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Grandmother’s Water Shutoff Prompts State Legislation in WI
81 year old Audrey Parker of Baraboo WI has had her water cut off for refusing a class 2B carcinogen- welcome to 2013 America
Audrey Parker, an 81 year old grandmother who has refused to have a ‘smart’ water meter installed because of the privacy implications and the heart palpitations she experiences from the meters’ wireless pulses, last week had her water disconnected by the City of Baraboo, WI, in retribution for her “disobedience.”
The city has also cut off water service to her friends Darcy and Jim Sheriff, who have joined Audrey in refusing the meters. The two families have been using gallons of store bought water to flush their toilets, in a surreal scene of developing world desperation created solely by local authorities, who are pushing the meters despite growing evidence of harm. The authoritarian response to smart meter refusal in the midwest echoes the arrests of two mothers by the city of Naperville, IL, about 200 miles south of Baraboo, in January.
By the way did we mention that we are not kidding about this story– this is actually happening right now in America? Pinch yourself people, and then do something about it.
Our allies at Stop Smart Meters! Wisconsin are doing just that. They have been working to bring attention to the plight of these families. Now state elected officials in Wisconsin are starting to take note. Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt of the Wisconsin state legislature plans to introduce a bill to guarantee customer choice when it comes to metering technology (a so-called ‘opt out’ bill). Wisconsin residents should put pressure on their legislators to strengthen the bill, making the opt out free and protecting the rights of residents, businesses and entire communities to say no to the meters. Why not go further and demand that lawmakers ban the devices altogether? Do your job, government.
Jim Sheriff carries water to flush his toilet after the City of Baraboo, Wisconsin cut off water service for refusal of a smart meter.
The utter lawlessness of cutting off water to someone should not be taken lightly. Water is a service one cannot live without, unlike electricity which has only been widely available in the west for less than 100 years. In fact, the introduction of electric service- rather than the unquestioned “improvement in the standard of living” as it is promoted- has been linked with significant increases in cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Nevertheless most of us have built our lives around it and we have grown dependent on it. Its interruption is an inconvenience to most, and a threat to the lives of some who depend on electrical powered medical equipment and air conditioning in hot climates.
Cutting power is a terrible abuse, but restricting water supply- particularly to elderly people-crosses a line. That is a threat to life and always has been. If people fail to rally to the side of those who have been denied this basic right, we can only expect the same treatment and and an escalation of the human rights violations that seem to be an intrinsic part of the “smart grid” nowadays.
When ordinary people are deprived of their water supply simply for telling the truth about the medical consequences of wireless proliferation, and standing their ground to protect the safety of their home, we’ve got serious problems in our society.
Why not tell the Baraboo Water Dept. what you think of their behavior?
Posted in Citizen rebellion, Democracy, health effects, Smart Grid, Water meters, Wisconsin
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Bait and Switch: PG&E Breaking Deal to Return Analog Meters
PG&E advertises that people can ‘opt out’ and get an analog meter- indeed they are required to offer this option by the CPUC. The reality- as Patrick from San Francisco discovered, is not that simple.
In Sacramento, after SMUD relented to months of pressure and allowed people to use analog meters (at least on paper), many people showed up in person at the SMUD board meeting the following month to report that they had been refused analog meters by call center staff.
Have you had luck ‘opting out’ of the smart meter program? Been given the runaround? Let us know.
Posted in California, Citizen rebellion, CPUC, PG&E, radio-frequency radiation, San Francisco
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“Smart Grid Advancement Act” Introduced in US Congress; Take Action to Stop it Today
Two members of congress (Jerry McNerney, D- Stockton, CA and Matt Cartwright, D- PA) have introduced a congressional bill (HR 2685) that would apparently require all electricity providers (including rural cooperatives and municipal utilities) to join the ‘smart’ grid and install ‘smart’ meters.
In addition the bill would require appliances with the Energy Star label to include wireless transmitters that cannot be turned off, in order to communicate (and presumably cough up your private data and respond to orders from Big Brother Smart Grid to switch you off at a moment’s notice, as happened to dozens of people in Northern California recently when their not-so-smart-AC program cut off their air conditioning at the height of the recent heat wave.) The bill would also establish a “smart grid information center” that would presumably create pro-smart grid propaganda at the taxpayer’s expense. Sounds like the marriage between industry and government is about to be consummated- unless you take action and restrict this perverse love affair.
If you enjoy being radiated, and having your appliances speak to the utility and law enforcement, and want to force even small utilities to install smart meters on an unwilling public, just sit there and do nothing.
If you’d rather not see this bill passed, make the call today.
The bill will go first to the Energy and Commerce committee which includes Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA). What you can do:
1) Contact bill authors Jerry McNerney (209) 476-8552 and Matt Cartwright 202-225-5546 and encourage them to KILL the BILL. (what are they thinking?)
2) Contact your congressional representative, and urge them to oppose HR 2685. Find them here. Tell them why.
You can find the text of the bill here. Please spread the word to your networks, and encourage swift and widespread action to stop this bill. The smart grid is already a public health and safety disaster- let’s not make it worse.
In the meantime, do you know which appliance manufacturers hide wireless chips in their products and which do not? Why not call them up and ask them today? If you have newer appliances, they may already be ‘talking’ to your utility without your consent or knowledge. If you have information for appliance manufacturers, please leave the information in a comment below so we can all support companies who choose appliances that protect your safety and privacy.