<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi folks,<br><br></div>I just got this email from Jim Hightower and his organization.<br><br></div>Ed<br><br><div class=""><div class=""><img id=":0_0-e" name=":0" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/profile_mask2.png" class="" style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"></div>
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</tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>Hello Ed,<div><br></div><div>I
am sorry it has taken so long to respond to you. We have been in touch
with both of the groups that you mentioned in your email and have worked
with Global Exchange for years. I think you will enjoy the May issue of
the Hightower Lowdown. Jim writes about the work being done by CELDF.
Here is a link <a href="http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/3678#.U-Pdh1wrwTs" target="_blank">http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/3678#.U-Pdh1wrwTs</a></div><div><br></div><br><div>
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Sincerely,<br>Melody Byrd<br>Executive Assistant<br>Jim Hightower and Associates<br>81 San Marcos Street<br>Austin, TX 78702<br><a href="tel:512-477-5588%20Ext.%204" value="+15124775588" target="_blank">512-477-5588 Ext. 4</a><br>
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<br><div>On Mar 23, 2014, at 8:42 AM, <a href="mailto:edoberweiser@gmail.com" target="_blank">edoberweiser@gmail.com</a> wrote:</div><br>Ed Oberweiser sent a message using the contact form at<br><a href="http://www.jimhightower.com/contact" target="_blank">http://www.jimhightower.com/contact</a>.<br>
<br>Hi Jim,<br><br>I have been reading your posts for more than two decades. I was living in<br>Santa Cruz, CA when you came and spoke at our local credit union.<br><br>I wanted to inform you about the new community activism that is springing<br>
up around the country. 160 separate U.S. communities. Have passed community<br>rights ordinances, asserting the authority of we the people over their own<br>communities. These ordinances assert that all power rests in the people.<br>
They deny corporate personhood and rights. This effort is being led by<br>Global Exchange and the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF)<br>- <a href="http://celdf.org" target="_blank">celdf.org</a>. I urge you to check out celdf's website and contact them. The<br>
communities who have passed these ordinances range from Pennsylvania to<br>Colorado.<br></div>