Re: Only in America a dream can change into a nightmare!

give them hell


"Subcomandante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> URGENT!!  SIGN THE PETITION!
>
> STOP THE BLOODSHED BEFORE IT STARTS!
>
> KEEP DOTTIE SAFE !!
>
> Authorities and Officials stand by and watch !!
>
> STOP THE LAND-GRAB OF DOTTIE LAFORTUNE'S BIDDEFORD, MAINE HOME!
>
> Please distribute widely ---
>
> We, the following, believe that Dottie Lafortune is unlawfully being
denied her
> right to a jury trial and due process.  She is now under danger of a
stand-off
> with militia in trying to protect her rights.
>
> According to records, accounts and witnesses we believe that city
officials,
> attorneys and bankers have engaged in an illegal gang-up to rob Ms.
Lafortune of
> her home.  We demand that an immediate moratorium be called by Governor
Baldacci
> to prevent any attempts of Sheriff's to remove Ms. Lafortune from her
home.
>
> All proper authorities and legal channels have been informed of the long
train
> of abuses against Ms. Lafortune and no proper, lawful and legal action has
been
> enacted to protect Ms. Lafortune's rights.  This illegal land-grab must
stop!
> Ms. Lafortune must be afforded a fair trial by jury in a court of law.
> Officials MUST obey the law and stop threats, harrassment and injury Ms.
> Lafortune immediately!
>
> ------
>
> Please sign your name and state and return to:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 1.  Suzanne LeBoeuf, California
>
> 2.
>
> 3.
>
> ================
>
> TO ALL,
>
>     I'VE BEEN SERVED TO LEAVE MY PROPERTY IN 48 HOURS. I AM STANDING MY
GROUND
> AND I HOPE THE SPOTLIGHT ENDS UP SHINING ON THE CRIMINALS. YOU COULD ALL
START
> BY SENDING COUNCILOR JIM GRATTELO (FORMER MAYOR) (207)282-9332 AND MAYOR
DONNA
> DION (207)283-9755(H); (207)286-9385(W) A THANK YOU FOR STARTING THIS
ISSUE IN
> BIDDEFORD.
>
>     I'VE FOUGHT LONG AND HARD AGAINST THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLES AND STOOD UP
FOR
> FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PROPERTY RIGHTS, WHICH DO NOT EXIST IN BIDDEFORD,
> MAINE.......PERHAPS ALL OF MAINE. I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT BECAUSE THIS
OUTCOME
> WILL EFFECT ALL OF YOU. I ASK GOD TO GIVE ME STRENGTH AND SEE THIS BATTLE
> THROUGH.
>
>     I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS.  GOD BLESS
ALL OF
> YOU AND THIS COUNTRY!
>
>                                                                    DOTTIE
>
> ============================
>
> See messages and files at:
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dottielafortune/files/ for more information.
>
> ==========================
>
> Wednesday, November 12, 2003 Lafortune's backers 'on alert' Sheriff,
Biddeford
> police plan no sudden moves in property dispute By TAMMY WELLS/Journal
Tribune
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> An armed militia is threatening to use violence to help Biddeford resident
> Dorothy Lafortune keep her Graham Street home.
>
>
>
> A leader of an Alabama-based group called the Mutual Defense Pact Militia
urged
> members Tuesday to be ready to come to Maine with enough supplies "for a
10-day
> engagement."
>
>
>
> Police and public safety officials said they are aware of the threat and
take it
> seriously.
>
>
>
> "We're aware of the various e-mails and messages and are monitoring the
> situation. People have a First Amendment right to speak, but their
behavior
> determines whether or not it calls for a law enforcement response," Maine
Public
> Safety Commissioner Michael Cantara said today. "We are far from that at
this
> time. We're watching it."
>
>
>
> Lafortune has waged an unsuccessful legal battle to keep her 22 Graham St.
home
> for more than a year. Last week, the U.S. Suprem! e Court refused to issue
an
> emergency stay that would have delayed her eviction.
>
>
>
> In October, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Lafortune no longer
owns the
> property, which was seized by the city for non-payment of taxes and
auctioned in
> May 2002 to Portland resident Tim Q. Ly for $80,000. As of this morning,
the
> York County Sheriff's Department had not served Lafortune with papers that
would
> give her 48 hours to leave the premises.
>
>
>
> Floyd Shackelford, a leader of the MDPM, today said his group doesn't want
> violence, but is defending Lafortune because she hasn't had a jury trial.
>
>
>
> "She said if a jury rules against her, she will leave voluntarily,"
Shackelford
> said in a telephone interview. "We are not interested in a conflict at
all, we
> are peaceable people."
>
>
>
> But in a "high alert" message Tuesday to the militia's 700 members, who
include
> Lafortune, the one-time congression! al candidate provides a detailed
strategy
> for defending Lafortune if a decision is made to proceed. It includes
"inserting
> yourself into and immediately around Dottie's home and providing her with
direct
> fire support."
>
>
>
> The message goes on to say "Dottie and (friend Philip Castora) have plenty
of
> supplies so all you'll need to bring is your supplies and as much
ammunition as
> you can carry."
>
>
>
> It suggests a staging area at The Barn shopping center on Route 1,
>  "neutralizing" the Biddeford Police Department by disabling power and
telephone
> cables, establishing roadblocks and reconnaissance, and placement of
> sharpshooters atop the nearby Ledgewood Apartments and St. James School.
>
>
>
> No one answered the telephone at Lafortune's home today.
>
>
>
> If Lafortune refuses to leave after being served with a civil order to do
so,
> York County Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Maurice Ouellette sa! id
today,
> the matter becomes criminal. He said removing Lafortune from the property
would
> be the Biddeford Police Department's responsibility.
>
>
>
> Biddeford police spokeswoman Joanne Fisk refused to discuss the situation.
Chief
> Roger Beaupre did not return a telephone call.
>
>
>
> "Naturally we should be seriously concerned," Biddeford Mayor Donna Dion
said.
> The mayor, who has clashed with Lafortune over the content of a public
access
> television show hosted by Lafortune, said she has had telephone calls from
as
> far away as California about the property seizure. One individual, she
said,
> told her she didn't know how big the movement is.
>
>
>
> "You always worry someone (involved in a long-term issue) may lose
perspective,"
> Dion said of Lafortune. "I'm concerned. Obviously, I'm very concerned."
>
>
>
> Ouellette said he takes the situation seriously, too.
>
>
>
> "You have to take it se! riously," Ouellette said. "Like domestic
violence, a
> burglary ... you take it seriously."
>
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