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Just watch this SLOW MOTION VIDEO

This is the fourth communiqué from the 99 percent. We are occupying Wall Street.

On September 20th, 2011, we were awoken by police bullhorns around seven in the morning, they objected to us protecting ourselves from the rain. They told us that the tarps suspended above us had to be taken down. We held a General Assembly to determine how to respond. We decided that we would hold the tarps over ourselves and our possessions. The police ripped the plastic away from us. We then scrambled to protect our possessions, primarily the media equipment streaming our occupation to the world. The police were also mostly interested in our cameras, it seems like they don’t want you watching us.

VISIT OCCUPY WALL STREET

Not nearly enough is being done to protect consumers from the con artists that are preying upon them.  The attached is an excellent video, and I encourage everyone to watch it and share it around.  Currently, less than 5,000 people have watched this video, but I know that when you good people get the word out, we can double that in a week.

I don’t have much faith in our elected officials and I’m trying to keep my faith in judges, but the fact of the matter is we all need to do more to get the word out there….this is all of our problem…

This search is the example described in the video.  Two separate foreclosure cases have gone wrong because they foreclosure mills used incorrect legal descriptions.  Unraveling the mess will take years and litigation, but it could be resolved if the foreclosure mills and title companies would recognize the problems and work cooperatively to solve them.  One of the most troubling aspects of this whole mess is the lack of cooperation we advocates get from the attorneys working for the mills. Most of the attorneys are just too overwhelmed to engage in thoughtful or meaningful discussions on any case.

We’ve all got to remember that working together to resolve our client’s conflicts is an obligation and professional responsibility imposed on us by our Oath of Admission to the Florida Bar.

Judges, attorneys, mediators and advocates should all be asking ourselves:

Could the foreclosure crisis have been averted if ethical and responsible attorneys were more involved in the closing and title processes when loans closed?

How can courts who are burdened with this crisis force the parties involved to come up with more pragmatic and real world solutions to the problems? (This means not granting foreclosures on homesteads, but forcing Plaintiff’s attorneys to force their clients to accept real world best-case deals with the existing homeowners.)

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Specific Language in this search that shows yet another problem with the search:

Mortgage to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Amnet Mortgage, Inc., DBA American Mortgage Network ofFlorida, mortgagee(s), recorded under O.R. Book 14877, Page 1301, as assigned to Indymac Federal Bank, FSB, flk/a Indymac Bank, FSB, assignee, by assignment recorded September 21,2009, under O.R. Book 19475, Page 1596, Public Records of Hillsborough County, Florida. (Note: Legal description on Assignment of Mortgage is incorrect)

and yet another example of mixed and confused legal descriptions that cause major title problems

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The point to be made from all this is that the ethical, responsible and concerned legal professionals who are fighting these battles need to convince our judges that we’re trading short term “solutions” for long term, critical problems.  We need to educate judges that summary procedures are a long term danger.  We all must work together to prevent the larger crash that is coming.

Forget all the negative stories about attorneys–remember most are principled, passionate fighters who are dedicated to serving their clients and their communities.  The leaders in the Foreclosure Fight in South Florida are the Fearless Fighters at Ice Legal.

They’re turning out some of the best legal and appellate work in the State, but they’re going and above and beyond in their support of the homeowners in this state and judges in this state.  They’ve generously agreed to sponsor a bus that will take homeowners from West Palm Beach all the way up to Tallahassee.  The response from voters and homeowners to this initiative has been overwhelming. Team Ice wanted to make sure leaders in Tallahassee and the Palm Beach legislative delegation had the opportunity to hear from their neighbors directly…that’s awesome, principled advocacy….for more information on the rally click on the video below…for more information on how to get on the bus click here.

We do not presently have a bus going from Sarasota/Tampa, but if you activists can get us 50 people to commit, we may be able to find a sponsor and have a bus leave from Sarasota…. Because Senator Bennett, sponsor of the Senate Non-Judicial bill is from your area, it would be HUGE to have a group from Southwest Florida up there.  RSVP if you can help us fill a bus from Sarasota!