we are so close to helping them realize their goal of not being evicted, just another $900 to go , remember the #XmasSpirit and be a #Hero #Whistleblower needs our help: #Whistleblower John Bolenbaugh and his family are being evicted at Christmas after judge drops Enbridge Law suit: gofundme/christmas-eviction I John Bolenbaugh am ashamed to ask for help But I am desperate. We will be in court to be Evicted Dec. 29th and if we dont have the $2625 we will be without a home. Plus fees. Courtney doesnt want her friends and family to know that we are in bad shape. It is embarrassing. But I am out of options. We have nothing to sell. And my new job doesnt start for a few weeks. So right now I am the stay at home dad for Zayna. Babysitting, dishes, laundry, dinner, cleaning. And am very happy to do so. But it is not enough. I am not a eligant or even a good writer, but what I am about to say comes from my heart. I am trying to explain my situation in some detail. I am what most would call a Environmental Whistle Blower. I use to work under Enbridge during the 2010 Tar Sand oil spill in Kalamazoo Michigan. I made amazing money. But I couldnt sleep at night watching massive amounts of oil being buried and left behind in my community. I knew if I didnt speak up that generations of people would get sick from drinking or swimming in the contaminated water. I told the EPA and my head supervisor I was not going to allow Enbridge to do this to my community and the very next morning I was fired. I lost a job and life long career working for my family building pipelines making a middle 6 figure income. I went from a well paid Union worker to a poor Tar Sand activist over night. So Courtney has only seen the side of me that has worked for free for 2 years since I met her. She didnt ever see the side of me where I worked everyday until I had blisters on my hands and bringing in a healthy income. Now I cant even afford to pay my Union dues at Labors union 355 because they were skipping over me for work. And 355 testified under oath to that. I have not been given work like other workers do. So I am now 6 months behind in dues. As a result I have to take a $10 an hour plowing job instead of getting a $18 to $24 an hour Union job. And the Union calls themselves brothers after they screw one over. When I met Courtney I had a huge 350 ford dually truck with a plow. I sold it for $10,000 soon after we met to buy 1,000 yard signs where I drove to DC and gave them away for free at a huge Environmental protest. I did this to expose the cover up by sending people to my Tarsandtruth.org web site for information. So then we only had one car for the two of us which Courtney owned the car. This made it even harder on us as a family. For several years now I have been proving the lies and the cover up. I interviewed over a hundred sick residents including police officers, county commissioners, polititions, and many more. I spent day and night for the first 2 straight years 365 days a year 12 hours a day investigating and proving everything I ever said. I was even getting slashed tires, cut breaks, death threats and assaults for doing so. And the more I learned about the MSDS sheet from Enbridge stating that the toxic chemicals that over 15,000 of us breathed in, can kill you with a few breaths or cause future cancer, tumors, leukemia, kindney and liver damage, mis carriages and deformities and much much more. So I even worked harder after I gained this knowledge. I was sacrificing my family time and well being to help others. Which caused many arguments. But Courtney was always in support of my dreams to help others. She was just hoping it would all pay off someday. Courtney is just tired of living pay check to pay check on one income for the 3 of us. And I dont blame her. All she wanted when I met her was a family. She wants security for our family like any normal woman does. When I met Courtney and fell in Love. It was true LOVE at first site. Courtney supported my crusade for the last 2 years of the 4 years I have been doing this. So I could help my community even more. But during this time Courtney had our daughter (Zayna which is now 4 months old) We had no Income for almost two months and we got behind on our several loans, bills and rent. This is 100% my fault. Because I was working everyday for over year preparing for a December 2014 trial. Over this last year we were having Enbridge supervisors and workers testify under oath at depositions. I was gathering documents and driving to Grand Rapids, Southfield, Detroit, Marshall, Battle Creek many many times. We gathered so much damaging information against Enbridge. We thought it would be a for sure win at a Jury trial from our peers. And I would be repaid for my lost time and all the work I put in. BUT THEN, The Judge Kingsley shocked us all and dropped my lawsuit against Enbridge 2 weeks before my trial date of Dec. 9th and 4 weeks before he retires for NO logical good reason. Even a 3 attorney panel did a evaluation and all agreed my case had merit and a finacial award at a Jury trial. And the Judge still dropped the case. Something is fishy but I have no proof. So now we have no money and no way to catch up. And I can only appeal if I can afford to purchase the court transcripts in the next 30 days which I cant afford. So we were royally screwed by Enbridge and the Judge. So now I have no Attorney and no case. Unless I Appeal. And I will need additional help soon to even do that. And to top it off, I just turned down the settlement money before the Judge dropped the case, because I REFUSED a gag order and I didnt want to be called a sell out. I wanted to be a Whistle Blower that didnt give into the money. And went all the way to get the exposure from a under oath court proceedings. I wanted Enbridge to get what they deserved in the court of law. I take full responsibility for where we are today. I spent to many hours helping others and not enough making sure we didnt get behind on family bills. I worked my ass off everyday but I have realized that helping the world doesnt pay the bills. I let my family down. And until I get funding for the documentary I have no choice but to put it on the back burner no matter how important it is to North America. Family comes 1st. So rent and Job is my first priority. Courtneys back to work now and I was just hired to plow snow when the snow season starts. So for the first time in my life I am praying for snow. I would take any current job I can get but I am limited to a job with-in walking distance of our country home. Because we only have one car and Courtney needs it for her Job. But we will be in court to be Evicted Dec. 29th and if we dont have the $2625 plus fees, we will be without a home. I have never in almost 5 years ever asked for help with my personal bills. NOT ONCE. Every dime I had, Courtney had or any small donations all went towards the oil spill investigation, gas, SD cards, hard drives, cameras, signs and T shirts. I have spent my life savings of $37,000 out of my own pocket with nothing to gain. But heartaches and the satisfaction of knowing that we helped others. And Courtney has chipped in gas, signs and Sd cards on many occasions since we started dating 2 years ago to help out. Last year we had NO presents at all under our tree and this year looks like it will be the same. But God did give us Zayna on Christmas day last year. And beside Courtney it was the best present in the entire world. And I thank God every single day for both of them. Presents are the last thing on my mind. A roof over our head is what is most important to my family right now. We are a happy family with a daughter that melts our heart with every smile. I beg of you to please help me help my family. I have sacrificed everything proving this cover up, and I dont want to lose my home and family in the process. Courtney and my daughter need me to be the man I need to be and step up and support the family more than ever right now. I will not stop going after Enbridge and trying to get the transcripts and the appeal going, But right now my family needs me to get our bills in order and I need your help digging ourselves out of this hole. Courtney has givien up so much in the last two years to help me help all of you. Help me prove to her that my long hours helping others wasnt in vain. And that people do care and appricieate that my 8,000 hours of free hard work that got an extra $500,000,000 of the 1.2 Billion spent on the toxic tar sand oil clean up. Remember this is after Enbridge and the EPA said it was 100% clean in Early 2012. The more videos I made and the more I complained the more that was re-cleaned and re-dug up from our community and waterways, which will save many future lives. We have even put off getting married until after the lawsuit because I wanted to give Courtney the wedding she deserves. And again because the lawsuit was dropped, I have let her down. All this Heartache I have given her just because I wanted to help change the world for the better. For my daughter and her future kids. Not because I personally want things. Money is not a desire of mine. But because I want the Love of my life to have a man she can be proud of and that wont let her down. And I am not doing a very good Job at keeping a roof over our head. Please donate what ever you can afford. And if you cant donate please tweet, share and email this to all of your friends. Time is running out. So here are things I am working on. Now and in the future for any supporters out there. #1 to stop the eviction and get back on our feet again. #2 Start work where I actually get a paycheck again. #3 buy the transcripts for the Enbridge Appeal. #4 Get the Documentary made for the world to see. I will not be selling it or charging anyone to see my documentary. It will be free to the world unlike most. #5 get a book published so we can fight these Tar Sand companies with detailed information, documents, depostions and facts. #BCSayNoToEnbridge
Posted on: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 18:01:04 +0000
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