Posted on 10/04/2002 1:45:34 PM PDT by Conservative
Citizens Against Forced Annexation (CAFA) is fighting for residents of unincorporated areas bordering Fort Worth, as well as other cities in Texas. Forced annexation, increased taxes, and restrictive zoning and development restrictions are all being proposed for rural residents, without any committment to provide city services.
But Fort Worth area citizens are not the only Americans being deprived of property rights by government organizations.
In Klamath Falls, Oregon, a federal judge ordered irrigation water to be turned off for 1400 farm families, to protect a supposedly endangered sucker fish.
In southeast Florida, the U.S. Corps of Engineers is systematically flooding farms, in order to create "willing sellers" of land to the government.
In southwest Florida, rural homeowners are being subjected to unfair restrictions placed upon use of their land.
In order to educate property owners across the country, and to show solidarity with Florida property owners, a convoy is travelling from Oregon to south Florida.
On Saturday, October 12, this convoy will visit the Train & Grain Festival in Saginaw, Texas. CAFA will host the convoy and CAFA personnel will ride on convoy vehicles in the Festival parade at 10 a.m.
At noon, the two groups will hold a property rights rally, including speakers, followed by a joint fundraising auction.
Come out to the Train & Grain Festival, and support CAFA and the nationwide property rights movement.
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More info at....
http://www.saginawtxchamber.org/events.htm
(Saginaw - Train & Grain Festival)
http://www.noannexation.com/
(Citizens Against Forced Annexation - CAFA)
Saginaw, Texas is located off loop 820 north of Fort Worth, just west of the intersection of loop 820 and Interstate 35W.
SPRINGVILLE -- "Save the ranchers from the greenies," read a picket sign at a rally and auction held in Springville on Friday in favor of farmers' rights and against Utah Lake's endangered June sucker fish.
Dozens of local residents gathered to raise money for Oregon's Klamath Falls farmers who were unable to raise crops after an April 6, 2001, decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior to withhold irrigation water from Upper Klamath Lake in order to fulfill Endangered Species Act requirements for sucker fish and coho salmon.
The June sucker occurs naturally nowhere else in the world, said Richard Hepworth, wildlife biologist with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. In 1994, the federal government named the June sucker an endangered species, allowing its habitat to be protected by law. After eight years of study, experts believe Utah Lake has only 450 adult wild June suckers left.
This year, millions of gallons of water were released from drought-stricken Deer Creek and Jordanelle reservoirs to help the remaining June sucker reproduce, said Keith Denos, general manager of the Provo River Water Users Association.
Rep. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, spoke against the June sucker at the rally.
"Our society is fed and flourishing because of the farmers and ranchers," she said. "The blessings of private property rights and the agricultural community are being threatened by the Endangered Species Act."
Efforts to save a spotted frog in central Utah have resulted in more time, money and resources spent on each frog than is spent on each child in public schools, she said.
"In an effort to save the sucker fish, Provo River has had 800 cubic feet of water a second released for the two-week period during their spawning," she said. "I'm looking around saying, 'Where was the reservoir releasing water to fill the irrigation ditches of the farmers and ranchers during this drought?' I'm not understanding this."
Kathryn Anderson, a sixth-generation farmer who lives in unincorporated Utah County, said endangered species and the farmers can co-exist in harmony.
"As agriculturists, we like to preserve the ecosystem more than anyone else because then our livelihoods and our lifestyles are preserved," she said. "We are losing gallons and gallons of water to the June sucker."
Grant Gerber, attorney for the Klamath relief effort, said Friday's auction brought in approximately $5,000.
Caleb Warnock can be reached at 344-2543 or cwarnock@heraldextra.com.
This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page A2.
The Klamath Convoy welcomes our newest crew member and speaker, Jan Jacobson. A seasoned veteran in "the war for the soul of the republic," Jan Jacobsen humbly described himself as an ecologist and educator, elaborating only slightly on the development of maverick educational programs and the development of sound ecological plans for habitat management in the Florida everglades. Jan's credentials in the field of biology are unquestionable, and he has been called as an expert witness in several federal cases, he is often referred to as the Guru of the everglades. Over lunch, we got down to issues.
When asked what he thought of the Endangered Species Act, Jan responded, "The E.S.A. is a ridiculous and unnatural attempt to prohibit one of the most basic principles in evolution. Making extinction illegal is as absurd as the seditious methods by which the environmentalists are taking our personal property and constitutional rights."
I studied the tightening lines of his face, as he gathered his thoughts to continue.
"Environmentalism is a socio-political movement which is not based on science. You see, science is a creed, which builds upon itself, by verification and repetition. The only verification provided by the environmentalist movement is the repetitious demise of farms, homes, businesses, families, communities, and personal property," he said, "and the worst perversion is that we (the taxpayers) are paying for the privilege."
"What do you propose in terms of resolution?" I asked.
"We are fighting rigorously to target and expose the criminal benefactors of the movement. Make no mistake, they are criminals. If you or I "took" someone's property, or deliberately manufactured false evidence in federal court cases, we would be in jail."
I listened intently as Jan cited incidents of well publicized and prosecutable events for which no criminal charges were filed against federal employees caught red handed… hanging lynx fur, "placing" non native species, and knowingly giving false testimony and test results in federal court.
His manner became quite animated when he told of the losses of research funding incurred by faculty members at M.I.T., who published data which conflicted with the liberal environmentalist agenda.
The rest of the afternoon was riveting and delightful, as we rolled on down the highway.
Jan Jacobson will be traveling with the Klamath convoy as a crew member, and will be a featured speaker at the next rally, in Trinidad, Colorado at the Big R, at noon. Don't miss it! We invite you to join the convoy, for a few miles or a "full ticket," as you will. If you can't join us choose the method of your choice, but make your voice heard!
I look forward to meeting you there.
In addition to the convoy speakers, Texas-based speakers will include Peggy Venable, State Director of Citizens for a Sound Economy, Sterling Burnett of the National Center for Policy Analysis, and key members of the Citizens Against Forced Annexation.
The Klamath Convoy welcomes our newest crew member and speaker, Jan Jacobson.
We just bought Jan's plane ticket the other night. This guy is a dedicated ecologist who lives in the swamps, loves nature and knows his stuff inside and out.
Looking forward to meeting you Bill. Keep working that pen of yours.
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