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Hi Camilla, The shovelling is finally done. I fell on the ice hidden bernath th enew snowat 6:50 AM , at the far end of the front walkway,and my feet were in the road all of a sudden.. The plow was coming by, and with the huge wall of snow, the driver couldn't see me and I almost got hit. He missed me by maybe 3 or 4 seconds. I had another caregiver interview after that. And now, the freezing rain is making an ice disaster develop, so, I am inside typing away to you. There is no agreement yet. That is why a certified letter arrived yesterday, which one of my personal care attendants signed for, demanding payment of the lien, or the City will dispossess me of my house on Feb. 18. The notice was rubber-stamped, NOT hand-signed. A copy of that letter is going to go to a PWP willing to help pay anonymously, a Listmember also, to prevent foreclosure. I don't have the money to pay the lien. The agreement would prevent me from talking to other PWP's! Only categories of people the City accepts would be allowed to hear about the agreement. THe agreement is only for a tax and sewer abatement, NOTa reduction. The City ignores the volunteer work I do for other PWP's in Portland. ULtimately, theCity loses no money, but restricts me. That is why a letter from some, or many PWP's and CG's would certainly pressure the City. Does it really think it can STOP ME FROM TALKING WITH PWP's? What about my RIGHTS to FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ASSOCIATION??? Also, the City can still require that I get my doctors, nurses, phyhsician's assistants or therapists to write the City a letter justifying the need to spend money on a treatment. This violates my PRIVACY and interferes with my relationships with my health providers. I am so upset about having to deal with a hostile City, but, I will prevail, I will NOT give in. It's not just my life, I am example of many, many more who are disabled and have marginal incomes. So if I have to spend my days battling in court, the City will lose. Big time. And PWP's will gain. No rest for the weary. Or the City will give me the settlement and renewable agreement I deserve. IVAN On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 11:42:08 -0500 Camilla Flintermann <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Ivan-- a quick thanks for clarifying that the doc has not yet bewen >signed (SNIP) >