[HCCN] Fwd: Plum Creek Trial - Please post widely and come to support Will Neils on May 17

[Larry Dansinger]

Please pass along to others in your group or area and also to those  
groups and individuals in eastern and downeast Maine.

Larry

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> From: Ryan Clarke <saveourmountains at gmail.com>
> Date: May 7, 2010 4:41:28 PM EDT
> To: starrgilmartin at roadrunner.com
> Subject: Support Will Neils!! Come to his Trial May 17th
>
> Here's an update on the legal situation with the Plum Creek 6:
>
> Last Friday, the DA announced that they were dropping all charges  
> for 5 of the 6 arrested for "disrupting" LURC's approval of Plum  
> Creek's development plan.  The DA admitted to not thinking that we  
> would be convicted and being afraid of a "political trial".  This  
> is a victory on some levels, obviously, but we are being denied our  
> chance to bring this issue into the court system.  It is not enough  
> that they dropped our charges.  We can't stop until LURC drops  
> their approval of the Plum Creek plan.
>
> Will Neills is still being charged.  His trial is set for May 17th  
> @ 8:30 AM at the Penobscot County Court House in Bangor.  Please  
> come to the trial and show your support.  They are trying to de- 
> politicize this case by dropping charges for 5 of us, but we can't  
> let that happen.  Lets pack the court room!!
>
>
> Thank you all so much for your support.  We will keep you updated  
> on further legal battles.
> Ryan
>