Anti-Foreclosure Rally In Miami

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STOP THIS NONSENSE!

 

An Opinion By Michael Van Dyk 
Published May 22, 2005

 

A successful pro-homeowner, anti foreclosure-lawyer rally, was held in North Miami Beach on Sunday morning, May 22, 2005.


Approximately 20 angry homeowners waved signs and offered information to the many persons attending a condominium seminar at Nova SE University. The NE Dade Coalition sponsored the seminar.  Katzman & Korr, the notorious foreclosure lawyers, had paid the coalition to let them talk about foreclosures.

 

Protesters getting ready for the Rally!

Paul Libert, president of the NE Dade Coalition, ordered the protesters to disband and leave, claiming they were on private property.  The protestors calmly explained to him that they were on a public sidewalk. 

Libert brought the campus police, who claimed they owned the sidewalk and the street, too, and could order the protesters to leave. 

 
The protesters explained that there was a public access easement on the street and that the public had a right to walk on it. 

Libert called the North Miami Beach Police.  The entire police department arrived in four police cruisers and asked, “Who is in charge?”

"Nobody,” was the reply.

“Who organized this rally?” asked the police.

“Nobody in particular,” was the reply. 

Next question was "Do you have a parade permit?"

"We are not organized.  We don't need a permit,” was the reply.
The police continued to observe the protesters, who continued to wave their signs.   

Mike Van Dyk proudly wore a Cyber Citizens For Justice membership card on his lapel.  Karen Gottlieb of the Florida Advisory Council on Condominiums
was there to lend her support.  Anti-lawyer activist Bob Bertrand brought some of his people to wave signs. 

Katzman himself walked by the protestors, accompanied by a burly bodyguard-type fellow.  Later, Katzman came out to take pictures and to write down license plate numbers.  Meanwhile, The Bodyguard kept an eye on the protesters the whole time.

A good time was had by all.  Protesters later met at the nearby donut shop to talk about homeowner issues and to hear more about Cyber Citizens for Justice, Inc. CCFJ is a grassroots organization comprised of volunteers who advocate better education and more consumer-friendly legislation for property owners.



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