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Dear Nita, THe question you asked is so central-I'll do my best- and I am sending this also to Patricia Ryan. The Human Rights Commission process is not in a court. It is not a framework in which lawyers can be appointed, AS FAR AS I KNOW. Patricia Ryan's staff can even send out a list of sympathetic lawyers-- and did-- but, NOT ONE of six or seven that I tried who are on that list. as well as ten or twelve others, are willing to aggressively attack the einhumanities that the City Lawyers have put me through. Maine is a SMALL state, I am form away (born in RHode Island) and I just don't know how to attract or get legally-trained help to came forward to represent me PRO BONO. There are all kinds of reasons--the most consistent one I got was: "I DON't honestly know enough about Parkinson's Disease to help you." I also am VERY upset because I am having an increasingly difficult time being HEARD on the phone. SO thank you for asking, NIta. THe lack of good legal help is why I lost the Fact-Finding investigation-there were 2 POWERFUL lawyers and me, unrepresented, as opposing parties. It is David and GOliath. The whole process has been lopsided-the City sends the Human RIghts Commission documents, and I spend four MONTHS trying to figure out what they mean, let alone how to respond in time. Plus, there is the assumption that i am going to be just fine. THere is NOT the understanding that my HOUSE is on the line!! I also think that anti-gay feelings and anti-Jewish feelings account for some of the reaction] I am getting. But I am NOT out to show these , only to try to show how the CIty treated me DIFFERENTLY. And , because I am a well-known "white" civil rights activist- at the grassroots level, I have a reputation, as when we vigiled outside CiTIBANK for 18 months to protest their investments in South AFrica. So the City lawyers, who represent the interests of the wealthy banks and developers, not poor people like me, tell me that they don't "Trust" me. Of course not. I oppose the big] business interests. If anyone knows differently- for Maine- PLEASE tell me. I have filed a lawsuit against the CIty-which I still can pursue, but again, no lawyer yet. Suing a CIty is MUCH more difficult than trying to establish a record of DISCRIMINAITON before a Human RIght commission, in my humble opinion. Lastly, NiTA, IS MY EXHAUSTION. It is my YOPD- related lack of sleep, where off-periods are merging with off-periods. I shudder to think of what my future will hold. I just ask for help from God, one day at a time. Ivan On Sat, 20 Nov 1999 18:49:05 -0600 Nita Andres <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Ivan, I don't understand this. there are pro bono ( sp?) everyplace in >the >US. You need one. Or the court will have to appoint an ad lidum ( >however >you spell it) You should approach this that way. Nita >Lawyers don't come forward - you go to them. > >Ivan M Suzman wrote: > >> ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) >> Ivan Suzman 49/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) >> Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F >> >:-)******************************************************************** >> Hi folks, >> >> I am so FRUSTRATED, tired all the time and anxious. I am trying to >> overcome >> a "Notice of IMPENDING AUTOMATIC FORECLOSURE"