On December 5, 2011 Gainesville city police, at the behest of Gainesville Regional Utilities officials, warned three citizens that they would be arrested if they continued to stand on GRU property and talk with GRU customers about the coming GREC biomass-rate-hikes, and about opportunities for participating in the political process to seek redress the effects of the more-than-$3-billion GRU-GREC biomass deal.
These three citizens -- Dallas E. Priest, Harold W. Saive and Deborah L. Martinez -- and others, for more than a week, over their lunch hours, have been exercising their constitutionally-protected right of assembly. But no assembly occurred today, because for more than 24 hours after GRU officials sent GPD officers to issue trespass warnings yesterday these citizens they still had not been given a written explanation of what they were prohibited from doing and saying on GRU property.
This afternoon these citizens finally were handed a copy of "Incident Investigation Report 02-11-025296" (a public record available to any citizen) that specifically explained to them why they were ordered off of GRU property, and what they must avoid talking about on GRU property to avoid arrest.
"David W. Thompson (GRU's chief of security) wanted to trespass three (3) from the above location from their ongoing protest on the property, in reference to 'Biomass,'" the report explained.
"Martinez, Saive and Priest were all advised that if they return to the property they will be subject to arrest."
They are allowed to come on GRU property if "coming to pay a bill or a GRU related issue."
The long and short of it is that these three citizens -- whose average age is 68 -- here in democratic Gainesville will be arrested if they protest "biomass" while setting foot on GRU property, which bears the slogan "A Utility Owned By The People It Serves."
What happens now?
My understanding is that these three citizens, now advised as to the limits of their freedom, will return to GRU tomorrow and attempt exercise their peaceful right of assembly on the sidewalk by the street outside of GRU property, from which police have not yet banned them. My understanding, also, is that others who still retain their right to talk about "biomass" on GRU property, may venture onto GRU soil to talk to GRU customers about "biomass" -- at least until more Gainessville police officers are dispatched to shut them down.
I do not believe the citizens of Gainesville will allow this to stand.
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In view of ongoing global financial volatility and the diminishing credibility of the Gainesville City Commission and GRU on persistent Sunshine Law violations, an emergency review of the information provided to Moody by Gainesville Regional Utilities and the City Commission headed by Mayor Craig Lowe is highly recommended.
The nonrecourse debt financing for the City of Gainesville in Alachua County, Florida (Gainesville Regional Utilities, American Renewables, GREC, Gainesville Renewable Energy Center) is being provided by the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch, as coordinating lead arranger, as well as Natixis, Rabobank Nederland, ING Capital, Crédit Agricole and Société Générale. Equity is being provided by the parties involved in the development of GREC (Energy Management Inc., BayCorp Holdings Ltd., and Tyr Energy Inc.), as well as by certain principals of Fagen Inc., the contractor building the facility. Christopher Smith acted as financial advisor to the project; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft acted as counsel to the borrower; and Chadbourne & Parke acted as tax counsel to the borrower. In view of ongoing global financial volatility and the diminishing credibility of the Commission and GRU on persistent Sunshine Law violations, an emergency review of the information provided to Moody by GRU is highly recommended.
http://www.forestbusinessnetwork.com/4668/gainesville-biomass-plant-completes...
Pegeen Hanrahan, Rob Brinkman, Craig Lowe
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Worst Person In The World! - Rep. Robert Mecklenborgby FixedNewsChannel2,951 views
Speaking of biomass, I believe there are tons and tons of debris from the Fukishima nuclear accident that is now just offshore of the West Coast USA area. Just read about it this morning.
jsnip4 2 months ago
Biomass generates death and sickness. Good luck.
ctwatcher 2 months ago