Abandoned Housing-LOCAL BLOCK GOVERNMENT:

[Mike Adams]

(I have other versions of the below, working on consolidating)

Block Government 2010

LOCAL BLOCK GOVERNMENT:

WHY - Absentee Landlord is letting things got to rot, or local state/city
wants to remove housing projects from their no-tax and like taxable property
or better than being a sore spot in the city with its drugs, crime and like
issues?
HOW - Legally and how to do it?
WHAT - A local block government, control of their own habitate.


The ideas, reasons for and how to for a local block/neighborhood
government.

The idea of a block or neighborhood governmental body is not new, going
back to before the days of the manor and tun and like bodies. Some more
Democratic than others, and some having more powers than others.
After all what is a self-sufficient community? A local
neighborhood/apartment complex or hi-rise can be just as a community
and government as a small colony in Virginia or Massachusetts was.

The basic idea of a local block government is:

To give local people a say in the day to day government of their local
community.
To see how the wheels of power work from a local perspective.
To bring the city government closer to home, more responsive to the
local peoples needs and saying.
A feeling of self/local control over how things are done.
Common defense against a wide variety of criminal elements.
To bring about community ownership of their dwellings and bring about
changes as needed and not as some absent landlord wishes it to be.

How this is done:

CIVIL ACTION GROUP:
First off is to have communications between members of a community
block and this means to be safe from fear. Or driven by fear, a need to
so something, hopefully not violent.

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH:
Forming a Neighborhood watch is a major step along a long road, but the
end results will be wonderful.

Local Neighborhood Watch (NW) acts as a local block element of defense
and law enforcement, local law as well as city, borough, county, state,
an federal law. But first off local law. Basically the neighborhood
watch is a local police auxiliary and fits with in the traditional
Militia/Fyrd ideals. The NW is the members of the community doing what
ever they can do for the community to fight against any form of invasion
of the community, to bring to justice those in the community or from
outside the community that need to be brought to justice.
To stop being a lamb to slaughter and to take an active part in the
communities protection, safety and freedom to do what the community
people wish to do. Namely the freedom from fear.

The NW in the new government structure will become the
communities law enforcement and the militia arm of the local
block/complex government.

Any law enforcement and militia/military structure must be under civil
control, and for this NW, a local block/neighborhood government is
necessary to make sure the NW does not become as bad as the elements
they are supposed to protect the community from.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE:
In a hi-rise for example, each floor would have a Floor Manager/Reeve,
who in concert with other Floor Reeves and the Building Manager/Reeve
would do the day to day governing (with comments and review by the
citizenry of the building). Normally I like the idea of each floor
electing its representative. And the building manager being elected
by the people of the building enmass.

The Building Council:
Made up of the Building Reeve and the Floor Reeves.

Supported by select personnel who though not part of the building
council do play a part in the councils business and the maintenance and
upkeep of the building of which they are empowered to govern.

The Building Clerk: Charged to maintain the building records.
The Building Treasurer: Charged to maintain the building finances.
The Chief of the Fyrd: Charged to keep the peace as well as law and
order, leading the security forces and fyrd of the building as needed
and directed by the laws of the building.
Chief Judge of the Building: Charged to judge those who need to be
judged in matters relating to the health, safety and welfare of the
building.

BASIC GOALS:
Bring about local government by locals getting involved and forcing
city government to recognize the local block government as a viable tier of
city government, better able to deal with and collect local taxes
and provide police and local more responsive justice.

HOW TO INCORPORATE THE GOV:
First major step is to thru legal means, acquire the apartments/lands
that makes up the local neighborhood, to include declaring the land
abandoned by its "owners" and therefore open for local
purchase/eminent domain, salvage laws and like laws.

Once the first apartment complex is taken over by its one time tenants,
they are to form a governing body, to control the cash flow, rents,
utilities and like, similar to a condo association. But with each
tenant (lease holder) having a share in the incorporated building
tenants associations Inc. The governing body is to use the money
collected from rents and other means, to pay for the
upkeep/maintenance of the building complex, the utilities, contractors
and wages for workers (possible money off rent for work done is
possible). Each tenant household has voting stock shares of the
Corporate body of the Building Association, and as such as the
power to vote on issues such as:

Election of, removal of the Reeves.
Changes in the relationship between the tenants and their elected
officials. Expelling unwanted members, namely to throw out the criminal
elements of
the community.

The Council has the below powers:
To negotiate contracts with outside government, to collect fees, to expel
members,
and to act for all purposes as a local city government to include local
civil/criminal
court (minor offenses). One part of the tenant contract is the giving over
to the
building council the right to expel unruly/criminal tenants with due cause
and
trial. Also one part is also that tenants can not sell their shares unless
the
sale is approved by the building council (to keep unwanted external elements
out
of the complex).

Tenants who are of legal age are voting members of the corporate body called
the Block
Government and as such are eligible to vote, serve the community, militia
service and
other tasks as needed.

GOALS:
The Governing Body is to make the apartment complex a safe and livable place
to live.
To form a Neighborhood/Block Watch from the tenants to act as a auxiliary to
the local
police force. To provide for equitable treatment of all tenants. To screen
new tenants.
To act as the tenants representatives to the City Government. Also to bring
into the
Apartment complex those services directed by the tenant membership, include
possible
convince store and like businesses on the first floor.. Also to remove
unwanted tenants
or unwanted elements (criminal namely).

Delegating powers, how to get the powers (directors) in, and how to get them
out,
what powers they have, and what powers does the body politic have to remove,
change, override them.

Board of Directors:
In a hi-rise apartment complex it maybe different, one Director per floor
(Floor Manager),
whose job it is to maintain the peace, maintenance and well being of the
floor and the
people on it, and to work with the other floor managers as well as the
building manager
to provide what is necessary for a efficient and fair/just house management.

Floor Reeve: Individual elected by the voting members of the floor the Reeve
represents,
to act as their representative to the building council.
Responsibilities: To give the members of their floor good and fair
representation in
the tun/building council.

Tun Reeve: Individuals elected by the floor reeves to represent the
building/tun to the
either block council or the city council.

Building Fyrd: A combined law enforcement and also in times of emergency a
militia,
styled for the protection of the building and its inhabitants. All residents
are members
of the fyrd in what ever capacity they can be used in.
Officers and NCOs having to be voting members.
Head of the Fyrd acts as the Sergeant at Arms of the Building Council
meetings.

Building Council:
Made up of the Building Reeve and the Floor Reeves, it controls (or
delimitates) the
representation to the city council and its representative. Also provides for
quick and
just law and court cases of building members (members do not have to go to
the Building
Council if they do not wish to). As well as to find cash sources, to collect
building
fees/rents and debts/charges (taxes?). To act as the organizer of the
building Fyrd.
To keep the building maintained and utilities paid. To provide safe law
enforcement and
security of members. o expel any unwanted tenants and to find wanted
tenants. To give
fair and just government to the members of the building. To provide services
that the
individual tenants could not do themselves.

Voting members of the community are the final court of local appeals. If a
majority of
the voting tenants vote for expulsion of an unwanted tenants, then the
tenant is
evicted as per local laws.

Maintenance: Would be directed by the local government, and contracts given
out as
need of members, money and time becomes available. Possible is to have
people work
off their rent for maintenance and new works.

Before 2008. Most c.2002?
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It takes a community to raise our children, we need structure and response
to our needs.

We need to feel we are part of the solution, have power over our destinies
and not feel powerless. Complaining only goes so far.

Citizens or share holders in the Corporate Body? As share holders we expect
something for our investments. Investments such as loyalty, taxes, following
the laws and being active in making said laws. Taxes or rent/lease?

Taxes to pay for public services, be it government to sewer/water/police/EMS
and like.

Do not lie to us, sell yourself to others, give us the people your
allegiance and loyalty.

Community or co-op, better able to counter large. Either work together or
die alone.

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Wealth creation, open up public lands for settlement and exploitation, such
as minerals and farming. Or more efficient use of the lands we have?

Positive investment in inner city buildings. Better planning of the inner
city.

More public input, or it will all be for some large corporate body that care
little for how things turn out when they pull out to the next market?

Cradle to grave? Hybrid/Electric Cars, where will the things come to make
them, use them, and then dispose of them? Recycle or hazardous waste?

Nation whose foundation is our old garbage? Maybe lessons from ancient times
can be useful?

More control of local resources, and products? Jobs locally? Connivances
store near by?

Local school and control of it. Elementary at a minimum. Why ship them
elsewhere? Yes, what they learn needs to be general in topic, we are a
nation of many, not of one group. Home schooling is okay, it can give kids a
foundation in their parents morals and ideas/history but variety is needed,
or we get the same things that kept the KKK, NOI and like groups going, we
can not be good citizens in isolation, this includes internationally. If
someone wants to only speak "Ebonics" then expect to stay only in places
that speak it. But the opportunity to speak standard English and other
languages needs to be there, in this modern international world. People get
pissed if you come to their country, and force them to speak only your
language, its rude. Yes, speak English here, but Spanish is growing, so
learn it as well.

French act like Americans (US ones) when you come to their country and try
to force them to speak English only. Adapt to the local culture, such as
Kenya, what is expected of a good citizen/visitor in Kenya?

Recent additions. Still writing and rewriting. Adapt and over come!

2009
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What other services would be good for the local housing complex internally?

Health Care, if anything a clinic/urgent care or like, open to all tenants
for free or what?

Job Service? Possible?

Child Care and what else? Elder care?

Legal and Parole services?

Laundry and like for sure.

School even if basic stuff, day care/kindergarten and elementary and special
needs?

Church/Temple/Worship Place?

Library or ..

Utilities and Maintenance: But how to used renters and maintenance and
maintain quality?


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Legally how to take over a housing project? The same as how many towns in
Counties in England became independent of the local county and its
Count/Earl and Sheriff.