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The President can: - Order the killing of any citizen suspected of terrorism or of supporting terrorists, in violation of the 4tn 5cn 6m and 8th Amendments - Order the indefinite detention of any citizen accused of terrorism, in violation of the 6th Amendment - Decide whether a citizen will be tried in federal court or military tribunal, in violation of the 5th Amendment - Order surveillance of citizens without probable cause, in violation of the 4tn Amendment The federal government "can claim secret legal arguments to support secret [court] proceedings using secret evidence," "in violation of the 4�n 5tn and 6th Amendments. The federal government and its CIA employees can torture suspected terrorists, in I violation of treaties to which the U. S. is a party, and of the Nuremburg Principles of war crimes and human rights. � The federal government can transfer anyone, even U. S. citizens, to other countries for purposes of torture. All of these abuses can be applied to innocent people, even people in this very room. None of us has any legal protection against them. In light of the fact that corporations have exponentially increasing influence in the outcomes of our elections, and therefore in the control of our government, and in light of the bailout of Wall Street at the expense of Main Street, I ask you to begin to help redress this gross subversion of human rights and democratic government by supporting a Constitutional amendment stating that corporations are not people and money is not speech." Chair Pelissier said that this matter will be referred to the agenda review process. Peggy Misch read a prepared statement. "Re: Property Tax Bill Wording 2010 `Past Due after' vs. 2011 `Past Due Date' I come before you today to remind you that I would like further consideration from you from what I think is an error on the county's part that could be addressed in an equitable fashion. If you recall, I read my 2011 Property Tax Bill as the last day the payment could be paid without penalty was January 6, 2012. Because of the rewording on the revised 2011 billing with the `Past Due Date 1/06/2012' instead of the 2010 billing of`Past Due After January 5, 2011', I used January 6 as the final day of payment without penalty. Thus, on January 6, 2012, when I paid the full amount of tax billed me; I received a charge of interest due of$85.45. I note that January 5 has not always been the cut-off date; the 2007 Property Tax bill was worded `Past Due After January 7, 2008', the year I paid my bill in full on January 4, 2008.