Petition to suspend Monroe County Joining the Local 2030 Islands Network a United Nations Project

Petition regarding -Local 2030 Islands Network Initiative

On Wednesday, October 16, 2024, the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), including Monroe County Mayor Holly Raschein and Speaker of the House for the Conch Republic, Paul Menta, passed a motion to join the Local 2030 Islands Network under the United Nations without comment or prior knowledge involving the residents of Monroe County Florida. This unwarranted move was made only months after the residents of Monroe County had decided against pursuing a change in governmental structure to become a charter county. The rejection of the charter county proposal clearly showed the intent of the residents to not allow unilateral decisions to be made by said BOCC. We believe that this move shows the intent of the BOCC to subvert the will of the residents of our county. The BOCC has no formal or implied authority to make such moves without the will of those residents. The Conch Republic’s ambassador, David Randle, has no known address in Monroe County, and does not hold any public office in our county. Monroe County would have to join the Blue Consortium to protect our coral reef and participate in coral restoration projects costing residents, businesses, and tourists tax dollars to support this program which would, in turn, go to and be controlled by an international Globalist Organization (The United Nations). The United Nations is not an organization to enter into an agreement with lightly as several of their positions are anti-US Constitution positions. In addition: The process for joining Local 2030 requires

1. Completing a membership interest form,
2. Participating in an online video interview,
3. Submitting a letter of commitment detailing possible collaborations with as yet unidentified entities
4. Receiving official board approval for the membership application.

Residents are concerned about the commitments being made on their behalf, Who these collaborations will involve, and why the public was not consulted. There is no transparency in this entire process and no protections were provided to our residents to consider.

**Seeing as this agenda item was never presented to the Monroe County residents or businesses for consideration, nor was there any public press release, we request that the process of joining be immediately suspended until proper channels have been taken to better inform the public and formally accept or reject the agenda. The lack of transparency has caused concern among citizens, businesses and residents of Monroe County, leading them to conclude that their voices have been ignored in a process that aligns with a United Nations globalist agenda.

THEREFORE We request that the BOCC honor the will of the public and exercise their authority by halting Monroe County’s participation in the Local 2030 United Nations project until it is brought before the community for thorough discussion and/or a vote.

The undersigned residents of Monroe County Florida are formally requesting that this matter be suspended until further discussion and a proper conclusion be made by formal vote to either adopt or reject the proposal by the residents of said county.