I live in Georgia. How do i prove to my legislators that the people who run Darrington are the same crew as are responsible for Tranquility Bay in Jamaica, Dundee, Paradise Cove, Casa, etc?
The politicians are going to want me to lay the facts on the table and prove it, not just allege it. Can anybody help me do that?
There's a lot of stuff on the internet. What I need are:
Copies of newspaper stories with citations to the specific newspaper, the reporter's name, and the date published.
Copies of the incorporation paperwork or ownership of the land or something that shows the link to Darrington, with citations to the public records.
Copies of the incorporation paperwork or land ownership or something in hard ink that shows the interlocking web of Litchfield ownership and involvement.
Copies of the Litchfield's political campaign giving records in Utah and elsewhere.
I have a book deadline to meet, I just can't track this stuff down. Unfortunately. But if someone else can help me assemble it, I know it's what my state legislators and the staffers in the governor's office are going to want to see. It's an election year. I have enough experience politicking that if I have this hard documentation---not just a bunch of people on the internet said--I can get these legislators to sit up and take notice.
Since I live in the Atlanta area, I've got local access to the seats of power. I can hit up our state lobbyist from one of my other issues (hubby's on the BoD) to get the names of people to talk to in the various legislators' offices or maybe even get introductions.
But I can't do anything without the paper trail.
When I get a meeting with each guy/gal, whether official or staffer, I have to be able to make my pitch, then they're going to ask me to back up what I'm saying.
I have to be able to hand them a well-organized packet with a summary recapping my pitch, footnoted to the hard paper trail in the packet.
I don't think our legislators have a clue what these people are like or that they've extended their tentacles into our state. I think they'd be appalled if they knew. I think if I talk to them, I can convince them to shut it down. But I can't put together the packet on my own--not this year.
Julie
