Last Tuesday, Lake Restoration Solutions sued me for $3 million dollars (news coverage here and here). Life’s been a little crazy since then, but the outpouring of support, love, and service from all of you has far outweighed the LRS developers’ fear and anger.
Every day since this went public, I have gotten emails, text messages, and phone calls from friends, family, and strangers. This morning Josh Johnson called me and said, “maybe these guys didn’t know that you have 50+ cousins just on the Hansen side.”
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| Part of my legal team testing the waters on Utah Lake earlier this month. |
From my perspective, we’re all cousins, and we are many more than 50. With so many dedicated, creative, and persistent people working together, I have absolute faith that this will turn for the benefit of Utah Lake and our community. I have felt your love and the calm assurance of the Spirit every day since they dropped off their lawsuit.
It is our God-given responsibility to care for and defend the glorious Earth that sustains us all. No part of this sacred creation is expendable—we can’t tolerate lakes being destroyed just like we can’t tolerate people being silenced for participating in civic life. As Naomi Klein wrote, “if each of us loved our homeplace enough to defend it, there would be no ecological crisis, no place could ever be written off as a sacrifice zone.”
I am so grateful to be surrounded by people of character who are committed to integrity and truth. “Do what is right; let the consequence follow.”
If you want to help us win this lawsuit, feel free to contribute through the legal defense fund put together by Conserve Utah Valley on Facebook here or through PayPal here. If you already gave through the GoFundMe page that Melanie started, thank you (that will all be consolidated). Our goal is to not only win this case, but to use this opportunity to restore protection to Utah Lake, strengthen freedom of speech, establish strong precedent for public participation in government, and nurture a healthier and more open process for decision making in our state.
If you’re reading this, LRS, I’m not scared. I’ve got 50+ cousins just on the Hansen side.
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| Part of my expert legal team holding a confidential meeting at an undisclosed location on the north side of Utah Lake. |
