Posted on 06/30/2006 4:53:54 PM PDT by Freestar
We need YOU to drive your RV, pitch your tents, and take a stand against eminent domain abuse by camping out at the Halper Farm until the moment of eviction. We hope it will be like Valley Forge without the frostbite and Woodstock without the mud.
We have received word that the government plans to send over a large number of well armed police officers to evict this family from what is rightfully theirs. We must draw a line in the sand and say: NO MORE! We must defend our constitutional right to own property. If this event isn't worthy of your time then you will never find an event that is. Please, we need YOU. Don't hope someone else shows up. WE NEED YOU.
Date: Starts Saturday, July 8, 2006, stay as long as you like. The eviction is Monday, July 10 at 3pm
Location: Farm of Larry and Clara Halper 4 Bella Drive, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
Activities: Traditional camping activities and we invite musicians, comedians and performers to show up and entertain the "troops". If you want to go you do not need to RSVP, just show up. There is plenty of space and the Halpers welcome you to camp on their land. However, we'd like to keep a count so we encourage you to RSVP through http://www.freestarmedia.com/halper.html
STORY
On Monday July 10 at 3:00 the government of Piscataway, New Jersey will evict a family from their farm using eminent domain. While the U.S. Constitution should have protected their home now it is up to YOU. If enough people join us we can form "Human Constitution" around their home when the police arrive to take it.
The Halper family has farmed their land for over 80 years. Now the government of Piscataway, New Jersey will take their 75 acres using eminent domain. The government claims it wants to take the farm to preserve "open spaces." It's a farm. It is already an open space.
Furthermore, the family has turned down offers to develop it and even tried to sell the development rights to the State of New Jersey so they can be left alone. A representative of a Democratic campaign committee demanded a "contribution" in exchange for giving the Halpers a good price for the development rights. This request for a bribe was caught on tape by the FBI and lead to the resignation of Governor McGreevy.
With the "open space" argument shown to be absurd, the government next accused the farm of being a "toxic waste dump" althought they have failed to provide any proof of this. The only chemicals found were pesticides against mosquitos that the city itself was caught spraying on the farm in the middle of the winter.
The government of Piscataway has taken over the property of many other people in the area using all sorts of rationale (senior housing, open spaces, etc.) most of it has been sold to developers for high-density housing. Many people believe the Halper farm will also be sold by the city to well-connected developers.
The government of Piscataway, New Jersey has been harassing the Halper family for years by sending over police officers on bogus code infractions, driving by and shining bright lights in their windows and even arresting Larry Halper on superficial charges. When Freestar went to a public fair to interview Mayor Brian Wahler (and offer an award from Vladimir Lenin) we were surrounded by police and chased away. A government like this should not exist in America. See it here: http://www.thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=736
You can help draw a line in the sand in the battle over eminent domain. Take a stand at the Halper Farm. Don't assume others will preserve your freedom for you. We need YOU to join us. In addition to helping stop eminent domain abuse you can help the Halpers by purchasing a ornamental pear tree or shrub . They have spent a fortune on legal bills to try to fend off this land-grab by the government. Buy a plant, don't let the government steal it.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Get the media involved: contact talk radio hosts and encourage them to do a live on-site broadcast, to get people to show up for the Halper Camp-Out, and to generally promote it.
Contact groups that might get their members out: RV owners, camping groups, property rights groups, other victims of eminent domain.
Contact entertainers: musicians, comedians, performers, Civil or Revolutionary War re-inactors. Help us rent a flat bed truck for a stage, a PA system for the entertainers, and port-a-potties. Help us buy food and drink for the campers, make banners, and cover other costs. If you want to help...just do it! You don't need prior authorization from anyone as long as you are just promoting the event as described.
QUESTIONS e-mail: logan@freestarmedia.com
RSVP here http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/objective1@aol.com/halper
Ping, esp. to post 7
FYI, I think there is also an environmental angle here that the conservative defenders of the farm are missing, that might help get some of the (numerous) environmentall conscious leftists in Piscataway involved, too. According to the flyer we got from the mayor in Piscataway, they want to turn the land into things like soccer fields. What people need to realize is that a lot of the Halper property remains fallow and, as a result, we've got a lot of wildlife in the area, including a flock of wild turkeys. If they turn that land into mowed soccer fields, I'm not sure where all that wildlife is supposed to go. I suspect the turkeys and other animals will be lost because they won't have any place to feed.
"Just out of curiousity, are you folks going to get arrested for this?"
Hi, hope you can make it and bring or send others. This is just WRONG.
TERRIFIC research! Thanks for your encouragement.
It would be great if Rush would take this one on. If anyone can get through to him...just wow.
MANY THANKS. Freedom isn't free and we must take a stand.
"a lot of the Halper property remains fallow and, as a result, we've got a lot of wildlife in the area, including a flock of wild turkeys. If they turn that land into mowed soccer fields, I'm not sure where all that wildlife is supposed to go. I suspect the turkeys and other animals will be lost because they won't have any place to feed."
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I live in Arizona, so I don't think I can come. I'll try to contact Bonnie and see what she has to say about the whole thing.
Don't know. It's on PRIVATE PROPERTY, right? ....
Well...
"On Monday July 10 at 3:00 the government of Piscataway, New Jersey will evict a family from their farm using eminent domain... If enough people join us we can form "Human Constitution" around their home when the police arrive to take it."
Sounds like you'll be interfering with an eviction.
Could you possibly get her to join us for a LIVE THREAD on this? Maybe she could phone you and you post, or something like that? This is an overt Marxist ruling of national importance.
Please see what you can do.
By 'her', did you mean Hildy, Bonnie or one of the Halpers?
I'll see what I can do.
I'll see what I can do.
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