- This to inform you that today, 4th of July 2001, the
city of Laverkin, Utah, struck a spark for liberty. The city council passed
a local ordinance declaring them selves a United Nations-free Zone, effective
immediately. It is now illegal to fly the U.N. flag on city property. The
city has forbidden itself from doing business with the United Nations in
any way. It also forbids doing business with contractors who do. As soon
as possible, they will post a sign on the city limits signs at all approaches
to the city, stating, Welcome to Laverkin - a United Nations-free Zone
by city ordinance, 2001.
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- The City Fathers of Laverkin were careful to preserve
the First Amendment rights of all citizens to fly any flag from their private
property. Mayor Dan Howard and Councilmen Allison Snow were particularly
pleased with the community support. Where normally five to ten people show
up for a city council meeting, there were 150 citizens present for this
225th birthday of the USA.
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- The Laverkin version has modifications from the version
drawn up by Dr. Herb Titus and myself. I am waiting to see what changes
they made. The original version forbids the paying of any levy, tax or
fee to any United Nations agency, forbids any judgment by any International
Court to be imposed upon local citizens, forbids the quartering of United
Nations troops in the city limits, forbids the forcing of local citizens
for involuntary servitude as soldiers under a United Nations, etc. (You
can see the original at the link below.) United Nations-free Zone Ordinance
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- Mayor Jay Lee, of nearby Virgin, Utah, expressed his
support, even though he was disappointed that Virgin did not beat Laverkin
to the punch. In a conversation with Mayor Lee tonight, he told me that
nearby Toquerville has asked for someone to present the ordinance to their
next town council meeting.
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- Can city councils do something like that? Well, there's
a pretty good precedent, which apparently withstood several court challenges
in the Sixties, when Berkeley, California, decided to declare them selves
a nuclear-free zone. It really didn't affect the city of Berkeley so much
as it affected the national debate. Supporters of this ordinance agree
that the psychological effect is probably the greatest. It expresses the
way people feel about the United Nations, and about their own nation's
sovereignty. As one in Virgin told me last week, American has a lot of
problems, and nobody's saying it's perfect, but I would rather they be
fixed by Americans than by some foreign bureaucrat who has no clue about
what makes America work.
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- The legal doctrine of interposition of the lower magistrate
is well recognized. When a higher governmental authority either breaks
the law, or refuses to enforce it, it is the right and the duty of lower
magistrates to intervene and function as a check and a balance on the
system. That is how Magna Carta was passed in 1215. It's how the Declaration
of Independence was passed in 1776. It's how Sheriff Richard Mack sued
the US government over the Brady Bill, and at great personal cost, wound
up with a Supreme Court decision declaring Brady as unconstitutional. It's
how Army Spc. Michael New said, No, I'll not violate my exclusive oath
of allegiance to my country by wearing a United Nations patch and headgear,
and serving under foreign (illegal) officers. And it's how the town of
Laverkin, Utah, tells elected servants of The People that they have gone
too far.
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- Inquiries from towns all over the United States are beginning
to roll in. The question now becomes, what will this nation do with such
a spark? Will it die for lack of tinder? Will others nurture it, and add
fuel to the fire, and strike other sparks in their communities?
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- What can I do? If you know your city councilors, or county
commissioners, and if they are already informed on the threat the United
Nations poses to our national sovereignty, to our very concept of private
property, to freedom, then get a copy of this ordinance and urge them to
pass it. If they aren't informed, then don't go in and badger them with
this out of the blue. Start today, educating them to this issue, and their
role in protecting the private property of our local citizens.
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- Pass it on.
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- Daniel New Texas
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- http://www.UNWatch.com/
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- Real Americans don't wear U.N. blue! http://www.MikeNew.com/
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