Sheriffs Fletchers Son Arrested

Sheriff Fletchers son was arrested today for a string of convenient store smash and grab robberies.

This young man has a drug problem. Unfortunately, these issues happen in good families like our Sheriff too. No wonder why the Sheriff is so concerned about the meth problem..

If something effects you personally your more likely to act on it.I know the meth problem in the City will get plenty of attention.

I have family members who have let drugs destroy their life.My sympathy goes out to our Sheriff and his family.

The Ant Story

Here is another great email from one of our regular members to this TOWN HAll meeting. Thought I better share it with everyone.

The ant story

Classic Version:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks he..s a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.

Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.

Modern Version:
The ant works hard in the withering summer heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he..s a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

CBS, NBC, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.

America is stunned by the contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such great wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, ..It..s Not Easy Being Green...

Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front on the ants home where the news stations film the group singing ..We Shall Overcome... Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper..s sake.

Al Gore exclaims in an interview with Peter Jennings that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and calls for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his ..fair share...

Finally, the EEOC drafts the ..Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act.., retroactive to the beginning of the summer.

The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of greenbugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.

Hillary gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients. The ant loses the case.

The story ends when we see the grasshopper finishing the last bits of the ant..s food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant..s old house, crumbles around him because he doesn..t maintain it.

The ant has disappeared in the snow.

The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.

Work Harder millions of grasshoppers are depending on you

Saint Paul Racketeering Law Suit #3, Victims Gallagher, Collins & Dadder's Continued

Racketeering and Illegal Code Enforcement
Directed Against Plaintiffs Gallagher. Collins and Dadder’s on various other rental properties.

1 1 9 .Defendants’ discriminatory and illegal code enforcement activity against Gallagher,Collins and Dadder’s continues to this day. Code enforcement officers prepared and mailedto Dadder’s written Correction Orders and Summary Abatement Orders of their rental properties where in they made petty, malicious and false statements about claimed code violations; many of the entries in the written Correction Orders issued by the code 28 Case Document l-l Filed Page 29 of 57 enforcement officers to Dadder’s were false and calculated to make the Dadder’s properties look bad.
1 2 0 .Cassidy’s June 20, 2005 Summary Abatement Order cited 643 Watson for piles of dirtand yard waste.
1 2 1 .Senty’s April Summary Abatement Order cited 1524 Carroll for the door on thenorth side of garage.
122.Cassidy’s February 8, 2005 Correction Order cited 624 James for rubbish and household items.
1 2 3 .Cassidy’s December 16, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 543 Michigan for household items and house and garage numbers.
1 2 4 .Magner’s December Summary Abatement Order cited 250 Duke for a tool box,tires and a couch.
1 2 5 .Essling’s September Correction Order cited 974 James for rubble and doors.
1 2 6 .Cassidy’s September Summary Abatement Order cited 547 Michigan for carpetand pools.
1 2 7 .Cassidy’s September 8, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 624 James for plastic anda battery.
1 2 8 .Cassidy’s August 23, 2004 Correction Order cited 547 Michigan for pools, carpet microwave.
1 2 9 .Yannarelly’s July 29, 2004 Correction Notice 1532 Concordia for lack ofservice (after the tenant failed to pay the utility bill).and a water
1 3 0 .Essling’s July 28, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 624 James for couches, wood,and cardboard.29 Case Document l-l Filed Page 30 of 57
131.Schiller’s July 21, 2004 Summary Abatement Order 974 James for items and tall grass along the alley.
132.Cassidy’s June 28, 2004 Correction Order cited 250 Duke for a couch and storm door,vehicle parked on an unimproved surface, and scrape and paint garage.
1 3 3 .Yannarelly’s June 25, 2004 Correction Order cited 1500 Concordia for expired plates ona vehicle.
1 3 4 .Yannarelly’s June 25, 2004 Correction Notice cited 15 12 Concordia for peeling paint on siding and expired tabs.
1 3 5 .Cassidy’s June 17, 2004 Correction Order cited 624 James for a door and railing and birds nesting in the siding.
136.Magner’s June 14, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 643 Watson for items in the rear and side yard area.
1 3 7 .Senty’s April Summary Abatement Order cited 509 Bay for north side basement windows.
1 3 8 .Schiller’s April 19, 2004 Vehicle Abatement Order cited 551 Michigan for expired tabson a vehicle.
1 3 9 .Schiller’s April 19, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 551 Michigan for items around the building.
140.Schiller’s April 19, 2004 Summary Abatement Order cited 547 Michigan for items alongthe alley and under the side steps.
141.Schiller’s April 9, 2003 Correction Notice cited 543 Michigan deteriorated paint and deteriorated
142.Schiller’s January 23, 2003 Summary Abatement Order cited 547 Michigan for items 30 Case Document l-lFiled Page 31 of 57 along the building, under the front steps, and under the front porch.
1 4 3 .A code enforcement officer’s November 20, 2003 Correction Notice cited 543 Michigan for deteriorating paint and deteriorating and fascia.
1 4 4 .Due to the volume of false and petty orders issued by the city, and due to the behavior and items used by tenants which a landlord cannot control (yard furniture, kiddy pools and birds nesting), Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s attempted but could not keep up with theCity’s requirements and therefore incurred many reinspection fees and excessive consumption invoices.
1 4 5 .Magner, Cassidy, Essling, Senty, Urmann and John Doe and JaneDoe, worked together with Kelly and Dawkins against each plaintiff to run them out of townby illegally using legitimate tools in the law and city code to interfere with the Plaintiffs business by driving up the cost of doing business for the benefit of the city and other competitors in the low income housing market, including PHA, whom on information and belief, receives beneficial treatment.
1 4 6 .As a direct result of the constant discrimination and illegal code enforcement treatment and racketeering activity directed at Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s by said Defendants, allat the direction or with the approval of Dawkins and Kelly, Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’swere injured in their rental business and incurred unnecessary expenses, fees and lost profitsand Gallagher, Collins and Dadder’s were thereafter forced to sell more than 20 of their realestate investment properties in the City of St. Paul.
147.The illegal actions against Gallagher, Collins, Dadder’s and Allison as described above were accomplished to further the racketeering activity of Defendants.

BB Guns Deadly Weapon

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Another Pervert..

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LET'S HELP THE POLICE GET THIS PERVERT OFF THE STREET

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Saint Paul Racketeering Lawsuit #3, Victims Gallagher, Collins & Dadder's 1595 Van Buren

Document l-l Filed Page 27 of 57 Racketeering Activity and Illegal Code Enforcement Directed Against Plaintiffs Gallagher. Collins and Dadder's on the 1595 Van Buren

1 0 8 .Dadder's purchased 1595 Van Buren in 2003 as a rental property. At the time of 1595 Van Buren was listed and registered as a building with 4 units to be rented.purchase,Gallagher,building.Collins and Dadder's continued the registration and paying taxes on the 4 unit

1 0 9 .In June of 2004, Urmann made a “Re-Inspection of Referral” of the property located at 1595 Van Buren, and then prepared and mailed to Gallagher and Dadder's two Deficiency lists dated June 24, 2004, both of which noted deficiencies to be corrected on or after June and June respectively.

1 1 0 .The deficiency lists contained 3 1 numbered deficiencies. Urmann claimed that one of the units was illegal and could not be rented as a separate unit. Also among the 3 1 deficiencies,Urmann claimed that the unit must have a central fire alarm installed.

1 1 1 .The property located at 1595 Van Buren had been issued an Certificate of Occupancy, as another fire inspector had inspected the same address just months earlier and granted the Certificate with no deficiencies.

1 1 2 .The 1595 Van Buren property has been fined no less than 4 times for reinspection fees.

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Saint Paul Racketeering Lawsuit #3, Victims Gallagher, Collin & Dadder's 467 Maryland

Activity and Illegal Code Enforcement Directed at Plaintiffs Gallagher. Collins and Dadder’s on the 467 Marvland Property

114.Dadder’s purchased 467 Maryland in approximately March of 2005. The units on 27 Case Document l-l Filed Page 28 of 57 Maryland are multi-unit apartment buildings. Upon purchase, the building had a Certificate of Occupancy and had maintained its certificate every two years dating back to the construction of the unit in the 1960’s.

1 1 5 .On March 28, 2005, one of Urmann’s fire inspectors, James Thomas, conducted and inspection of 467 Maryland. Inspector Thomas issued a letter dated March with 10 deficiencies.

116.One of the claimed deficiencies was for a smoke detector to be located outside each sleeping area. The existing placement of the smoke detectors had passed inspection for over thirty years. Upon speaking with Urmann claimed that the new code required a smoke detector in each bedroom. When asked whether or not an older building must comply with the new code, Urmann stated that it did.

117.The property located at 467 Maryland had been issued a Certificate of Occupancy in all prior years.

1 1 8 .As a direct result of said Defendants’ wrongful conduct directed against Gallagher,Collins, and Dadder’s, they have been forced to incur significant expense in time, labor andmaterials in order to comply with the claimed deficiencies.Racketeering and Illegal Code Enforcement Directed Against Plaintiffs Gallagher. Collins and Dadder’son various other rental properties.

Home Price Report

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Condensed History of The World

I was sent this in an email and I thought it was really neat.

Subject: Condensed History of the World

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals; and
2. Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing. This was the beginning of the Liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girliemen.

Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that conservatives provided.

Over the years conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.

Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.

Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history:

It should be noted that a Liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it. A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers and to more liberals just to piss them off. :)

Griffin Garden Row House Project

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Senate Fails to Pass Eminent Domain Reform

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

December 11, 2006

Senate Fails to Pass Eminent Domain Reform

Thousands Remain Subject To Federally Funded Eminent Domain Abuse

Arlington, Va.-Despite overwhelming nationwide public support and historic bipartisan backing in the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate failed to pass the Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 4128/S. 3873). As a result, thousands of Americans will remain subject to eminent domain abuse supported by federal dollars.

After failing to bring to a vote the reform that would have de-funded eminent domain abuse at the federal level, S. 3873 was “hotlined” last Tuesday [Dec. 5, 2006] in an attempt to pass the legislation before the 109th Congress adjourned last week. (Hotlining is an expedited process that allows congressional leadership to present a bill to the entire chamber for unanimous approval.) However, at least one unknown senator placed an anonymous “hold” on S. 3873, effectively killing the legislation. Eminent domain reform legislation was stalled both in the Senate Judiciary Committee and on the Senate floor.

Dana Berliner, a senior attorney with the Institute for Justice, which represented Susette Kelo in her fight against eminent domain abuse and is leading the nationwide effort for eminent domain reform, said, “Historically, the federal government has provided the money to throw hard-working people out of their homes and businesses to make way for private development projects. The Senate had the opportunity to end this abuse, and they blew it.” Under the federal Housing Act of 1949, cities were authorized to use eminent domain to clear “blighted neighborhoods,” and in the process displaced one million people, two-thirds of them African-American.

More than one year ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2005” (H.R. 4128) by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 376-38. This bill would counter the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s universally reviled decision in Kelo v. City of New London, which allows state and local governments to use eminent domain to seize property for private development on the mere possibility of increased tax revenue or jobs. H.R. 4128 would discourage this by withdrawing federal economic development funding for two years from any local government that uses eminent domain for economic development. This popular legislation was sponsored in the House by Representatives Sensenbrenner, Conyers, Waters, Bonilla and many others. Reform was championed in the Senate by Senator John Cornyn but became mired in the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than a year. To help push through the reform, Senator James Inhofe introduced an identical bill (S. 3873) to H.R. 4128 on the floor of the Senate in September. That bill languished and failed to pass.

Berliner said, “Throughout the past year, we called on the Senate leaders to make eminent domain reform a priority. We showed them the polling data that demonstrated how much the public hates eminent domain for private use and wants to see it stopped. We set up meetings with homeowners who faced the loss of their homes because of this abuse of government power. But in the end, the Senate never committed to end the abuse of eminent domain using federal money. It’ll now be up to the 110th Congress to provide homeowners with protection.”

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Tax Payers Trees Destroyed

Hi All,

I was driving down Shepard Road yesterday and I observed the majority of young trees that have been planted along the road side are damaged at the base from weed whipping.

Some, will surely die. Others will be susceptible to insects and storms as they grow.

It just seems like a waste of tax payers money to purchase, plant and then destroy these trees.Then there is also the added cost to clean the fallen trees up.

What do you think?

Sex Predators

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Praise Ole Glory!

THE FINAL INSPECTION

The soldier stood and faced God,

Which must always come to pass.

He hoped his shoes were shining,

Just as brightly as his brass.

"Step forward now, you soldier,

How shall I deal with you?

Have you always turned the other cheek?

To My Church have you been true?"

The soldier squared his shoulders and said,

"No, Lord, I guess I ain't.

Because those of us who carry guns,

Can't always be a saint.

I've had to work most Sundays,

And at times my talk was tough.

And sometimes I've been violent,

Because the world is awfully rough.

But, I never took a penny,

That wasn't mine to keep...

Though I worked a lot of overtime,

When the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,

Though at times I shook with fear.

And sometimes, God, forgive me,

I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place,

Among the people here.

They never wanted me around,

Except to calm their fears.

If you've a place for me here, Lord,

It needn't be so grand.

I never expected or had too much,

But if you don't, I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne,

Where the saints had often trod.

As the soldier waited quietly,

For the judgment of his God.

"Step forward now, you soldier,

You've borne your burdens well.

Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,

You've done your time in Hell."

~Author Unknown~

It's the Soldier, not the reporter
who has given us the freedom of the press.

It's the Soldier, not the poet,
who has given us the freedom of speech.

It's the Soldier, not the politicians
that ensures our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

It's the Soldier who salutes the flag,
who serves beneath the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag.

If you care to offer the smallest token of recognition and appreciation for the Military,
please pass this on and pray for our men and women
who have served and are currently serving our country
and pray for those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.

These colors- Red, White & Blue