Smart metres
Naperville anti-smart meter activists fight back at
council meeting, accuse city of breaking its own laws
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer
http://www.naturalnews.com/039080_smart_meters_Naperville_resistance.html
(NaturalNews) The rule of law has completely gone out the window in the Chicago,
Illinois, suburb of Naperville, where two mothers were recently arrested for
trying to stop utility workers and local police from illegally trespassing on
their private property in order to install cancer-causing "smart" meters. As
voiced by anti-smart meter activists during a recent city council meeting
following the arrests, the city of Naperville blatantly violated its own
ordinances by not only having the women arrested, but also by trespassing on
their private property without consent.
For several years, Jennifer Stahl, Malia "Kim" Bendis, and a cohort of other
local residents informed about the dangers of remotely-controlled smart meters
have been working to block efforts by the city to forcibly install the devices
on all residents' homes throughout the area. Smart meters, which are controlled
by wireless access points, emit large amounts of electromagnetic radiation, and
have been linked to causing severe headaches, heart palpitations, anxiety, and
even cancer, not to mention a plethora of personal privacy violations.
But the group, known as Naperville Smart Meter Awareness (NSMA), saw its
efforts come to a head when both Stahl and Bendis were arrested at their own
homes, in front of their families, for refusing to allow the local electric
utility, which is owned and operated by the city of Naperville, to install the
devices on their houses. Stahl, Bendis, and various other NSMA volunteers had
already been harassed by local officials for refusing the devices prior to the
arrests, but when it finally came down to installing the devices on a second and
third attempt, local police got involved to ensure compliance.
"It's not acceptable that the city can choose for me on my behalf to install
this meter that I don't think is appropriate for myself," explained Stahl, as
the issue was escalating, to reporters. "I choose to keep my analog meter
because of all the issues (with
smart meters). I
can't believe the city is not providing an alternative option."
Be sure to check out all the video footage captured by NSMA of the city of
Naperville forcibly installing smart meters against the will of the people:
http://www.youtube.com/user/NapervilleSmartMeter
At a later meeting with Naperville's corrupt city council (http://www.naperville.il.us/council.aspx)
following the arrests, Tom Glass, an NSMA leader, basically read the riot act,
drawing attention to the completely illegal and unconstitutional breaking and
entering of private property that took place under the watch of
Naperville Mayor A.
George Pradel. Glass explains how the city violated its own laws by handling the
matter the way it did, and that such treatment is completely unacceptable.
You can view a clip of Glass' powerful speech here:
http://youtu.be/oJBIr4dg9jU
"This has little to do with smart meters now," explained Glass to The Blaze
about this issue. "This is about an overbearing government."
Texas woman brandishes firearm to 'shoo' smart meter installation drone off her
property
Meanwhile, a Houston, Texas-area woman took advantage of her Second Amendment
rights when worker drones from her local utility tried to forcibly install a
smart meter on her home in Harris County, physically assaulting her in the
process. Thelma Taormina reportedly brandished a firearm in response, which
prompted the previously unrelenting utility worker to quickly vacate her
property.
"Our Constitution allows us not to have that kind of intrusion on our personal
privacy," explained Thelma to KHOU 11 News in Houston. "They will be able
to tell if you're running your computer, your air conditioner, whatever it is --
they all put off different signal signatures," added Thelma's husband Nick about
smart meters in general.
You can view a news report clip of this amazing incident here:
http://youtu.be/zQ8xIi04Y9Q
To learn more about the dangers of smart meters for both your physical health
and personal privacy, be sure to check out the documentary film Take Back
Your Power:
http://www.napervillesmartmeterawareness.org
Sources for this article include:
http://www.theblaze.com
http://www.theblaze.com