Turn-About is Fair Play - St Paul City Council Evicted from Office

Every other Wednesday evening, the ST Paul City Council has a scheduled "Open Meeting" that begins at 5:30 PM, chaired by Linda Lantry and at which any resident can bring up issues being considered by the Council. These "Open Meetings" are governed by State law in order to assure the citizenry has not only access to, but redress from, those individuals and committees that are responsible to administer on their behalf. The State takes this right to present at "Open Meetings" very seriously, and if anyone intentionally prevents public presentations, they have forfeited their post on the governing body. That's right. You read that correctly - forfeited their post on the governing body!

In the State of MN the law says:

www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=13D
CHAPTER 13 D - Open Meeting Law 13D.06 CIVIL FINES; FORFEITURE OF OFFICE; OTHER REMEDIES. Subd. 3. Forfeit office if three violations. (a) If a person has been found to have intentionally violated this chapter in three or more actions brought under this chapter involving the same governing body, such person shall forfeit any further right to serve on such governing body or in any other capacity with such public body for a period of time equal to the term of office such person was then serving.

In this video clip video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2889722505597651505 you'll see a third unsuccessful attempt by a member of the public to speak at an Open Meeting chaired by Kathy Lantry of the St Paul City Council. This effort to speak was intended to present an argument against the practice of condemning and foreclosing city dwellings, taking peoples' homes away from them, which have had utilities turned off and are not up to current building code standards.

What is at issue in this effort to be heard is the City's illegal imposition of this eviction process by enforcement of recently declared illegal inspection standards. On May 15, 2008 the MN Supreme Court ruled in Morris v. Sax that no municipality can force current building code standards upon structures that were built satisfactorily to then-current building code standards (issues of dangerous conditions excepted). Morris v. Sax www.lawlibrary.state.mn.us/archive/supct/0805/OPA061188-0515.pdf

Even though people are being illegally thrown out of their homes and their property stolen by the city of St Paul, MN, and then try to present an appeal to their City Administrators at a lawfully required forum (State Stature 117.0412 LOCAL GOVERNMENT PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENTS) they are being stonewalled. What is the remedy? Follow the law (as referenced above) and evict them from Office. Then tell the whole world what you've done and why.

Turn-about is fair play isn't it? They evict you from your home - you evict them from their government post. It's the American way!