Here is some amazing news. My friend and fellow Water Warrior, Laura Gauger, who fought and WON a lawsuit against Flambeau mine, got stuck with paying the legal bills. She launched a fundraiser a while back and apparently, so many people have stepped up to help her, she is only $1500 away from her $20,000 fine!!! If you can help her get over the top, she (and I) would be eternally grateful! She is an amazing woman, who helped Roscoe Churchill write an incredible book called THE BUZZARDS HAVE LANDED that I had the honor of working with her to create an ebook of, now available as a free download (the link is in the comment section below). Here is HER story, along with a link to help her complete this decades long fight. EVen though she got stuck with the bill, its a big victory to shed light on the lies of Flambeau being a model mine. Embattled Great Lakes Woman Grateful for Strong Show of Support I am just a few donations short of paying off my share of the court costs awarded to Rio Tinto in the Flambeau Mine Clean Water Act case! If you have not already contributed to my fundraiser, will you help me by making a donation today? Yes, donations to my fundraiser have risen to nearly $20,000 over the past two weeks, in part because everyday donors stepped up and chipped in. Right now I am about $1500 short of my goal … almost there! Will you help put me over the top? I am completely OVERWHELMED by this huge flood of generosity. Truly, we have scored a victory on TWO different fronts in this lawsuit. The first is a VICTORY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. The court case provided a means for exposing, under oath and with credibility, the serious water pollution problems at the Flambeau Mine site. So the next time the Flambeau Mine is held up by supporters of PolyMet or Twin Metals (Minnesota), Lundin (Michigan), GTac (Wisconsin), the Pebble Partnership (Alaska) or anyone else as an example of how mining can be done “without polluting local waters,” you will have solid ammunition to use in the defense of your clean water. The second is a VICTORY FOR THE “LITTLE GUY.” Rallying the way you did to help me sends the following message, loud and clear, to Rio Tinto and other corporate polluters: Enough! You cannot ride roughshod over citizens who are simply trying to protect public waters, and you cannot keep us down. We “little guys” watch out for each other, we have each other’s backs, and we are tenacious. You may as well give up on your latest mining proposals because we WILL ultimately prevail in this battle to protect the water and the “little ones” whose voices need to be heard. To all those who have already contributed to my fundraiser, THANK YOU! And if anyone else would care to make a donation to help erase the last $1500 of my debt, please click HERE. With respect and thanks, Laura Gauger Laura Gauger Duluth, MN 55805 https://z2systems/np/clients/mea/donation.jsp?campaign=34
Posted on: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:11:24 +0000
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