I will never stand by silently allowing an innocent individual to be railroaded by misinformation, untruths, by cowards who let others take blame for their actions or people too lazy to investigate the truth whether it is in Spirit Lake, Iowa or here in Alcester, South Dakota.  To my critics, shame comes from continuing to perpetuate a wrong on a good man when he has been proven innocent.  If divisive means one faction fighting to restore a man’s good name while a second faction continues to perpetuate the wrong, Yup we are divided!  If airing the dirty laundry is the only way to clean it, get the clothes-pins ready honey and get the clothes-line wiped down!  I come from a line of fighters, the Magee and Culbertson in the Revolutionary War and the Newtons in both World Wars.  I am confrontational, I am pit-bull tenacious, I am obdurate but I AM NOT a quitter.  To the cowards who mail me the unsigned, anonymous sophomoric drivel, which passes for your opinions of my worth—I decline your invitation.  I am here—- so bring it on!  This one ‘little woman’ who will not only be seen but be heard.  I will no longer silently sit back hoping truth and justice will prevail.  I will fight, annoy, push, shove, bully, harass and antagonize to ensure justice has a chance.  I am more than willing to, as the title of a jazz song suggests, “Face The Music and Dance”!

With that said folks, please note the cowards continue in their bullying attempts as you will note below:

COWARD #7  I have to wonder at this coward, ‘cause it seems this card was hand delivered rather than sent through the post office.  There is no evidence that this postcard ever went through the postal service, yet it magically appeared in my residential mailbox in Spirit Lake.  Note the absence of any postal markings indicating it went through the postage system. I have spoken to the Spirit Lake Post Office about this and will be contacting other postal authorities.  Ms. Coward #7, do you realize it is a violation of Federal statute to place items in a designated post box:

18 U.S. Code § 1725 – Postage unpaid on deposited mail matter

“Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits any mailable matter such as statements of accounts, circulars, sale bills, or other like matter, on which no postage has been paid, in any letter box established, approved, or accepted by the Postal Service for the receipt or delivery of mail matter on any mail route with intent to avoid payment of lawful postage thereon, shall for each such offense be fined under this title.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 784; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(33), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(F), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)*

*“18 U.S. Code § 1725 – Postage Unpaid on Deposited Mail Matter.” LII / Legal Information Institute, www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1725.

COWARD #8   WOW you found my house in Spirit Lake!  I’m gonna give you a heads up Sugar, many of the folks in Spirit Lake know me by my maiden name (having been born in Spirit Lake and growing up in Spirit Lake) and my married name.  In fact one or two have come to me for help with city issues on occasion, a-w-w gee ya failed, again.  But one must expect that from a coward who presumes to step into the  pulpit of self righteous sanctimony, sententious and moral smugness, theatrically banging on a book that should be revered and not used as a bludgeon, screaming and shaking a raised fist, “…I got God’s back…”

Folks take a look at the message portion of this missive.  This copy does not show it well, but the message was generated by computer on a sheet of paper, appears to have been cut to size and tacked to a get well greeting card.  Now folks I gotta say, this coward did pay postage on his smug moral missive