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Tracy is where the San Francisco rally will be held--it is 60 miles south of SF and in the Delta of the Central Valley. The rally here is 3PM on 9/29. I am the coordinator and we have been in contact with a producer from KSFO--I hope they get involved. Barbara Simpson is out of town on the 29th and Brian Wilson is on vacation and I have not heard if he will be back. Maybe some of you Freepers could start asking the station to get involved. I would love to have a gaggle of Freepers here! Do not forget the convoy from SoCal, Santa Cruz and Sonoma (no one has put them on the map either) so a lot of people will not know that the convoy is passing thru their area. The place is next to I-205 and adjacent to the West Valley Mall in the Park and Ride on Naglee Road, Tracy.

We too are being forced out of business here by poor government decisions--our tomato crop has been killed by cheaper paste from off shore (NAFTA)--result=our Heinz production plant is closing for good. NO MORE TOMATOES!

Several of our dairies are now out of business--cheaper milk from South America.

This makes us ripe for the willing seller role because the government is "protecting our resources and our farmers" while they cripple our ability to make a living farming. Now they can get our land cheap as we go broke, and then they can return it to the swampland it originally was. Sound like Florida to you?

SAWGRASS CONVOY
Southern California Itinerary (Rev. 9/22/02)

Saturday, September 28, 2002

8:00 am Stage at Fern Valley Corners in Idyllwild near the offices of the Center for Biological Diversity.

9:00 am Depart Idyllwild, traveling north on Hwy 243 to Banning, then west on I-10 to west on I-210 to west on Hwy 134 to north on US-101. The exit will be approximately 12 miles north of Santa Barbara for the rally site at Dos Pueblos Ranch.

2:00 pm Rally at Dos Pueblos Ranch, includes live music, BBQ, speakers and auction of shovels and buckets. Rally will focus on Sawgrass issues and the proposed national park along the Gaviota Coast that would threaten homes, ranchers, farmers, and national defense since it would include Vandenberg Air Force Base. Post Rally Drive north on US-101 to spend the night in San Luis Obispo.

Sunday, September 29, 2002,

7:00 am Depart San Luis Obispo north on US-101 to west on Hwy 156 then north on CA-1 to Santa Cruz.

10:00 am Rally at Liberty Garden to advocate private property rights and the Constitution of the United States. Bring-your-own picnic. Rally is invitation only. To request an invitation log onto web site at www.freedom21santacruz.net.

12 noon Depart Santa Cruz north on CA-17/I-880 to north on I-680 to east on I-580 to east on I-205b to outskirts of Tracy.

2:00 pm Several convoys branches from California will be staged on the outskirts of Tracy so all can converge on the rally site at Park and Ride adjacent to West Valley Mall and I-205 at the same time.

3:00 pm Rally starts with lead-off featured speaker Congressman Richard W. Pombo. The rally will feature great food and entertainment and several speakers on property rights and farm issues faced in the Sacramento River area.

Monday, September 30, 2002

11:30 am Activities are scheduled to begin on the South Steps of the Capitol building.

For the remainder of the convoy route and other rally stops please view the web site at http://www.sawgrassrebellion.org/

The Convoy will end in Florida with a two-day rally near Naples on October 17 and 18, with a grand finale rally scheduled for Homestead on October 19.

PLEASE... take a moment to get into our database.

This applies to any freeper who is DIRECTLY involved in CONVOY activities.

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Fello Freepers: Please contact ANYONE you think needs be on our mail loop. Also ask that they include a BRIEF description of their role, the PRIMARY ORGANIZATION they represent and website link (if any).

Please see posts #43, #49, #52.

Thanks for the info, PARKFAN.