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January 6, 2006
Schulz
Faces Foreclosure
In Right-To-Petition Battle
Media Taking Notice
Of National Implications
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On January 6th, the
Post-Star, one of upstate New York’s largest daily newspapers,
published a story about Bob Schulz and We The People’s battle for the
First Amendment Right-to-Petition.
The story, which includes photographs, covers Schulz’s ongoing,
two-decade battle against Washington County for unlawfully imposing
property taxes to repay bonds that were issued in violation of New
York’s state constitution. |
In
legal pleadings, the attorney for the County admitted, under oath,
that the constitutionally mandated procedures for legally approving the
project were not followed, thereby making the project unconstitutional.
Schulz contends that the County is legally barred from collecting and using
tax money to make bond payments to finance a project that was initiated in
patent violation of the law and the state Constitution.
For two years, Schulz has refused to pay his property taxes and instead, as
an exercise of his Right-to-Petition, has deposited twelve thousand dollars
into a trust account, naming the County as beneficiary, pending a decisive
legal ruling by a state or federal court.
This past Tuesday, the County initiated foreclosure proceedings against
Schulz, stating it intends to seize and auction off his unencumbered home
and property to collect the unpaid taxes it claims Schulz owes.
The news story also makes significant mention of We The People’s national
activism, including the upcoming Right-to-Petition related “Hungering for
Redress” protest hunger-strike this April in
Washington, DC, which the
story cites, “could be the nation’s largest hunger strike ever.”
In 2004, Schulz’s legal fight against the trash plant project moved to the
federal courts and has now reached the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
in Manhattan, which is considering the matter of Schulz’s First Amendment
Right-to-Petition and his Right to withhold taxes to secure redress, which
is at the heart of Schulz’s argument.
Schulz’s case is only one of about a dozen such federal cases the We The
People Foundation is currently litigating where the Right-to-Petition is the
central issue before the court. Several of these cases are already under,
or close to being appealed to their respective federal Circuit Courts.
These lawsuits have already resulted in a focusing and clarification of the
arguments being advanced in the primary Right-To-Petition lawsuit brought by
over 1700 plaintiffs, and which itself, is currently being appealed to the
U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, DC.
More details about these Right-to-Petition related lawsuits and the
compelling legal arguments being advanced, will be made available shortly,
including electronic copies of the pleadings for review and use, as
appropriate, by others who are acting in defense of the Constitution and the
law by retaining their money until their grievances are Redressed.
Click Here
to
read the January 6th Post-Star story about Schulz.
Acta Non Verba.
Deeds, Not Words.
Did you read our last two important updates?
December 23 "Hungering for Redress" &
WTP Foundation 2006 Operations Plan
December 31 WTP Congress 2006
Operations Plan
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