Hello World,
About a week, maybe two weeks ago I started posting about how my sister had property of mine she has refused to return. This is par for the course for her over the years. We haven't had a relationship ever because of the influence from my abuser, but my Father vouches for me. The property she has had for a couple of years now, that I don't really care about but its the principal of the matter to me, is a white Igloo cooler. I made a post about if it wasn't returned I would take her to small claims court. I made a post about if she would show some respect towards me that it would be a start.
This morning as I went out for my morning walk, sitting exactly where I said to put it was my cooler. I reviewed the Ring footage and it was my Father who dropped it off, and its clean too. I will take this as a sign of respect, and it will give me hope that they don't hurt as much as I think they do, and that maybe we can all heal together from this. Only time will tell.
This is how I prepare and think. Hypothetically, I also have another issue brewing with my local government. A few years ago I wanted to address the City Council in Kuna, Idaho, but the stress of standing up to my abuser shut me down and I was unable to show up and speak. I emailed the Mayor and the City Clerk a couple of weeks ago asking to be put back on the docket, and the Mayor directed me to the City Clerk. I have sent two more emails to the City Clerk since then, and I have yet to get a response. However, based on how I have been treated by others, this feels like I am not being taken seriously, and being blown off, but maybe they are busy and on a vacation or something. Maybe I have made an enemy or someone thinks I am inappropriate and trying to prevent me, I don't know the reason, but I do know that I will speak at a City Council meeting and exercise the 1st Amendment Rights that I spent five years of my life willing to die for random strangers, random strangers who sometimes think I am crazy, but yet willing to lay down my life to defend them, the fucking irony there.
This is what happens if they blow me off, I will continue sending appropriate emails to elected leaders, a right under the 1st Amendment, then I will just show up to city council meetings and wait for the "good of the order" section of Bob's Rules of Order. If anyone was going to antagonize me, or prevent me, it will either be at a moment like this trying to prevent me, interrupting me, or cutting my time short. Which is fine, keep in mind city council meetings are a traditional public forum and a public space, I will be wearing my body camera, and document every second of my perspective.
I would then just show up to another, and give them another chance, all while making more efforts to get on the docket the appropriate way. If denied again, or similar behaviors expose themselves, then I now have evidence I tried and I will very loudly and publicly make the claim that a small town in Idaho that prides itself on freedom is denying a 100% Disabled Veteran the RIGHT to address his elected leaders in a forum, protected by the Supreme Court and Constitution. Then I would go to the ACLU, ask them for help, and wether or not they do help would be moot, I would still sue my local government and the employees involved for damages, and I will still end up in front of City Council speaking because that will be part of the settlement. I would then require ALL city employees to receive training on the Constitution and how it applies to their jobs.
The day I am ever denied my 1st Amendment right is the day I start conducting 1st Amendment audits and sue both the city and persons until things change. Every time a government employee or agency denies you rights, its a violation, they add up in lawsuits, imagine paying $10,000 a penalty for denying someone their rights, and then do it again. This happens in audits all the time, some places never learn their lessons, and some places are pro-active. I think Kuna is a great place as far as respecting my rights, I just wished my neighbors weren't so closed minded, well the ones that alienate me anyways.
I do not think people at the city are bigots, this is only me sharing how my mind works and processes something before I do it. Bigots would be willing to go to that extent to silence someone like me from speaking for one reason or another, so I must be willing to go to my extent to beat them. It happens across the country all the time, and I for one have been looking forward for a "gotcha moment" to make an example out of, at the local government level. I put thought into what I want and how to go about it, I am always prepared for the "Easy way or the hard way" but I ask this, are they?
I will let you know when I am on the agenda if anyone wants to see me in action. I really don't think there will be any issues, they have been nice so far, and I know people get busy, so when I am supposed to be on the agenda I will be on it, that will be the right time, ideally I want to speak in September, after I get back from NARPA. The Mayor told me him and Council members got in wheelchairs one day to put themselves in the shoes of someone in a wheelchair and tried navigating our downtown to understand the accessibility issues, now its time for them to do the same thing but with mental illness. As far as speaking, the best thing for everyone is to just let me speak, that is why that cooler showed up and was placed exactly where I said to place it, my family knows I follow through. My friends know I follow through, its the people who are unsure of me or think I am crazy are the ones that test this. I don't need to prove myself anymore, and no one should have to, but I am always willing if I must.
Good news is the new Kuna Boy's & Girls club is open! About time, before the kids played on busted cement in the heat, this is a great thing for our community.
Anyone see Boxer Ryan Garcia fake being crazy to toy with his opponent before his match, and then afterwards came clean saying he was toying with his opponent, I do the same. There was a Michael J. Fox movie in the 90's that did a similar plot, my abuser loved the movie and I remember telling her I was doing that to her. In the movie his rich grandpa/uncle character faked his disabilities to test people. I just test people but I do have the diagnoses. Anyone still think I am full of shit?
This is a picture of me at NARPA 2023, in New Orleans, I won $8,000 playing blackjack this trip. I am going to be putting together a proposal to speak at NARPA 2025 and share how I put together my website, and share the analytics, success, and failures I have had creating my Twitch channel. Metrics wise I had over 400 unique visitors to the blog by midnight last night. Let's see what today does. The growth is awesome.
Beat this heat!
Thank you,
Mikey