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- Response To Salem Gardening Story
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- From David G. Hoffman
fixit@efn.org
4-10-2
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- From John Elegant j
elegant@mail.open.org
Director of General Services
City of Salem, OR
4-10-2
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- Good Morning,
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- I am pleased to respond to your two questions. First
the City is not limiting the size of one's personal gardens, whether they
be food or flower gardens.
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- Regarding code enforcement, the City will be using citizen
volunteers in this area, just as we do now in parks maintenance, recreation,
and tens of other areas. These folks will visit areas of trash, debris,
health hazards, etc., providing, should they confirm a violation of City
code(s), a copy of the ordinance and a correction notice. A correction
notice is not a citation. It advises a person as to the nature of the
problem (such as boards with nails in a front yard), how the problem can
be abated and a deadline for such abatement. Citizens who become volunteer
code enforcment folks will not be deputized, will not have citation authority,
etc.
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- I hope this is helpful information to you.
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- John Elegant
Director of General Services
City of Salem
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- Salem, Oregon just made growing vegies illegal. They
are trying to get us NOT to grow our own food. Once we're forced to use
the MONEY CONTROL system, all our needs will be on the table. Meaning,
they can see how much money we spend, tell if we're dinky in paying taxes.
Read this file:
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- In Salem, Oregon, the Salem City Council recently adopted
an ordinance regulating the size of gardens a family can have in their
back yard. A garden is limited in size not to exceed a few hundred square
feet.
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- The same Salem City Council adopted another ordinance
that enables the Council to DEPUTIZE citizens as code enforcement officers
with the power to enter your property if they suspect there is any violation
to the new garden ordinance.
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- And only last month, the Salem City Council adopted an
ordinance that prevents elected representative from voting on any particular
issue, if that person fails to disclose any contribution or family member
who donated more than $501 to their campaign.
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- You ask, "How can there be any evidence to authorize
entry if the garden is hidden from view in your back yard?"
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- Easy, everyday LANDSAT satellites pass over your back
yard. University computers can identify changes in your back yard with
a resolution of less than 6 inches.
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- When you dig a garden plot, its size can be generally
determined. Once the crop starts to grow, the crop type and species can
be detected from outer space. If you planted a crop that was listed as
an invasive species, the location by polar coordinates can be matched with
your address. The address can be matched with the County property tax base,
and the Owner of the property can be identified. Once the owner is identified,
the volunteer neighborhood enforcement officer can go to your home, verify
the infraction, and write a citation. You are now on notice for having
conducted an act against humanity.
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- In a Sierra Times article by Henrietta Bowman she writes:
In 1995, Catherine Bertini, Executive Director of the United Nations World
Food Program was a speaker at the Beijing Woman's Conference. She stated,
"Food is power. We use it to change behavior. Some may call that bribery.
We do not apologize. Control the Food and you control the people."
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- In 1999, President William Jefferson Clinton signed Executive
Order 13112, to empower the United States Department of Agriculture to
impose Gardening Restriction. Order 13112 regulates against "Alien
Species" and defines that, "With respect to a particular ecosystem,
any species, including its seeds, eggs, spores, or other biological material
capable of propagating that species, that is not native to that ecosystem."
This means if 'cabbages' are not a native in your area/ecosystem you may
not grow this food
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