Time: Sun Apr 20 05:49:55 1997
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 05:19:02 -0700
To: (Recipient list suppressed)
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: Itstime.doc
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>
>At 11:14 PM 4/20/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>Hi Paul,
>>The attachment for Constructive Notice on the History,
>>Itstime.Doc will not convert to write for viewing or printing.
>>Just a bunch of squares. Could you resend or try it yourself
>>to see if it works.
>>thanks, Keep up the good work,
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>
>I will do. The "Charles C. Miller" mentioned
>in that file is the same "Charley" who is discussed
>in Point 7 below. These guys handed me an almost
>illegible and mostly nonsensical pleading, which
>they wanted me to "fix up." It was most condescending
>of them. I also have a lot of other problems with
>them, which I won't discuss with you here. I would
>not be surprised if Miller is an accessory to the
>decision by Randy Parsons to stiff me for $10,000
>in professional services which I performed for
>the Freedom Center and the Schweitzer co-defendants.
>
>Things are just not as they appear on the surface,
>not from what I can tell.
>
>I'll fix up the document, and send it to you in
>WRITE format for Windows 3.11 (the one I use).
>
>Later.
>
>/s/ Paul Mitchell
>
>
>
>MEMO
>
>TO: Randy Parsons
>
>FROM: Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
> Counselor at Law
>
>DATE: October 15, 1996
>
>SUBJECT: Plans
>
>
>I hope you will not mind if I am very direct with you in this
>memo. I wish to discuss some matters which require an executive
>decision by you, and I don't want to waste words or time.
>
>1. There has been a lack of communication between me, Keven,
> and you with respect to my pay. When Keven requested my
> help at The Freedom Center, I quoted to him my retainer
> ($500) and my hourly rate ($75). You may already know that
> this is the going rate for attorneys in the federal Public
> Defender's Office, and about one-half the rates of private
> attorneys. Because Keven did not refuse or counter, I had
> to go on the presumption that these terms were acceptable to
> him, and to The Freedom Center, because he was speaking for
> it, like it or not. I also did not think I needed to
> confirm his authority to approve a legal services contract.
> Evidently, that authority is yours and not his,
> notwithstanding his affirmations to the contrary.
>
>2. I have had several discussions with colleagues here, in
> California, and in other states on this subject. The
> unanimous consensus is that I should minimize my presence in
> Billings, or stay in Arizona entirely and support The
> Freedom Center via email, U.S. Mail, and the telephone.
> Much of that consensus derives from my attempt objectively
> to describe the living and working conditions in the bunk
> house. People winced when I told them how much cleaning and
> organizing I needed to do, just to feel comfortable, and how
> I was being forced to live on three and a half hours of
> sleep per night. I should have listened to Al, but now Al
> is persona non grata for reasons that are not entirely known
> to me. I know that I am not the most courteous and kind
> person in the world, but I cannot be a man for all seasons
> when the odds are stacked so heavily, and my living
> conditions are way below standard. Nor is it right to shoot
> the one who brings the message about these conditions.
>
>3. I am concerned about the wisdom of having me do carpentry,
> HVAC, electrical, sheet rocking, plumbing and carpentry,
> just to have a room for sleep and privacy. That tells me
> that The Freedom Center does not have command of enough
> resources either to pay for lodging, or construct it, nor
> did The Freedom Center adequately anticipate what should
> have been obvious to any human being inviting another human
> being to live in. Also, I do not think that construction
> work is a good use of my time. If I were to begin such a
>
>
> Memo 10/15/96 by Paul Andrew Mitchell: Page 1 of 4
>
> project, I would want to finish it, so that I would not have
> to walk bare-footed on dusty concrete floors, or suffer a
> cold winter without heating and insulation. I know that
> Rudy must be delighted to have such work done "for free",
> but is it really "for free" when the litigation work must
> suffer directly? I think not. The bottom line here is that
> I do not think either Rudy, or The Freedom Center, have the
> resources available to create a basement bedroom at least as
> good as a basic motel room, using the Building Code as an
> objective standard. Please correct me if I am wrong about
> this. I hope I am, because it goes to your ability to keep
> this entire project alive.
>
>4. I am also very concerned about Keven's level of commitment
> and ability to learn what he must learn to oversee FREEMAIL,
> the Intervention of Right, and any other programs we might
> develop to involve Americans in the Schweitzer case. There
> is something gnawing at me, way down deep, as I glance over
> at a man who is horribly overweight, and stares at his
> terminal for hours on end without a shirt and with piles of
> mess surrounding him. That does not bode well for The
> Freedom Center and for what it wishes to accomplish. Do you
> expect the Pentagon to be impressed, if and when we need to
> meet them behind closed doors? Ask any office manager, and
> they will tell you that Keven might last all of 4 hours, the
> first day on any new job. I know that your heart reaches
> out to him, because his parents are in jail, but you must
> understand that dead wood is not going to produce wins in a
> hotly contested courtroom. To me, Keven also seems very
> resentful of my skills, but he is blaming the messenger
> here, and that only aggravates the situation. I appreciate
> the willingness by both of you to stop smoking, but that has
> had no effect on Morley. One cigarette in my immediate
> environment is one cigarette too many.
>
>5. I am also extremely concerned that Keven failed to inform me
> that The Freedom Center would be unable to pay me for my
> professional services, in a timely manner, if that is indeed
> the case. Is it? The Freedom Center is placing itself in a
> very precarious position to preach the common law and
> biblical principles, on the one hand, and then to invite a
> legal expert to help develop a comprehensive legal strategy
> for 20 criminal defendants, on the other hand, but without
> being up-front with him about their inability to pay him
> what he is worth. If you will take the time to study the
> definition of "fraud" in Black's Law Dictionary, you will
> find that it applies as well to any failure to disclose what
> should have been disclosed. If you select a man for his
> talent, and then engage his professional services to the
> point of buying a plane ticket so he can work on location,
> and of setting him up with a desk, computer, telephone,
> filing cabinets, fax machine, and so on, wouldn't it be fair
> for him to expect to be paid for the time he spent working
> on your behalf, particularly when he works double-time
> without a weekend off and only bills you for half as much?
>
>
>
>
> Memo 10/15/96 by Paul Andrew Mitchell: Page 2 of 4
>
>6. Another concern of mine is that I was informed, only after I
> arrived, that I would be responsible for raising the funds
> necessary to pay for my services. This is another matter
> which should have been disclosed to me while I had a chance
> to accept, or reject, any offer package you had in mind. As
> you may already know, developing a sound legal strategy, and
> following the paperwork to its final fruition, both take a
> great deal of concentration, privacy, and insulation.
> Raising funds involves public relations, ringing telephones,
> outreach, advertising, and a solid Internet presence, to
> mention a few things, most of which are a total distraction
> from the intense focus required to develop and prevail with
> compelling legal arguments to a hostile federal judiciary.
> From experience, I can tell you that I have what it takes to
> do both of these jobs, but not within the same 8-hour day.
> As it is, I have worked almost 16 hours on each and every
> day I was there. This is excessive, and it begs for an
> emotional, physical, mental or medical breakdown. Moreover,
> requiring this kind of "contribution" will, for sure, make
> stamina and endurance impossible at a time when these goals
> should be foremost in your planning and resource allocation
> decisions.
>
>7. I am also concerned about the lack of management which
> occurred when Dick and Charley showed up. Was I being
> tested for some unspecified future role, like "paralegal"?
> I hope you know by now that I will not be their secretary,
> their spelling coach, their grammar instructor, and their
> procedural mentor. This story about all the money they will
> "soon" bestow on The Freedom Center sounds like a trap, a
> Trojan Horse, and a wedge to achieve one of their main
> objectives: control of the strategy. I almost broke out
> laughing as Charley kept backing up on his last day there,
> to the point of falling down the stairs with his back to the
> basement. But, the reality of the whole situation was just
> too painful for me to laugh, so I almost cried. Did you
> notice? Charley miscalculated in a big way; he does not
> know how, when, or where I choose to be a warrior, and his
> defeat only dawned on him too late, as I drove my points
> into his chest. "How about the Queen of England?" he asked.
> Charley, you cannot stay on point; this is all too obvious
> to us now, after you wasted 4 days of our previous time with
> your ego, your greed, and your self-centered preoccupations.
> Can you really blame me for getting personal, particularly
> after he orders me to take a hike, with no authority for
> same? Now, that's real teamwork. Evidently, he did not
> know any of the events which had led up to my being there,
> such as the plans which I had written and published on the
> Internet, the briefs which I had mailed to you at my own
> expense, and the tentative commitment The Freedom Center had
> made to those plans. These two guys are from the dark ages,
> as far as I can tell. Did anyone offer to reimburse me for
> the time I spent and the Express Mail postage I bought? No.
>
>8. The final thing I want to share with you is that Keven,
> evidently, failed to inform you that, before agreeing to
> work for The Freedom Center, I had already made a serious
>
>
> Memo 10/15/96 by Paul Andrew Mitchell: Page 3 of 4
>
> long-term commitment to tour the country with Richard
> McDonald, to conduct Supreme Law Seminars in every Union
> state over the next two years. This commitment amounts to 4
> days of intense work on location, every month, plus another
> 4 days of travel (1 day there, 1 day back, for each
> seminar). When you add at least one day off each week, for
> rest and relaxation, you will find that I simply cannot
> devote 18 hours per day, 7 days per week, to the various
> cause(s) of The Freedom Center. I want you to know that I
> strongly disagree with some "Patriots" who feel that we will
> win this battle only by working our brains into mush, while
> our bodies and souls are screaming for rest, relaxation,
> recharge, love, friendship, privacy, and entertainment.
> People will say, "Get a life," and they will be right.
>
>So, I want to end this with the following proposal: If you will
>pay my first invoice in full immediately, I will drive back to
>Billings for a maximum of four weeks, but you must also make
>arrangements to complete the bedroom, with carpeting, painted
>sheet rock, light and heat, before I return there. I will not
>sleep, or work, in a construction zone; I've been there, and
>done that. Once is enough. I hereby reserve the right to return
>to Arizona on my own schedule after those four weeks have passed,
>and to provide The Freedom Center with professional services from
>the comfort of my own place.
>
>If you cannot pay my first invoice, now that it has been faxed to
>you, or if you and Rudy cannot finish the basement bedroom with
>outside contractors, there is no reason in this world why I
>should drive up there, except to fight for the compensation which
>The Freedom Center owes me for all the work I have done to date.
>
>Please don't get me wrong here, Randy: I like you very much, and
>I am philosophically and intellectually behind LeRoy Michael
>Schweitzer, but I cannot and will not work pro bono, or on a
>contingency basis, for him or any of his many co-respondents,
>certainly not after Broderick stiffs me for $10,000, Wallens
>stiffs me for $3,000, and Crawford stiffs me for $1,000 and
>threatens me criminally over a dozen times. Enough is enough. I
>have a right, and a duty, to defend my own life, liberty, and
>property, and this Memo is how I do that. Let us first begin by
>walking our own talk.
>
>Sincerely yours,
>
>/s/ Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S.
>
>Counselor at Law
>c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776
>Tucson, Arizona state
>
>email: pmitch@primenet.com
>tel: (520) 320-1514 (no answering machine)
>fax: (520) 320-1513 (call 1514 first)
>
>copies: Red Beckman, Billings, Montana state
>
>
> Memo 10/15/96 by Paul Andrew Mitchell: Page 4 of 4
>
>
> # # #
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