European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Taxes split the of heaven Bybe Threce the associated press or pastor Paul Revere getting into heaven is easy. It s getting out that s a problem. The last time Revere drove his White car out of the 34-acre kingdom of heaven in Sublimity ore., he wound up in jail for displaying heaven License plates and carrying a heaven issued Driver s License. State officials Haven t heeded Revere s claims of celestial citizenship. Nor do they believe the forested estate Revere Calls the kingdom of heaven embassy belongs to god and is thus exempt from county tax Rolls. Heaven owes More than $10,000 in property taxes and the county plans to foreclose. The kingdom of heaven is not of this world Revere says in response. Revere the slender bearded Leader of the embassy of heaven Church and until 1985 known As state department of transportation employee Craig Douglas flesh Man says it is impossible to serve both cod and the state. He and his followers have renounced their worldly identities and function solely As citizens of heaven. Revere says his flock numbers 200, but Only five currently reside in heaven Paul and his wife Rachel their a sign welcomes visitors to the kingdom of heaven. At left Paul Revere heaven s head displays a passport through the kingdom s embassy. Daughters Brooke 14, and Skye 11, and a scholar named Abraham. The Road to heaven is full of potholes and dust but the paradisiacal plot is Lush with Trees wild berries and a Garden. The Revere family and their pet cat live in a spacious Wood Cabin with a deck overlooking a Stream and a Small hydroelectric Plant provides heaven with Light a typical Day features Revere preaching on various topics Abraham working on his own translation of the Bible and Rachel Brooke and Skye baking bread and carrying out clerical duties. V we Are an earthly kingdom Revere says. Jesus has established his government on Earth just As it is in verily there Are no taxes in heaven. Jesus did not pay taxes he says. My Rule is simple love cod love neighbor. I Don t need 10 books of Oregon statutes to Tell me How to for Revere to participate in a worldly government is blasphemy. And that is the one charge worthy of expulsion from heaven. Revere asks his followers to do what he has done become Uny oked from the governments of the world. Throw away state issued Driver s licenses and social Security cards close Bank accounts give up voting leave Public schools and tear up Library cards. Reject the worldly Bonds of car insurance and vehicle registration. For modest prices kingdom citizens can carry heaven documents kindly issued by Revere from the embassy in Sublimity about 20 Miles Southeast of the seat of state Power in Salem. Though they Are invalid Revere has issued Between 200 and 300 License plates for use in the United states and Mexico. Recently he began printing passports Complete with embossed Gold lettering and a Watermark from heaven. Currency May be next although Revere says i Don t believe handling a Federal Reserve note is he says the group prefers to use Gold and Silver and also relies on generous gifts ranging from bags of wheat to computer systems from area christians. The stars and Stripe wednesday september 7,1994 Short subject congresswoman f Ace troubles in the House by the associated press they share the frustrations of Many other working women male colleagues who talk Down to them or make cracks about their looks or suggest that they use sex Appeal to close a Deal. But this group All of them members of the House of representatives have found a Way to capitalize on their brushes with workplace boors their stories make great feeder for fund raising. Nine democratic congresswoman s tales of chauvinism in the . Capitol helped attract and entertain an overwhelmingly female audience at a fund Raiser for rep. Leslie Byrne d-va., earlier this summer. It followed similar events for rep. Maria Cantwell d-wash., and rep. Lynn Schenk 0 calh., in their districts. And More Are planned. We As women and members of Congress Are going to pull together our resources we re going to work together and we Are going to accomplish our goals rep. Lucille Roybal Allard of California told a Lively audience of about 175 at the Byrne fund Raiser. The event billed As working women of Congress Tell All. Included lots of Praise for Byrne and for women s roles in passing legislation to provide family medical leave ban assault weapons and finance women s health research. But mostly the panel of first term congresswoman talked about what it s like to be one of Only 47 female members of the House that makes it 89 percent male. Rep. Lynn Woolsey also from California said she once upbraided a congressman for referring to one of his aides As the pretty i went of or. Chairman you can t say that Woolsey recalled. And she heard another aide standing Behan Hersay appreciatively she s got balls Byrne recalled appearing before the rules committee to describe a complicated amendment to the budget Bill. When she finished one committee member said i Don t think i like your amendment but you sure brighten the place i can t Tell you How much that Means to me she responded dryly. Rep. Cynthia Mckinney began her Campaign by calling a list of Georgia s movers and shakers male business executives a to ask for their support. Her Telephone Calls weren t returned. Then she realized All the executives had women secretaries and she turned to them for help. I d ask them do you want a woman to. Represent you in Congress they d say "yes1 and i d say you know i m that soon the secretaries were helping her get in to see the Boss. Other democratic congresswoman who spoke at the fund Raiser were Eva Clayton of North Carolina Anna Eshoo of California Carolyn Maloney of new York Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky of Pennsylvania Karen Shepherd of Utah and Cantwell Byrne said minds Are opening up to women in politics. She told about a group of 15 Brownie scouts who came to visit her office and learn what a congresswoman does. One Little Girt raised her hand. Mrs. Byrne she asked can boys be in � Congress too 15
