Protest for Bandit—UPDATE
Hello Friends,
My apologies to all…I have taken a bit long to get back to you. Quite a bit has happened. If you have not yet heard, last week Michael Morin was indicted with a felony charge of animal cruelty. Excellent news!
The case has been moved from the Biddeford District Courthouse to the Superior Courthouse in Alfred, ME. I have called and confirmed that the arraignment will be on September 11, 2007 at 8:30am. With this said, the protest that was to be held this coming Wednesday on August 15th in Biddeford is postponed and moved to the Superior Courthouse in Alfred, ME for the September 11th date. I am asking all to be at the courthouse an hour or so earlier.
We are there to show our support to Bandit, his family and to all abused animals in the state of Maine and all over. We are there to show that Mainers care and WILL NOT TOLERATE this again. We are there hoping that he will not just get a slap on the wrist like many do.
If you are attending this protest, please let me know. We want numbers there on that day and would be great to make history here in Maine.
If you are interested in attending a sign party for the protest, Robert Fisk of Maine Friends of Animals, has kindly offered his offices in Falmouth, ME to do this. Let me know if you can join us and I can give you more information. Pizza will be served.
I am extending the petition deadline to September 11th, so if you have not yet done so, please consider signing it at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/protest4bandit. Let’s work on getting those 5000 signatures, we are half way there so far!
I am seeking out volunteers who can put up and hand out our new flyers with the current info, on which I will be working on as we speak. Please forward this email to all your friends and family here in Maine who might be interested.
The address for the Superior Court in Alfred, ME is: 45 Kennebunk Road, Alfred, Maine 04002. Anyone willing to offer a ride to a fellow protestor, please let me know and I will take your information and pass it along to those who can use a ride.
Parking is on the side parking lot along Court Street on opposite side of the road from the Courthouse. Handicapped parking is located in the employee lot directly behind the courthouse.
I want to take a moment to thank each and every one of you that has signed the petition, wrote and called the District Attorney, called and emailed me their reasons for wanting to help out, put up and handed out flyers, forwarded emails, wrote ads in papers and websites, interviewed us, made t-shirts, faxed and phoned all over, offered their services, spoke at and came to our meeting and advised me on this and so much more. You are all great and I look especially forward to meeting you all at the protest. Please let me know who you are and I am so proud that you have all come together with me on this effort. Thank you.
Ree Gonzalez
protest4bandit@hotmail.com
Protest4Bandit
