As most of you know, Dick Simkanin, owner of Arrow Plastics in Bedford, Texas, was arrested over six months ago. If you are not familiar with this case, please  see:  

http://www.givemeliberty.org/NoRedress/Update06-25-03.htm

As the months have gone by, the Department of Justice has manhandled this decent American, denying him bona fide due process, using legal shenanigans regarding his grand jury rights and destroying any chances of being freed on bail. This honorable, decent man has been sitting in jail with rapists, murderers and thieves because the government wants to make an example of him. 

Dick's first trial ended in a mistrial. However, the government isn't about to take this big, black eye sitting down - they can't afford to because they must keep the fear factor of the IRS firmly in place in the American landscape. On December 18, 2003, the Grand Jury issued a superseding indictment and Dick is scheduled for another kangaroo court trial beginning on January 5, 2004. 

We say enough is enough! This brand of judicial tyranny cannot go on in the land of the free, home of the brave. 

Extraordinary efforts have been going on behind the scenes regarding Dick’s defense, saving his business and bringing his plight to the attention to the people in Ft. Worth area where the jury pool will be drawn from. 

On approximately December 30th, full-color billboards will be erected in key locations in the Ft. Worth area with stark messages to the judge and the people who see these billboards as they drive about doing their daily business. 

A special flyer has been designed for volunteers to pass out at the courthouse in addition to the FIJA (Fully Informed Jury Association) flyers. 

A generous American stepped forward and is providing a good number of 4’ x 8’ banners that will be displayed for all prospective jurors to see as they enter the courthouse and by everyone driving by the courthouse. 

Last month, Hank Goltz, State Coordinator for We the People Congress in the great State of Texas made a call for volunteers who cherish freedom and are willing to come forward and take a stand against those who seek to take away the precious right to due process and a fair trial. Thank you to all who showed up for Dick’s first trial right before Thanksgiving. If you missed this important call to action, you can read about it on Hank’s WTP Congress Texas web page at: 

https://givemeliberty.org/user/congress/state.aspx?state=tx

Now I am asking each and every one of you to sacrifice some of your precious time to be part of this effort. We are here to fight for freedom. Those who support We the People are special because you understand that all we hold dear is being stolen from us and unless We the People stand up and fight for a decent man like Dick Simkanin, the government will continue this assault on innocent Americans to kill the message by destroying the messenger. 

What can you do? 

Dick’s second trial is currently scheduled to begin Monday, January 5, 2004 and could run to the end of the week depending upon what happens in the court room. 

I am asking each and every one of you if it is at all possible, please make contact with Hank Goltz and let him know you will be there to stand tall for freedom and defend Dick Simkanin. Hank is putting aside his life's business to organize this effort, but he needs many volunteer to stand outside the court house to hand out flyers and hold the banners that will send our message of freedom to Dallas/Fort Worth and the court. 

I need you to call everyone you know and fill them in on what is happening to one of their own and that if The People don't show up to support a fellow American that is being attacked by our own government, who will be there to support them when the government decides to target them for their beliefs and the principles they stand for?  

If we ignore the call for help for one of our countrymen, we're nothing but hypocrites. If you have to work, take a day of leave or switch a shift with someone at work. If you're retired, then you can get there and bring all your retired friends. The day we become “too busy” to fight for freedom is the day we may as well pack it in. Dick Simkanin has sacrificed more than just being busy in standing up for his beliefs. We need to be there for him and this watershed legal battle over the income tax.

Most people have a favorite radio station - start calling talk radio in your area - today. If you don't know which ones to call, click on the URL below and it will bring up every radio station in Texas and their locations. Make Dick Simkanin a household word in Texas . Force your talk show host to engage in a dialogue about Dick’s plight. Let the listeners know about the trial and ask them to get down to the court house. All the details are below. 

Radio stations in Texas: http://metalinks.com/txradio.htm

Letters to the editor will get published if enough people write them. Please write your own and encourage everyone you know to do the same thing. Bombard the newspapers with Dick’s story and the injustice being done to him. This message will resonate with the reader, but it won't happen if the effort isn't made. Click on the URL below for a list of every newspaper in the State of Texas: 

http://newslink.org/txnews.html

Please contact every local organization in your area you can think of to get this message out and support for January 5th . Examples of organizations to contact are FIJA and veterans organizations. Let them know that a fellow Texan is being railroaded by a system gone amok and he needs their support. 

Freedom fighters came all the way from Tennessee to stand with the Texans at the Alamo. Simkanin needs not just his fellow Texans to be in Ft. Worth on January 5th to make a very profound statement to all perspective jurors going into the court house, he needs as many folks as possible from all the 50 states of the Union.  

Hank Goltz cannot do this alone. I'm asking you to please show me that you care enough to get to Ft. Worth and be part of this effort. We have people coming in from Hawaii and South Dakota, let's make it from all the states! I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 

Devvy Kidd
Executive Director
We the People Congress, Inc.

Contact: Hank Goltz, State Coordinator, WTP Congress 

Phone: (210) 690-5123
Cell: 210.269.6279
E-mail: hdgoltz@juno.com

Hank will be arriving at the Park Central Hotel on January 2, 2004. You can contact him there:

Park Central Hotel
1010 Houston Street
Ft. Worth, Texas
817.336.2011

NOTE: As of this date, the trial is scheduled to go on January 5, 2003. However, that could change should the government decide it's not in their best interests to begin on that date. Please check with Hank by phone or e-mail before you leave to get the latest update. But, don't let this stop you from making plans to be there. Should the government decide to postpone the trial, realistically, we would know by Friday, January 2, 2004. WTP will post the latest news about the trial on our homepage as soon as we get it.

The federal court house is located at 501 West W. 10th Street (at Lamar) in Ft. Worth.

Hank will be organizing all volunteers for each day of the trial. If you can't make it for the entire time, please get there for at least one or two days. Call or e-mail Hank and coordinate with him on the times and staging areas.