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1 <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br /> <br />Hall that stands behind its citizens' beliefs. In <br />Richmond ~he citizens are s~ing their City Council and <br />Administrato~ because they refuse ~o enforce <br />MinnesoUa Obscenity Law passed in 1988 and oecause <br />nave ignored =ne mass of complaints handed into =ne Chief <br />of Police. Having =alKed wita .people in other cities <br />are fighting pornography, I nave learned with <br />corporation of our city, with citizens such as we nave <br />experienced here in Ramsey, is aighly unusual. For the <br />record, I would Ii~e =o say I'm very gra~eful for all <br />¢iuy has done and is doing in standing behind tee beliefs <br />of its citizens. <br /> <br /> I am especially concerned with the manner in w~icn <br />children are nut= by tee smut sold under the auspices of <br />adult entertainment because I was a vic=im of =his evil <br />product wBen I was child.. AU the age of six, I was <br />sexually assaul=ed by a s=ranger wac urapped me when £ <br />separated from my paren~ for jusu a ma=ret of moments. <br />La,ar when £ was ten -- ten, a friend of our family, whom <br />I and Known ali my life and whom I oared for and ~rus~ed, <br />sexually assaulted me. In Do=h cases, pornography played <br />an integral part in their assaut~. <br /> <br /> Pat Paterson, wac was a counselor and nas worked for <br />women of 34 sexual victimization crises cea=ers ~ere in <br />Minneso=a, ~as dealt wi~a ove£ t,000 cases of sexual <br /> <br />ADAMS COURT REPORTING <br />(612) 375-9150 <br /> <br /> <br />