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Volume 2 .......... Issue 5 ........... May 16, 2001

     
To citizens both within and outside of Shady Cove, here is a headline to look forward to.

Federal Judge Orders Shady Cove Government to Return Citizen’s Constitutional Rights! This could happen!

Of course this might only come after hearing several defenses by the city persons who determined they have the right to override the Constitution. Perhaps the Nuremburg Defense? “I vas only doing vat I vas told!” Or maybe the John Dillinger defense, But your honor, consider all the banks I didn’t rob”.(In this case, “citizens not harmed)

Do you think this is just a little vengeful humor? Review a little of Shady Cove’s recent history.

1.      City Hall uses a monthly public document, paid for by the citizens, to advance the personal animosities and political opinions of the administration.This use of the people’s resource is under examination by the Oregon Secretary of State’s office.

2.       A long time city citizen has accused this city of hanging up for personal reasons in response to a telephone call for police service.

3         While still on probationary status, one of the reasons for the city to not exercise the option for permanent employment of a police officer is thought to be because of a complaint for misuse of public property and resources yet the city official who was part of that misuse is seemingly protected from even criticism let alone investigation. 

4.      While the city threatens the citizens with up to $300 per day fines over weed abatement, city owned property remains in violation of that same ordinance.

5.    And there is much, much more!

As response to a citizen exercising the Constitutional right of expressing disagreement with city government and for posing the above and other questions, the city has revoked that person’s Constitutional rights. Many months ago a question asked; “Has Shady Cove seceded From the United States? Those who thought it was just sour grapes should now reconsider the reasoning and accuracy that produced the question.

As this is being written the city has ordered a citizen to suspend the right to petition city government under the First Amendment as well as the right to request equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. Only this city government in its secrecy knows what else it deems to have revoked.he taxpayers are asked, “When this city is ultimately penalized for this action, as certainly it will be, will you each and all blame the citizen who demands Constitutional right or will you blame the persons who used their government position to revoke those rights to promote their personal agendas and animosities”?.................. You may be next!!

The first step to tyranny is to silence the critics!

     

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government." ---Patrick Henry

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