THE CHRONICLES OF AVE MARIA©: From the People’s Republic of Ave Maria, Florida– “A Town Without A Vote, Now and Forever”

The Roman Catholic World

July 4, 2010

by Marielena Montesino de Stuart

Featuring the Award-Winning Story “AVE MARIA:  A Town Without a Vote– Now and Forever”

 

I  REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS  LIKE,

UNTIL ONE DAY– 

UNAWARE  I HAD LEFT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . . . 

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I CROSSED THE BORDER INTO . . .

 THE  PEOPLE’S  REPUBLIC of AVE MARIA, FLORIDA. . .

“A Town Without a Vote– Now and Forever” (link)

Ave Maria, Florida

AVE MARIA, FLORIDA–

A TOWN WHERE FREE SPEECH CAN BE CHILLED,

 AND FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT CAN BE CONTROLLED. . . 

“Paul Roney, a member of the Ave Maria Town Government Board, and Monaghan’s Chief Financial Officer at AMU [Ave Maria University]  admitted on March 2nd, 2010, on the AMSCD public town government meeting record, that he “reported” a resident to the Ave Maria University’s administration, which resulted in the university threatening the resident with arrest for stepping on campus.  As a result of this “reporting”, the resident was also banned  from over 900 acres of campus property, for nearly three months.                

 

Why? 

                                                                                                                                                                                            

Because the resident asked questions during a  town government meeting held on November 3rd, 2009, concerning compliance of Florida statutes.  Questions which were deemed “disruptive.”  Questions regarding laws and town government matters– which had absolutely nothing to do with Ave Maria University, a private corporation. 

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“Ave Maria’s founders already had decided how the town

 northeast of Naples would be ruled. They would have the power

to control the town forever. This power, some say, is so great, it might be unconstitutional.” (link)

Where in America, other than in Ave Maria, does a citizen attend a local town government meeting– then goes home to find that they are banned from entering the entire campus and property of their local college or university, because of  questions they asked about compliance of government statutes?   A university campus which has been consistently promoted as part of the benefit of buying a home in this town.  

This kind of  “control over freedom of movement”– of  ”turning people in” and  ”reporting”  by government agents,  is only found in fascist and communist systems– and indeed, in the Town of Ave Maria.”

– From The Chronicles of Ave Maria © (link)

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Marielena Montesino de Stuart

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TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:  Ave Maria Florida and First Amendment +The People’s Republic of Ave Maria, Florida + Ave Maria University + The Jackson Laboratory + Workshops and Resources for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research + Eugenics + Margaret Sanger + Tom Monaghan + Tom Golisano +  Nicholas J. Healy Jr., President of AMU + Barron Collier Companies + The Ave Maria Stewardship Community District.

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