This is an update on the latest anti-public assembly
regulations:
As previously explained, the National Forest Service had a
new regulatory proposal ready to go, the only thing holding it up
was President Bush's moratorium on regulations. On January 8,
1993
Dina Apple, a regulation writer for NFS, told me that the
Secretary
of Agriculture had granted this regulation an exemption from the
President's moratorium. Ms. Apple said that they would be
sending
their rulemaking to the Office of Management and Budget for
preliminary approval within "a couple of days."
This afternoon I again spoke with Ms. Apple and she told
me
the draft of the regulations had already been sent to OMB.
The accompanying Rainbow Legaliaison Action Primer
contains
information and suggestions for mounting a campaign against this
new regulation. In my opinion everything possible should be
done,
as soon as possible, to stop this regulation to prevent the
necessity of having to go to court. Although the Family has been
fortunate in prior dealings with the judicial system, courts do
not
seem to be becoming remarkably more tolerant, and it's only a
matter before the NFS finds a judge who likes the idea of permits
and the erosin of rights.
Letters and petitions are the only way I can think of to
address this problem before it goes to court.
We love you.
In the Spirit of Life, Love, Truth, Equality, Justice, Freedom,