Please see the following letter from a known and trusted patriot in St. Louis, Missouri.
March 26, 2009
To whom it may concern:
Attached you will find a letter from me to Governor Jay Nixon. In that letter, I ask Governor Nixon to leave me and my friends alone.
Here is what happened: I filed a Sunshine Request with Nixon on the past Monday, March 23rd at about 10 am. My Sunshine Request stemmed from my concern with Nixon over his MIAC “report” and over his videocamera in his office.
By 4 pm on this past Monday, members of law enforcement were showing up at my friends’ homes and asking all kinds of questions about me, about my beliefs, about my habits. I do not think that this is a coincidence that this started right after my request. It has continued until today – so far at least 7 friends or people I know have been visited by law enforcement.
To be clear, I am the kind of person that Nixon’s MIAC profiled: I am a Ron Paul supporter and I have opposed the exansion of the Federal Reserve. And I am generaly conservative. Also, I am sure you know that I am a member of the Missouri Republican Party State Committee. It seems obvious to me that since My Sunshine Request identified my concern about Nixon’s MIAC “report” that profiled people like me that I may be targetted.
In America, a “report” like Nixon’s MIAC report should not be allowed. Nor should my friends be hassled by cops and investigators about me and who I am.
I have retained a lawyer and spoken to my elected officials. I will not take this kind of abuse lying down.
I am sending this to local press and public officials to try to get help in addressing this matter.
Josh Carter
Text of letter:
Josh Carter
3143 Pestalozzi Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63118
(314) 607-7280/joshcarter1935@gmail.com
Honorable Jay Nixon Governor, State of Missouri
VTA FAX: (573)751-1495
March 26,2009
Dear Governor Nixon,
This past Monday, March 23,1 faxed you a Sunshine Request due to my concern about the MIAC report and your meetings in your office. My request was faxed to you around 10 am that morning. By about 4 pin that same day, at least two associates or friends of mine were being questioned by law enforcement officers here in the St. Louis area. These law enforcement officers were asking these people about me, my support for Presidential candidate Ron Paul and others aspects of my political positions and beliefs including my opposition to the expansion of the Federal Reserve. Governor Nixon, I am deeply concerned that I am being targeted by law enforcement within hours of my Sunshine Request and critical comments about your MIAC report. I believe that you could have violated state and federal law in the process of all of this. Not content with those visits on Monday, it is now known to me that St. Louis law enforcement officers have visited at least seven (7) of my friends or associates over the past few days. Governor Nixon, please leave me and my friends alone. You have no right to target me or people like me – pro-life, anti-illegal immigration, critical of the Federal Reserve or federal powers – simply because you do not agree with us. I am copying this letter to the local press to try to stop you and your efforts to treat people wrong through abuse of your power. I have also gotten myself a lawyer and am looking into options for protecting myself and/or suing you. And I have spoken to my elected official.
Sincerely,
Josh Carter
