Our little rural community of
eleven families and numerous bare-land owners has been struggling for the past
nine years to survive. First closed in by admitted criminals, we are now
legally landlocked by public agencies of the County of Los Angeles and the
State of California. We have been fed lies after lies after lies, but have
never been given a believable reason for the official maneuvers that have
reduced our property values by 80% and more.
The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States asserts “nor shall private property be taken for public
use, without just compensation.” So consider this measly way around
eminent domain: landlock thousands of acres of property, wreck their values,
and sit back and wait for everybody to give up, move away and stop paying
taxes.
We have tried every remedy we can
think of. The Title Insurance companies won a lawsuit over one piece of the
necessary easement, only to be confronted by three more blockages created by agencies
of Los Angeles County and the State of California. We will be recounting
strategies we have tried, in posts on this blog. We anticipate that readers
will suggest others.
We Americans are recovering from a
hard kick to the heart. A realization has been forced upon us, in a strikingly
rude way, that our elected representatives do not represent us, that they are
not at all concerned with the welfare of the American People.
It doesn’t matter what your
politics are. Maybe you support the idea of universal health care, maybe you do
not. Maybe you believe in rights for the as-yet-unborn, maybe you believe in a
woman’s right to control her own body. Maybe you insist that guns be controlled,
maybe you hold to our right to bear arms.
It doesn’t matter! And it doesn’t
matter what our elected representatives believe. You don’t enforce your opinion
by making trouble for the American People.
Like it or not, we are all at risk
together. If the recent shutdown did not demonstrate that, then you might as
well stop reading. But the rest of us, the vast majority of the American
People, now recognize that too many elected representatives have found too many
ways to abuse their power. If we can’t change national politics right now, we
can start in our neighborhoods.
Most abusers of the public good scurry
for cover when the light goes on. We beg your participation as follows:
1.
Our story is too long to tell on one page. We will
tell the story in regular installments on this blog. We ask you to follow,
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2.
At some point, and it might not be long from
now, you will understand the injustice of our plight. We ask that when you do,
you do more than just read. Jot a note or an email to let our oppressors know
that you are on to them. Turn others on to our blog.
3.
It is important that all of us realize that this
abuse of power and neglect of the People’s well-being is epidemic. If we can
demonstrate that informed, participating citizens have the wherewithal to shame
public officials into decency, we win a victory for all. We expect that other
cases all over America will come to light and be brought to our readers’
attention. We pledge to study and support the causes of others and ask that our
readers do the same.
Think of all the good that united Americans
have accomplished! National policies have changed. The very consciousness of
the People has evolved. When I was a kid in New Jersey, the idea of a Black or
female bus driver was unthinkable, just to pose one astounding example.
Together we can do amazing things. These are the grass roots.
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