URGENT: DISABLED VET TO MAKE HISTORY AS FIRST FLORIDA HOMESTEAD TO BE CONFISCATED VIA EMINENT DOMAIN

The Golden Gate Gazette ^ | March 10, 2003 | Kaydee Tuff

[JLO]

Thanks for the ping Jen - just read this and emailed the Governor tonight. Hope it's not too late with my response.

[JLO]

Just rec'd a somewhat rapid response:

"Thank you for your e-mail. This is an automatic response, which serves as
an immediate means to acknowledge my receipt of your message.

I am currently experiencing a large volume of e-mails, and your questions
will be answered as soon as possible. If you are writing about a specific
piece of legislation, your comments will be considered before I take action.

I appreciate hearing from concerned citizens like you. Please feel free to
continue to keep me informed on issues that are important to you. Thank you
again for writing.

Sincerely,
Jeb Bush"

Sounds like he's getting some feedback, eh??? JLO. Good job sounding off AAABest! And you too, Jen, spreading the word!

[Jen]

Thanks! Yep you made it just in time. There's a hearing scheduled on Thursday. I got that autoresponse too, then a separate email from Jeb. Wow, that's impressive. I think our actions are making a difference for this veteran.

[countrydummy]

Got any updates on this?????? I have found I will not be able to join the military. I am on too many medications and as such can't.

It is my wish that I could, it is my will that I could and Mike supports me! Too much water under the bridge, as in age and health....yet, who knows what will come and we should all be ready and prepared!

However, I think we are winning this assult and of course as always will always come back and be the people that we are! We have always proved that! We always will!

My daughter is seriously considering going into the Army and she has to make this decision!

She is a proud patriot of the age of 18, she is a wonderful student, she is just poor. She has been let down by her biological father, as he promised to help her stay in college, of which he did not....he is a democrat! Anyway, help her pray to God to make the right decison and to protect her no matter what she decides! She is a great American!

[spokanite]

I was curious as to an update as well. Praying that things went well for the fella today.

[countrydummy]

Me too! But maybe we are still asking too soon? I always get in a hurry! I would love to hear something like, "due to circumstances beyound our control"......we have to put this off or whatever!!!!!!!!

[countrydummy]

Do you have an update? I sent my comments by fax and forgot to send by email, but fax should work better anyway....we are all anxiously awaiting an update!

Sheila

[Robert DeLong]

Tell Jesse to take the $5 million and go buy himself another house and set his 6 year old son up financially for life.

[Jen]

I haven't heard anything new either. AAABest is the one to ask for more info, which I see you've already done. I just helped him spread the word. He's Jesse's friend and should be one of the first to hear how this turns out.

[AAABEST]

Whew.

OK, I don't want to start celebrating just yet, but I think we did it. Talked to Jesse and this is what he told me.

His lawyer had to be in court today so he sent an associate up. Didn't really matter who went because they weren't arguing anything or presenting any case law. Basically there to take notes.

Well, I don't think the associate is aware of the fact that so many of us are tearing our hair out and losing sleep over this, so he decides to get on a plane after the hearing without talking to anybody (Lawyers aren't known for their empathy). So Jesse got a hold of the secretary.

Anyway, this is what she told him, which he told me, which I'm telling you.

We most likely pulled this off, it looks like he's safe for now. Of course we'll never hear that it was because they were swamped with letters from all over the country, face save and all.

She said they were very opposed to eminent domain and setting this precedent. It looks like nothing is going to happen in the South Estates for quite some time because of money concerns on the Fed and State level. I believe a lot of this restoration stuff is becoming a "big dig" type of s**t sandwich.

Bottom line is their angle seems to be why proceed against Jesse when they aren't going to allocate the funds for another several years anyway, if at all.

Anyway he's going to call me in the morning as soon as he knows something. I hate to keep everyone hanging, but I'm hanging too right now.

I need to get a ping list to all the beautiful people and cream of the crop Americans on this thread. If we pulled this off - and I think we did - this is a major, major victory for us. You all should be so proud, as you're doing Gods work. Who can stand up to a salvo from the Veterans and property rights lobby on FR?

Just keep your fingers crossed. I want to hear the debrief from the attorney, and watch the 11PM News before I get too happy.

Ya'll know what I know.

[TonyWojo]

Thanks for the update

[lucyblue]

GOOD NEWS! bump

[DeBug=int13]

 

 

 

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[ClaireSolt]

Interesting activism. Sorry I missed out.

IMO, the government claims to own way too much land, already. We should be pushing for them giving it to the people (it is ours, not theirs)not buying more of it up.

Homesteading is the better tradition of our heritage, not living in squalid apartments.