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- From: Phil Vergamini <phil@inetserv.com>
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- Subject: [permaculture] More activists detained at RNC
- Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 10:50:20 -0600
Looks like the same Gestoppo tactics that they used with Amy Goodman and her producers earlier this week. Nothing in the mainstream media about either set of events. I felt angry - but not surprised.
-Phil
POLICE SEIZE EARTH EDUCATION TOUR BUS
POLICE SEIZE PERMIBUS
Please Post Far and Wide including any Media Contacts You May Have
At approximately 6:25 pm on August 30, 2008 Minneapolis Police, Minnesota State Troopers, Ramsey County Sheriffs, Saint Paul Police, and University of Minnesota Police pulled over the Earth Activist Training Permaculture Demonstration Bus (Permibus) by exit 237 on Interstate 94.
Initially the police told the people on the bus to exit. When the people on the bus asked if they were being detained they were told that they were but police were unable to provide justification.
When asked why they pulled the bus over they refused to answer. After repeated requests to explain why the bus had been stopped Officer Honican of the Minneapolis Police explained that this was just a routine traffic stop though he did not explain the reason for the traffic stop.
The police then told Stan Wilson, the driver and registered owner of the Permibus, that they were going to impound the bus in case they wante d to execute a search warrant later. After more than an hour of being questioned by Stan and Delyla Wilson as to the legalities of their detainment and the impoundment of the Permibus, the police then informed Stan that the bus, which is legally registered as a passenger vehicle in the state of Montana, was being impounded for a commercial vehicle inspection.
Shortly afterward Sergeant Paul Davis, a commercial vehicle inspector arrived on scene. Despite the polices insistence that the reason for impoundment was for a commercial vehicle inspection the Permibus crew were not allowed to remove anything from the bus including computers, toiletries, and 17-year-old Megan Wilson's shoes.
The police finally allowed the animals to be removed from the Permibus before it was towed, leaving the Permibus family standing beside their chickens and dogs, homeless on the highway.
The Permibus was relocating from the Bedlam Theatre in Minneapolis, where they had spent the day teaching Urban Permaculture, to a friend's house in Saint Paul for a well deserved break. The Permibus has been in the Minneapolis area since August 2nd when the crew appeared at the Midtown Farmers Market for a morning of Permaculture education including Permaculture 101, chicken care, seed ball making for kids, and the Permi-puppet show.
During the past month the Permibus has parked at several local businesses and, as a neighborly gesture of respect for local police, Mr. Wilson contacted=2 0the appropriate precincts just to let them know the Permibus was in the area and had permission from the business owners to be parked on their lot. Through this, as well as other casual discussions with Minneapolis and Saint Paul police officers, the Permibus crew found the local police to be interested and respectful.
However on August 30th all that changed when, for no apparent valid reason the police pulled over and seized the Permibus. After the incident Stan Wilson said, "If the combined law enforcement of Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, and the State of Minnesota can pull over and impound a vehicle and home used to teach organic gardening and sustainability, one has to wonder what it is our government really fears. After all, we seek to teach people that the real meaning of homeland security is local food, fuel and energy production. For that we have had our lives stolen by government men with guns."
As of now, after repeated requests to be present at any vehicle inspection, with an list of what they are inspecting for, as well as requests to be served any warrants for searches of the vehicles prior to a search and to be present during the search the Permi-family has been unable to ascertain the current status of the Permibus.
On site Mr. Wilson was told that Officer Palmerranky was the inspector in charge of the case and would determine if the Permi-family's rights protecting them from unre asonable search and seizure would be respected. Neither Officer Palmerranky nor his supervisor has yet to return Mr. Wilson's calls.
The loss of her home and possessions is particularly difficult on seventeen-year-old Megan Wilson. Megan, a shining example of what this country asks of today's youth, has dedicated herself to making positive changes in the world. She was the youth keynote speaker at the Local to Global conference in Phoenix AZ, has taught conflict resolution at youth shelters and is the outreach coordinator for the Skills for a New Millennium Tour, the family traveling educational project.
Megan believes that, "While I understand that the world we live in is not as it should be I strive to live and teach in a way that shows the world how life could be. What I don't understand is why I can't get dressed for an evening out with friends in my own home without armed men stealing my life out from under me." The Permi-family, along with their dogs and Permaculture super-hero chickens are currently being housed by folks in the Twin Cities.
The Skills for a New Millennium Tour is a family education project that travels around the United States teaching homesteading, citizenship, and life skills at farmers markets, community gardens, churches, intentional communities, schools, and in people's living rooms. The Skills Tour is a donation supported project dedicated to providing tools for sustainabl e living, including Permaculture, to anyone who is interested, regardless of income. "We believe that any solution that is not accessible to the poor and urban areas is not a real solution for the future," states Delyla Wilson.
Permaculture is a design system with ethics and principles that can be applied to food production, home design, and community building in order to increase sustainability in food production, energy production, and social systems. The Permibus is a rolling demonstration of small scale sustainable living with three people, three dogs, three chickens, and a box of worms as permanent residence. The chickens and worms are part of a closed-loop food productions composting system that supports the Permibus's traveling garden.
For more information on the seizure of the Permibus, the Skills for the New Millennium Tour, or Permaculture, the Wilson's can be reached at 406-721-8427 or through email at <mailto:skillstour@gmail.com>skillstour@gmail.com. You can also see pictures and read stories about the last six months of their educational adventures at permibus.livejournal.com.
To our supporters: First we ask that as many people as possible contact precinct one in Minneapolis, MN at 612-673-5701
and Mayor Rybak at
Phone: (612) 673-2100 or
0Acall 311 or call (612) 673-3000 outside Minneapolis.
Also call the Ramsey County Sheriff
Sheriff - Bob Fletcher 651-266-9300
and demand the immediate release of the Permibus.
We are also in desperate need of donations. Though we do not yet know the full cost of getting the permibus returned we know that it will include tow fee, impound fees, and legal fees. To donate contact us directly for a local address or...
Donate On-line:
Go to: <http://www.earthactivisttraining.org/donate.htm>www.earthactivisttraining.org/donate.htm
Click on: Donate Now!
Under "Gift Information" write: Permibus
Under "Please send acknowledgment of this gift to" write: <mailto:skillstour@gmail.com>skillstour@gmail.com
Donate by Mail:
Make check payable to: A.C.T.
On the "For" line write: Permibus
Send check to: A.C.T. 1405 Hillmount St. Austin, TX 78704
The Latest On PERMIBUS:
Precinct One has sort of released the Permibus!
--But were not out of the woods yet...
To everyone out there who has read about the Permibus' incarceration, held us in your hearts and offered your support we thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
In response to the pressure put on Precinct One they have sort of agreed to release the Permibus back into our care and are allowing us to retrieve our personal effects. Further we would be charged no impound fees. Good job everybody!
We are not out of the woods yet however. Initially we were told by Deputy Chief Valerie Worster that we could pick up the bus and drive it off of the lot if we immediately left the state of Minnesota as they had sited it for 23 violations. However if we stayed in the area and got pulled over again (sounding more like a threat than anything) the bus would once again be impounded. Shortly after that the story changed and we were told that the only way that the bus could leave the impound lot is if it was towed off due to the violations. We currently know they are trying to declare the bus a commercial vehicle though the State of Montana does not. The bus is legally registered in the state of Montana as a passenger vehicle.If they accomplish that then we must get a in order to drive the bus and meet all regulations as if we were truckers. Under the standard explained to us this would mean that if people used there personal vehicle to take goods to a farmers market they would be declared a commercial vehicle, requiring them to meet the same standard as truckers. This is clearly ridiculous.
What we request from all of you is that you redirect your efforts toward Governor Pawlenty, who as a republican should support states rights and freedom of movement, Minneapolis Mayor Rybak whose officers are responsible for these atrocities, and the Minneapolis Chief of Police who is responsible for illegally entering and inspecting the bus in order to trump up violations against the bus. The Permibus was illegally pulled over and seized by the Minneapolis Police Department and these threats against us are equally unlawful. The Permibus is scheduled for a teaching engagement at the Peace Island Picnic on September 4th and we would like to visit family in the area. More importantly we feel that the state has know right to run people out of town like sheriffs in the old west.
Tim Pawlenty
Governor of Minnesota
651-296-3391
<mailto:tim.pawlenty@state.mn.us>tim.pawlenty@state.mn.us
Minneapolis Mayor Rybek
(612) 673-2100 or
call 311 or
call (612) 673-3000 outside Minneapolis
Timothy Dolan
Chief of Police
350 South 5th Street
Room 130
Minneapolis, MN 55415-1389
(612) 673-3787
Fax: (612) 673-2613
E-mail: <mailto:police@ci.minneapolis.mn.us>police@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
For those of you who have contacted us about fiscal donations we finally have something useful to tell you. If you would like to donate on-line please visit our website Permibus.tripod.com where there is a recently added Paypal button at the bottom of the 'Permibus Seizure' page. A kind community member Andrew Paik is allowing us to filter donations through his account.
Also the link on the Earth Activist Training Site is working.Go to: <http://www.earthactivisttraining.org/donate.htm>www.earthactivisttraining.org/donate.html Click on: Donate Now! Under "Gift Information" write: Permibus. Under "Please send acknowledgment of this gift to" write: <mailto:skillstour@gmail.com>skillstour@gmail.com
For checks they can still be sent to the Alliance for Community Trainers. Make the check to: A.C.T. and send to A.C.T. 1405 Hillmount St. Austin, TX 78704 with "permibus" in the
memo location.
If you would like to send a check on either the 2nd or 3rd of Sept (today or tomorrow) you can do so by making it out to Stan Wilson and sending it to The Permibus Family at c/o Nanette Echoils, 1256 James Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105
Thank You so much for your support.
The Permibus Family
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Subject: [permaculture] 2x New Taranaki Videos
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G'day,
The development of Taranaki Farm continues as does Benjamin Falloon's
capturing of the various steps, the latest of which can be found below:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Benjamin Falloon <benjamin@taranakifarm.com>
Date: 2008/9/5
Subject: [Pil-pc-oceania] 2x New Taranaki Videos
Hi List,
For those following our ed. videos, we're got two new ones for you...
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Mechanical Tree Planting Systems (10 mins)
"As many of you know, planting trees can be a time consuming exercise.
So what method do you use when you need to plant 3,500 trees? The
answer is mechanical - and there a several options."
http://www.taranakifarm.com/blog/?p=58
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Selected Tree Species Tour (35 mins)
"In this video Darren Doherty introduces the various tree species that
he has selected for our forestry project, and provides a little
background information on them."
http://www.taranakifarm.com/blog/?p=57
Enjoy.
Benjamin Falloon
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Taranaki Farm
http://www.taranakifarm.com
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Hooroo,
Darren J. Doherty
Australia Felix Permaculture
Broadacre Permaculture Design & Development
International Certified Permaculture Education
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News!
Free Range Permaculture Workshops November 2008, Cairns, Queensland, AU
Keyline Design(R) Course
Permaculture Design Certificate Course
(with Geoff Lawton)
International Remote Broadacre Permaculture Design
Cost-effective GIS/CAD-based Land Development Plans & Design Treatments just
about anywhere....
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Hooroo,
Darren J. Doherty
Australia Felix Permaculture
Broadacre Permaculture Design & Development
International Certified Permaculture Education
Web: http://www.permaculture.biz
PhotoLog: http://picasaweb.google.com/permaculture.biz
Blog: http://www.australiafelixpermaculture.blogspot.com/
+61 (3) 9010 6220
skype: permaculture.biz
News!
Free Range Permaculture Workshops November 2008, Cairns, Queensland, AU
Keyline Design(R) Course
Permaculture Design Certificate Course
(with Geoff Lawton)
International Remote Broadacre Permaculture Design
Cost-effective GIS/CAD-based Land Development Plans & Design Treatments just
about anywhere....
- [permaculture] More activists detained at RNC, Phil Vergamini, 09/05/2008
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