To:
NARLO Members, Rural landowners, Government Types,
Interested Parties and the News
Media
From: Ron
Ewart, President, National Association of Rural
Landowners
FOR: All
recipients, but especially those in Washington
State
Last night a courageous lady got up in front of
a bunch of lily-livered politicians discussing the County budget and challenged
them on why they were stealing her land by regulation and ordinance and why they
wouldn't pay her for that theft, like they pay big corporations and
railroads. With pounding heart she delivered her challenge. Her
message was crystal clear. Just before she spoke,
these over-paid politicians ($107,000 per
year) were speaking about the physical environment of the
county. In response she said: "Speaking
about the physical environment, is just compensation for rural
property owners, whose property you politicians stole, going to be in the
proposed budget? Sixty Five Percent (65%) of over 8,000 rural
landowners in this county was taken by ordinance from them without one cent
being paid to them, as required by our federal and state constitutions.
When the county wants land from a corporation or a railroad or a government,
they pay for it. But since there is only 8,000 of us rural landowners, a
distinct minority, you can just take it because 8,000 votes is not enough to
worry about, is it? In my case, I have owned 30 acres for 30 years and 20
of those acres were stolen from me by you politicians. I am 74 years
old and I cannot start over. My 30 acres was my retirement
investment. I am the oldest teacher in the Seattle school district and I
can't retire. I must keep working and getting up at 5:00 a.m. to keep food
on the table. Do you have an answer for me?"
In response to this brave lady, one of the female politicians
got up and said that it was inappropriate to bring that up now. She
went on to say that the issue was better discussed at a different time
because it is a complicated one. The lady politician finished up
with, "it is about property rights and land use and government
control and legal concerns, etc. and these are partisan
issues." Our courageous lady, who gets right to the heart
of things, quipped, "all the Democrats voted to take my land
and all the Republicans voted not to take it. It is yes or no, it is up or down. What's it going to
be?" The female politician threw up her hands in
surrender and sat down. Meanwhile the people in the audience heartily
applauded our courageous lady.
You bet it is about decreasing property rights and
increasing land use regulation, without due process and without just
compensation, as guaranteed by our Constitutions. What better time than to
discuss it a budget hearing in which there might be reparations for the rural
landowner who is losing everything to city-dominated, socialist and radical
environmental politicians.
Oh, so you want to know the name of this fire brand, this
patriot, this brave and courageous lady? Her name is Edwina Johnston and
she says what we should all be saying. She, a lady David, stood up in
front of Goliath with no one behind her and spoke her mind. If only there
were more courageous and brave lady Edwina Johnston's in our
midst. With a thousand Edwina's we could make a real
difference. Unfortunately, there is only one Edwina in
10,000. Are you an "Edwina", or are you part of the 9,999 other
non-Edwina's? If you are an "Edwina", she and we could use your
help. Edwina is also a member of the National Association of Rural
Landowners, the Citizens Alliance for Property Rights and she works tirelessly
for freedom, liberty and property rights. We all owe her a debt of
gratitude.
Ron Ewart,
President
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
RURAL LANDOWNERS
P. O. Box 1031, Issaquah, WA
98027
425 222-4742 or 1 800
682-7848
(Fax No. 425 222-4743)
"THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
RURAL LANDOWNERS"
The National Association of
Rural Landowners (NARLO) is a non-profit corporation, duly licensed in the State
of Washington. It was formed in response to draconian land use ordinances
that were passed by King County in Washington State (Seattle) in the late
Fall of 2004, after vociferous opposition from rural landowners. NARLO's
mission is to begin the long process of restoring, preserving and protecting
Constitutional property rights and returning this country to a Constitutional
Republic. Government has done a great job of dividing us up into little
battle groups where we are essentially impotent at a national level. We
will change all that with the noisy voices and the vast wealth tied up in the
land of the American rural landowner. The land is our power, if we will
just use that power, before we lose it. We welcome donations and
volunteers who believe as we do, that government abuses against rural landowners
have gone on for far too long and a day of reckoning is at hand. To learn
more, visit our website at www.narlo.org.
President Roosevelt, in his 1933
inaugural address said, “…. The only thing we have
to fear is fear itself”.
I maintain that the only thing we have to fear is unbridled
government. The only
way unbridled government can exist is if WE THE PEOPLE allow it. Unfortunately, we
have