Hal
was a Widower and had a daughter, Danica, from a previous marriage.
He then had two children with a new wife who left him when they were
toddlers. (She was reported to have taken up with her Courtenay
lawyer.) When our BC Family Courts put Hal through
it's torments of Imputed Income,
Gleaned Wages,
State Imposed Homelessness,
and
Debtor's Prison, they imposed these same torments on his
daughter Danica, then a Tween. Hal points out the Support Tables
assume the only children to support are the Payee's children.
You can see where that left Hal & Danica: homeless and
dependent on the kindnesses of neighbors.
EVERY other weekend for the past four and a half years, I've spent
three precious days with my two adolescent daughters. We play tennis
in summer, ski in winter, travel when the school schedule allows.
But no matter where we are, we're all keenly aware of the thin
membrane of secrecy that keeps us from being as close as we were
before their mom and I divorced. <Equal
Parenting eliminates this!!!>
Like most divorced fathers, I'm caught in
exactly the kind of nightmarish situation that experts on stress say
to avoid a great deal of responsibility, but very little power.I'm
the major source of support for my children; my financial
obligations are set by the state, and my wages automatically
garnished. (If I lost my job tomorrow, and couldn't keep up with my
payments, a warrant for my arrest would be issued within two
months.) But my influence over how my daughters are being raised is
limited, sometimes by decisions their mother makes that I have no
input into, and sometimes by their allegiance to her when she and I
are at odds. ... They'll forget to tell me
some detail of their lives or downright lie if they have to so I
won't feel sad that I've missed something they shared with their
mom, or raise issue over some decision she's made with which I might
not agree. As a result, I sometimes come away from visits or phone
calls feeling shaken, saddened and angry. My ex and I
have been to court over support issues, and we've been to court over
custody issues, and the legal battles inevitably trap our children
in the middle and force them to choose sides. Sadly, this is exactly
what not to do if you want to foster a loving parent-child bond. In
a study by a child psychologist, ...
The first step toward fostering a father and child reunion is to
make private mediation of the parenting provisions (physical
custody, legal custody and visiting) the standard procedure.
Allowing parents the chance to negotiate their support and
possibly give fathers more of a say in how their support is spent
will decrease the vitriol, and let fathers feel more like parents,
not just paychecks.
Second, we need to enact and enforce
sensible penalties for interfering with visits. Jailing a mother
is no way to solve the dispute; neither are financial penalties
that hurt her ability to care for the child. But mediation
perhaps compelled by the threat of financial penalty might be
the solution. It's estimated that one in five children of
divorce has not seen his or her father in the past year. Without
substantial rethinking of our current support and custody law,
children will continue to be alienated from their fathers, and
lawyers will remain on hand to soak up the resulting legal fees.
Just this month, I received a summons to attend a custody
conference at the Allentown, Pa., courthouse, and another letter
informing me that an accounting error has left me short on
support payments, and that my passport may be suspended. I want
to shield my daughters from these harsh truths. So these are the
secrets I'll be trying to keep from them as we gather together
for Father's Day. What secrets will they be keeping from
me?
Stephen Perrine, the editor in chief of Best Life magazine, is
the author of the forthcoming "Desperate Husbands."
Wilbur Street, RIP: Judicial Manslaughter, August 14, 2004
Street,
Kimberly, daughter of Wilbur Street, RIP
"Pass
on. This was a man who was illegally arrested and sent to jail on
a bench warrant and the judge refused to let him speak in his own
defense, yelled at him and ordered the sheriffs to take him away.
He had
Lou Gehrig's Disease. This absolutely disgusts me. The
guy could not work but the judge felt he could work and pay child
support. Judge Kieser is disgraceful. Also, Wilbur's ex-wife
and her attorney are disgraceful. They have no moral compass.
... "
"Description:
Since the introduction of the so called “No
Fault Divorce” in Canada, the divorce industry has
evidenced unprecedented growth estimated at $6 billion
per year. The problem is that the Legal / Court industry
thrives off the $B’s generated by Tax payers and
Families in crises. For this they provide no value and
in fact cause destruction of families by unnecessarily
removing fathers from children’s lives and lowering the
standard of living for all family members. This is done through
unnecessary litigation, biased decisions and
unreasonable support orders which escalate conflict to
perpetuate the status quo in support of their self
serving business. The Solution is to update divorce laws
to reflect parental equality and get families out of
court eliminating significant grief and $'s wasted by
families and taxpayers. An alternative to courts is
identified in the book."
From: David
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 4:30 AM
Subject: In Memoriam -- Wilbur Street
I first met Wilbur several years ago, before the first time the goons of the New
Jersey family court circus beat him up over a totally bogus child support arrest
warrant. Wilbur had been paying according to the terms of a court order, but the
goons of the New Jersey child support office demanded that he pay a
different way. When Wilbur continued to pay according to the court order, they
refused to credit the payments, declared him in arrears, and got a rubber stamp
arrest warrant issued. When they came to his door and Wilbur asked what this was
about, the deputies simply pushed in his door and assaulted him, right in front
of his daughter, who
was also there.
I still have a haunting picture of Wilbur taken shortly after his release a few
days later. He had a black eye and bruises all over his face. They claimed that
Wilbur "resisted arrest", but Wilbur was a strapping six footer with a black
belt in martial arts in perfect health (at that time), and if he had resisted
arrest the most likely result is that none of the deputies would have walked
away from it. But none of the deputies were injured at all, only Wilbur. As I
recall that was on a Wednesday. Wilbur was released on the next Saturday after
the child support agency admitted that he didn't owe any money.
Things went from bad to worse after that as the deputies lied their ass off to
cover up their assault, and the child support agency colluded with the courts to
concoct more bogus arrearages to continually issue more bogus arrest warrants
despite the fact that Wilbur had never in his life failed to appear in court on
any summons, and to my knowledge was never behind in child support until the
continual legalistic assaults of the goons destroyed his ability to make a
living.
I helped bail Wilbur out a couple of times, and talked to his wife and his
parents several times. Understandably they were quite distressed at the
situation as Wilbur became locked in conflict with these goons, who were
obviously trying to simply "bury" Wilbur under a mountain of legalistic cow
poop. I tried to encourage Wilbur to find a way to de-escalate the conflict, and
I think Wilbur tried his best do do that, although he had a strong idealistic
streak in him about the Constitution and what ought to be a seamless majesty of
law and justice in the courts that made it hard for him to compromise with what
he perceived as absolute evil and corruption. His mother who had lived under the
Nazis in WWII said this reminded her of that, and she was shocked that this was
happening in America.
At a certain point his second wife bailed out on him, saying, "I just can't take
it any more." To an extent that is understandable, but she went too far when she
apparently got mixed up with radical feminist types who encouraged her to file
bogus restraining orders, etc. Through it all, Wilbur tried his best to maintain
contact with his daughter from his first marriage, who wanted to live with
Wilbur instead of her mother (I have emails from her to prove this). It's a
classic case of the anti-father bigotry and ignorance, and the sheer brutality
of the family court circus and the child support Gestapo destroying a second
family after it destroyed the first. These goons could care less that both
mothers and the children are worse off after they destroyed Wilbur, because all
the goons really care about is keeping federal money flowing from
misguided federal subsidies and incentives that fuel the War on Fathers.
There have been many casualties in the War on Fathers, many of them horror
stories at least as bad as what happened to Wilbur, such as Brian Armstrong who
was beaten to death in a New Hampshire jail by the child support Gestapo, a
crime that "the system" covered up. Wilbur did his best to seek justice for
Brian (which never came), console his family, and keep his memory alive.
We will do the same for Wilbur.
One of the best ideas that I've seen would be to demand a federal "Wilbur's Law"
that prohibits imprisonment for child support debt, and bans warrants for arrest
or seizure of property "except upon probable cause" (does anyone remember the
4th Amendment?). The worst abuse of the child support Gestapo in Wilbur's final
arrest is that they had to know or should have known of Wilbur's deteriorating
medical condition, and that therefore any arrearage at that time could not have
been because of contempt of court, and therefore whoever signed that warrant was
guilty of reckless disregard for the truth and/or malicious and gross negligence
causing wrongful death. They also knew or should have known enough about
Wilbur's character by that time, to know that if they had simply issued a
subpoena, that there is not the slightest chance that Wilbur would not have
appeared in court if he could possibly have made it. If anyone was guilty of
contempt of court here, it was the judge who signed the bogus final warrant that
the goons of the child support Gestapo churned out. If that judge and those
goons had a tenth of the regard for the Constitution and due process that Wilbur
had, they should now arrest themselves and stay in jail until they purge their
souls of their contempt for the Constitution and due process that Wilbur fought
for to his last breath.
Wilbur's spirit was like a blazing star in the fight for truth and justice that
passed from us too soon. Wilbur's fighting spirit will never die, but
lives on in the memories of those who knew him, and can only re-double our
determination to fight on to inevitable final victory in the cause for which he
gave the last full measure of devotion. He's gone to be with the others in a
better place now. But the next time I see a comet in the night sky, I'll know
that it was sent to remind us of a spirit that those who knew Wilbur can never
forget.
David
Please forward this message to any place you feel is appropriate.
Sign and distribute the petition for RESTORATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. Ed "RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE" WARd http://www.petitiononline.com/RitesABC/petition.html
Wilbur Streett
16 Crescent Place
Hazlet, NJ 07730
(732) 888-1858
I have just received a notice in the US Mail that a bench warrant will issue for
failure to appear in front of a hearing officer in the state of New Jersey.
But then the NJ Constitution specifically states that ONLY JUDGES have
authority, and they have documented numerous times that Hearing Officers only
have authority if the parties consent, OR ARE ON PROBATION. I am not on
probation, and certainly did not consent, having pointed out that the Judge and
multiple hearing officers in this matter that the State of New Jersey has NO
JURISDICTION on numerous occasions. Yet this process has once again
occurred.
But the the even more simple process of having the Welfare Department computer
print out a warrant and a Judge rubber stamp it has occurred 166,000 times in the
state of New Jersey. These acts constitute the LARGEST CRIMINAL RACKET that I
have ever become aware of in my entire life.
But since Welfare pays for these crimes, they pretend that IT IS OK to commit
FIRST DEGREE FELONIES. (I have a copy of the contract if you want to see it).
In particular, Racketeering, Kidnapping, and Extortion. (quoted along with URLs
from the NJ Legislature pages at the bottom of this email).
In this particular case, this entire matter comes down to Jurisdiction, as in
does the court have authority to act in this matter. The N.J.S.A Statute which
specifically addresses jurisdiction:
2A:4-30.71 Establishment of support order, jurisdictional
basis.
7. a. A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to
establish a support order if the complaint, petition or comparable pleading is
filed after a complaint or comparable pleading is filed in another state only
if:
(1) the complaint, petition or comparable pleading in this
State is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state for
filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by
the other state;
a complete copy of this law can be verified at:
Sec. 3012. Service of pleadings and demand for complaint. (a) Service of
pleadings. The complaint may be served with the summons. A subsequent pleading
asserting new or additional claims for relief shall be served upon a party who
has not appeared in the manner provided for service of a summons. In any other
case, a pleading shall be served in the manner provided for service of papers
generally. Service of an answer or reply shall be made within twenty days after
service of the pleading to which it responds.
The original challenge to Jurisdiction was filed on Feb 2,
2001, a copy of which can be supplied to any party interested. Twenty days
after February 2, 2001 is February 22, 2001. No response to that jurisdictional
challenge has ever been supplied. In addition, the actual wording of NJSA
2A:4-30.71 would put the date to 20 days from the date of unlawful service,
which was January 17, 2001, or February 6th, 2001.
Yet the state of New Jersey claims that a UIFSA petition filed on June 28, 2001
is somehow within 20 days? This FACT has been supplied to the court over seven
times now, in "special appearances" which did not grant jurisdiction and
specifically challenged jurisdiction. The previous special appearances were in
substantially the same form as the one referenced above, but didn't ask for a
quarter million dollars in fees for the injuries that I have been suffering. As
a result of the numerous special appearances that have been filed, and no
response ever having been made, the parties are currently in default for an
amount of $542,500. The primary party being Judge McGann. In any matter, when
Jurisdiction is challenged, it must be shown by the Plaintiff. Yet there are
now NINE DEFAULTS filed on each of the special appearances that have been filed.
Yet they still pretend to have jurisdiction in this matter.
I have also filed the criminal charge of "Official
Misconduct" on Judge McGann for acting without Jurisdiction, specifically after
he was notified numerous times. Despite the rules of the court that declare
that any Judge making a ruling must do a finding of fact and conclusion of law,
the Judge who heard the charges did not make such a ruling. A Motion for
Reconsideration was filed, and the Judge has been sitting on it for almost 2
months now.
It's very clear that Feb 2, 2001 to June 28, 2001 is NOT
twenty days, and any proceeding against me by the Judge, after having been fully
informed, is a criminal act. Particularly when there has been NO RESPONSE from
any party. But then there are already $292,500 in "Final Judgement by Default"
stamped received against this Judge, and the other actors in the criminal
racket. But then the "Final Judgement By Defaults" which have been filed with
the court have been DESTROYED TWO TIMES ALREADY. (Destroying court documents is
a crime). This copy was served by hand, and I have stamped received copies..
they were supposed to be heard the next day by a clerk, but they have now
rescheduled them for the Judge for the 20th of this month. Despite that they
are to be signed by the CLERK, they have been scheduled to be heard in front OF
THE SAME JUDGE who would be liable, and already has criminal charges on him
regarding this matter.
Since I had previously received a notice to appear in front
of this hearing officer last Monday. I specifically filed a motion to VOID all
of the orders of Mr. McGann, since he is WITHOUT JURISDICTION on an EMERGENT
BASIS, since this criminal acts continue against me. I also filed a motion to
recuse Judge McGann, and a special appearance pointing out once again that the
the court has NO JURISDICTION in this matter. I spent a lot of time, digging up
the concept of Jurisdiction in the courts, even quoting US Supreme Court cases
which get into the entire Jurisdiction matter:
and despite that these were "EMERGENT" motions to be heard THE SAME DAY, they
are now scheduled for September 20th as well. Yet the chief family court Judge,
Eugene Iadanza, is the one the signed the order that I received today. The
release figure is set to $5,000 dollars. This constitutes yet another felony
act against me. I will be filing charges on Monday, both state and federal,
against NUMEROUS PARTIES. But despite the claims that I failed to appear, I
filed a "special appearance" once again, documenting that they have NO
JURISDICTION over this matter. Too bad I have stamped filed copies. Judge
Iadanza will receive a motion for reconsideration on Monday, along with copies
of the Emergent Motion once again. In the "Motion for Reconsideration" it will
be documented to him how he is personally liable for the criminal acts that he
has committed if he does not immediately recall the order. Anyone interested in
contacting him can do so via the Monmouth County phone number (732) 431-7000.
The more press coverage, the more likely that he will abide by the LAW.
But then yesterday I confirmed that Judge Iadanza is on vacation this week.
I was told that Judge Mellaci was hearing his cases. So I wrote up yet another
"EMERGENT ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE DECLARING VOID JUDGMENTS VOID AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF" and specifically had to pay a messenger service to serve this. But they were told that Judge Mellaci was not hearing the matter, that
instead it was Judge Colago. That Judge's clerk refused to receive the papers,
claiming that they had to be filed with the court clerk. So the messenger
service specifically got them filed with the court clerk.
The Court Clerk then scheduled the "EMERGENT MOTION" in front
of Judge McGann. This despite that obviously a different Judge has been
involved. I also specifically wrote on the cover page..
This is an EMERGENT matter as I am currently under threat of false arrest and
numerous other acts which constitute first degree felony acts as the result of
orders signed without jurisdiction. a complete copy can be found at:
But the court clerk pretends it's not an emergency, and once
again that the Judge with criminal charges on him and pecuniary interests can
hear this matter, on the 20th, despite that another Judge signed the order.
I went to the FBI and explained how these constituted criminal acts. The
investigator told me that they would not investigate. This despite having
documented that this is a multi-state problem, and specifically that it was
funded by the FEDERAL welfare department. I also explained the gross abuses of
the fourth amendment, which I mentioned above, and how 166,000 warrants in
violation of the fourth amendment were being issued in the State of New Jersey
every year. He refused to investigate. I specifically left the papers there
which document my personal emergency in this matter.
He also refused to tell me the name of his boss. His only
answer was to "get a lawyer". I expressed to him that he was not to give me
legal advice, but to explain why he didn't believe that this was a crime, and
why he would not investigate. He refused to do either. His name is Sean
Addison. He can be reached (973) 792-3000. I explained to him that the real
domestic terrorism is. I explained to him that 11,000 men are killing
themselves over these sort of matters every year, far in excess of those that
died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. After he refused, and I explained that
he was sworn to uphold the law, I pointed out to him that if he refused to
uphold the law, that I would be required to take the law into my own hands. He
stated, "that would be a mistake".. why could that be? We have a Nation of Law,
and the government specifically engages in first degree felonies, and the
responsible parties refuse to uphold the law. The "right to revolution" was
defined in the Declaration of Independence for a reason.
If the Press does not start to report these first degree felony ABUSES OF
TAXPAYER MONEY, then we will indeed end up in a revolution. Michel Foucault,
the man credited with PostModerism, and who was the Professor of Philosophy at
the University of Paris, documented that all the revolutions since the 1,400s
have come about through three factors:
1. The abuse of Judicial Authority
2. The use of Special Masters
3. The creation of Debtors Prison
We already have all three factors going on only through the policy put into
place by Welfare. Despite the law and Constitutional protectins put into place
to prevent these abuses.
But then I haven't even told the rest of the abuses that I've suffered
Last year, three weeks after I served a federal lawsuit over this matter:
here
I specifically subpeona'd the CHIEF JUSTICE of the NJ SUPREME
COURT, Debora Poritz, and numerous other parties. They claimed that I had not
show the
relevance, and quashed them all. I had to write up a document which showed the
relevance of the subpeonas
here
but the court claims that I do not have the right to subpeona these people. I'm
sorry, but my research specifcally shows otherwise:
But before I could file that on the court, they arrested me, despite the law
that specifically states that when you're in court on a criminal matter, as a
witness, you can not be arrested in a civil matter. Then the Judge that I
appeared in front of was misinformed and it was claimed that I had "turned
myself in" and I explained that I'm out of work, and was released on "street
release" AKA PROBATION. But then a man on probation who is sentenced to make a
monthly payment is given notice, and a chance to appear in front of the court,
to explain why he did not make the payment.
But fathers are routinely jailed without notice, even when
they have made the payments. The four guys with me in the chain gang had
documentation that the money was taken OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECKS.
But we already have a Welfare State which has usurped the law, which has been
the cause of the failures of all societies in history. Also specifically
documented by Foucault. I'm sure that if we spent the money that welfare spends
committing these felony acts on National Security, we would not have had 9/11.
But then less people died on 9/11 then fathers that commit suicide over the
abuses such as I documented above. Were it not for my wife supporting me, I'd
already be dead. But then my other daughters fish, Dorothy, (aka Elmo's fish)
died back on 9/11 last year.
Rather ironic, when I was walking by the World Trade Center one day, about 10
years ago, and tried to see the top of the "twin towers", I flashed back to
trying to balance myself seeing my parents faces when I was a child. I made the
connection back to parents being the twin towers in our lives when were are
small. But I see that my parents made me who I am, and explained the world to
me so that I have a better life than they did. My mother went through the
second world war, and a concentration camp, and my father grew up in a military
school. My father made a deal with my mother that she would stay at home, and
he could do whatever necesary to support the family. He did this so that his
children would have a family, unlike the childhood that he had.
I have a picture that my current wife took of me holding my first daughter on
top of the World Trade Center:
After a Judge ordered that I couldn't see Kimberly, my first
daughter, she sent me this picture. Yet, with numerous times in court, and with
no reason given, I am prevented from seeing her. Kimberly has became suicidal,
and failed out of the honor's classes she was in. She almost failed the entire
school year last year, and is now on psychiatric drugs. Yet with NO REASON
SHOWN for me not being able to see her, and the suffering that has been
documented to the court, they still prevent me from seeing her. Oh yeah, when
Probation stole the money from me, my ex could afford a lawyer (liar).
The Don Henley song, "In a New York Minute" Everything can change. That song
starts about a man committing suicide by stepping in front of a train. But when
we destroy our system of law, and allow first degree felonies to occur ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY at taxpayer expense, with the goal to foster the practice of
family law, fill up the jails, and destroy the family to allow the government
to continue it's intrusion on our lives, we'll end up in a welfare state, and
fail, just like all other societal failures in history.
But then I heard that the father and eyewitness that I found to the Brian
Armstrong HOMICIDE has liver cancer and will probably be dead in six months.
Despite the victory against the
Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) thanks to France's withdrawal
from the negotiations in October 1998 - questions remain. Why were governments
ready to sign this scandalous treaty and renounce huge areas of their
sovereignty, without any discernible advantage in exchange? The only explanation
seems to be, as Marx and Engels put it, that "modern state power is merely the
executive committee charged with managing the affairs of the bourgeoisie" (1).
If you wish to see just how far this has already occurred, check out the
International Law known as the "Technology Transfer
Agreement" which allows the licensing of "technology" from France to
the USA and payments for that license to be made TAX FREE on both sides of the
border. In other words, a company can pretend to create a
technology and license it to a US company and move funds out of the country with
no taxation and no limit. I personally know of two such instances, and I'm not even
looking for them.,
Wilbur
Pass on. This was a man who was illegally arrested and sent to jail on a bench
warrant and the judge refused to let him speak in his own defense, yelled at him
and ordered the sheriffs to take him away. He had Lou Gehrig's Disease. This
absolutely disgusts me. The guy could not work but the judge felt he could
work
and pay child support. Judge Kieser is disgraceful. Also, Wilbur's ex-wife and
her attorney are disgraceful. They have no moral compass. ...
Melanie
Subject: Re: Wilbur Streett,
Eric,
I hope some of these remarks can eventually be passed to Wilbur's family.
Stephen (Baskerville)
****************
I knew Wilbur Streett personally from his occasional visits to Washington and
from many phone conversations. Our relationship was mostly business, by
necessity, but naturally I did glimpse some of his personal life. I knew that
he dearly loved his children, not because he said so (anyone can say so), but
because of the brutality he endured for their sake at the hands of the
authorities. It always amazes me how people can make easy assumptions about
men's lack of feeling for their children because, for the most part, men don't
talk about their love or tell other people about it or cry about it. They just
put their lives on the line.
In his political work on behalf of others, Wilbur likewise proved his dedication
not only with words but with deeds. He publicly confronted the Vice
President of the United States, who was playing fast and loose with some facts
in a speech here in Washington. Wilbur faced down Al Gore and won the exchange
by having the facts at hand and telling the truth. In doing so, he anticipated
precisely the kind of actions that are now being undertaken on a larger scale in
Britain, with the result that the divorce industry is now on the defensive in
the national media of that country, and leaders of the major parties are calling
for reform. Where might we be in this country if we had more fathers of the
courage of Wilbur Streett?
I remember another incident during the same weekend when Wilbur challenged Vice
President Gore. It was at conference of the National Fatherhood Initiative,
which was taking place on Capitol Hill. Cathy Young's cover story, "The Sadness
of the American Father," had just come out in The American Spectator. Very few
people knew about it, even at a major "fatherhood" conference. I had a copy and
was showing it around, but Wilbur immediately went over to the B. Dalton
bookstore in Union Station, bought every copy of the shelf, and began
distributing it to the top people at the conference. That was typical of
his willingness to do what had to be done.
Wilbur had an unpretentious exterior that disguised a sharp intellect. He was
one of the few who recognized how critical the death of
Brian Armstrong was.
Along with
Bob Burk, another fallen hero, he worked tireless to expose the truth
behind Armstrong's brutal death, to ensure that he did not die in vain. We all
owe the same to Bob and Wilbur.
Dear Friends:
I spoke this morning with Mrs. Juliette Street, Wilbur's mother, at
length.
I don't need to explain what the loss of a child is to a parent. Their pain is
especially acute in view of the tragic turn of events in their son's life and
the inhumane, cruel treatment he received. Mrs. Street, who is originally from
Luxemburg, in the course of our conversation felt only a German saying would
best describe the treatment her son received, but my German is too poor for me
to understood the two sayings she used well enough.
She said that Wilbur was always a talented person, as a child and later on
in life, as a recognized software engineer, musician, dedicated father and son,
and more. Wilbur, who was 44, is survived by a younger brother, 43, and both of
his parents. Wilbur's brother is a great source of strength and support for the
family at this grievous time. His Father is a US Armed Forces veteran, so Wilbur
and his brother received part of their education in Europe, where their dad was
stationed. Mrs. Street lamented that she should have insisted on them staying in
Europe. The family is devastated and they wish to hold a very private funeral.
Mrs. Street said they might be open to meeting with people,
talking and more, after they recover a little, but at this juncture the tortured
family just wants peace and privacy. The private funeral will be held on Tuesday
or Wednesday.
We should respect their wishes and pray for them.
Eric Ross.
Attorney Barbara Johnson Receives Telephone Call from Wilbur
Streett's 18-Year-Old Daughter
Folks, I just received a surprise phone
call from Kimberly, Wilbur Streett's oldest child. She is 18.
(Julia is now 7 and Nicholas is 4.) We spoke of Fathers
Day 2003, when I saw Wilbur and Julia in Washington, D.C.
"I was not allowed to see him that
Fathers Day," she said sadly. But during the rest
of the conversation, Kimberly grew strong. She was just a
delight. She adored her Dad. "I'll never love anyone as
much as I loved him," she said. "He was the best
person I've ever known." And then she added, "But
for him, I wouldn't have seen the beauty of the world." She
spoke of his dedication to fathers' rights. He said he had to
change the world. That was his favorite song, Eric Clapton's
"Change the World."
She wants to hear from all his friends. He
had a feeling of commitment. He told her, "Don't give up."
She said, "That is something he would never do.""Oh, tell everyone, he was not arrested in a wheelchair."
She was convinced that her Dad would not let that happen. He
would stand proud. "The courts killed him, you know."
"Yes, I, too, believe they did. All that
stress exacerbated his illness." (Lou Gehrig's.) "It
all began when they arrested him and beat him," she
insisted. Kimberly said she would have called and written
folks, but her grandparents took Wilbur's cell phone, which had
everyone's number in it. She knew where to find mine. She wished
she had Bob Cheney's phone number. He and her Dad were good
friends. "They (her grandparents) wouldn't even let me attend his
Memorial Service." But, thankfully, they gave her
Wilbur's computer.
Lots of folks are calling her grandparents,
but they do not want the calls. She, on the other hand, does not
want her Dad to be forgotten, so, folks, she wants to hear from
everyone. Her Dad called her every day, and she misses that
special phone call. "On the 12th, when I didn't get it, I knew
something was wrong." That young woman-child needs lots of
support at this time. She is charming to speak to . . . upbeat.
Wilbur, clearly, must have been an absolutely wonderful father
to make such a wonderful person as his daughter Kimberly.
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I first met Wilbur several years ago, before the first time the goons of the New
Jersey family court circus beat him up over a totally bogus child support arrest
warrant. Wilbur had been paying according to the terms of a court order, but the
goons of the New Jersey child support office demanded that he pay a
different way. When Wilbur continued to pay according to the court order, they
refused to credit the payments, declared him in arrears, and got a rubber stamp
arrest warrant issued. When they came to his door and Wilbur asked what this was
about, the deputies simply pushed in his door and assaulted him, right in front
of his daughter, who
was also there. 
