freedom, God is there with you. And that's what it's all about," said Councilman Al Snow, who proposed the ordinance that was approved 3-2 on Independence Day.

The ordinance makes La Verkin a virtual U.N.-free zone - outlawing U.N. symbols on city property, refusing to recognize U.N. judicial orders and banning city contracts with U.N.-affiliated businesses, among other things.

The measure reflects residents' fear that their land is in jeopardy, although the United Nations has never had a presence in La Verkin.

Two-thirds of Utah is owned by the federal government, and those who favor the ordinance say U.N. environmental policies could sway how federal agencies use that land.

But the ordinance has prompted the resignations of two of the town's four police officers and drawn the attention of the state's attorney general.

"Throughout this document you are violating the First Amendment, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and possibly the Fifth Amendment," Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff told the La Verkin City Council last week.

After Shurtleff's warning, the council agreed to rewrite the law, said spokeswoman Tracie Sullivan, hired by the city to handle an onslaught of questions prompted by the ordinance.

"They're going to fix it to make it stronger and constitutionally sound," she said. The council planned to meet with its attorney Wednesday to discuss ways to do that.

Dick Hingson, a recent transplant from Los Angeles, is skeptical. "If they can find a way not to break the U.S. Constitution and save it, that shows a great deal of ingenuity," he said.

The 3,300 residents in this town, about 20 miles from Zion National Park, are keenly protective of their property, always looking out for federal - or in this case, international - interference.

The ordinance requires those working on a U.N.-financed project to register with the city, pay a fee and post a sign reading "U.N. work conducted here." Violation is a misdemeanor punishable by a $750 fine or 90 days in jail.

Critics said such requirements run counter to the First Amendment, which prohibits the government from compelling its citizens to disclose their associational activities or beliefs.

Mayor Dan Howard and three council members admit the United Nations doesn't pose a direct threat to La Verkin, but in a letter on the city's Web site, they said some people worry about the United Nations' agenda.

"The majority of residents living in Southern Utah embrace conservative values, such as family, property rights and the right to bear arms. Whereas the U.N. supports population control, radical environmentalism including the taking of private property and the disarmament of Americans," the site reads.

State Department spokeswoman Rhonda Shore said the 189 member-United Nations makes only nonbinding resolutions, which individual governments are free to ignore. And a United Nations spokesman said the organization does not want to harm La Verkin's residents.

"I would just hope that the people of La Verkin would see the United Nations for what it really is, an intergovernmental organization working for the betterment of humankind - and not a threat to the people of La Verkin," said spokesman Fred Eckhard from the organization's New York headquarters.

After passage of the ordinance, the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union jumped into the fray, sending a letter urging councilors to repeal it.

"While the ordinance states that its underlying purpose is to protect personal freedoms and constitutional rights, our principal fear is that it has the opposite effect and criminalizes constitutionally protected conduct," the letter said.

The two police officers who resigned cited concerns that they could not enforce the ordinance. One said it violates civil rights, thus opening officers to liability issues.

"La Verkin is not speaking for all of Utah and the council isn't speaking for all of La Verkin," Shurtleff said. "But there is a lot of concern and paranoia out there."

Earlier this year, a bill urging the United States to pull out of the United Nations was proposed by Montana's Rep. Bob Davies. It didn't get beyond a legislative committee.

And Virgin, a town of 400 six miles east of La Verkin, also is considering an anti-U.N. ordinance. That town made news earlier this year after passing an ordinance requiring residents to own guns.