{"id":37215,"date":"2013-05-29T20:06:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T19:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/texas-woman-says-we-are-the-people-and-we-dont-want-your-smart-meters\/37215\/"},"modified":"2013-05-29T20:06:11","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T19:06:11","slug":"texas-woman-says-we-are-the-people-and-we-dont-want-your-smart-meters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/texas-woman-says-we-are-the-people-and-we-dont-want-your-smart-meters\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Woman Says \u2018We Are The People\u2019 And We Don\u2019t Want Your Smart Meters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Donna Anderson<\/strong><br \/>Infowars.com<br \/>May 29, 2013<br \/><!-- NO_ADS_IN_ARTICLE --><\/p>\n<p>Sheila Hemphill owns a wellness shop in Brady, Texas, and she\u2019s well aware that even small doses of radiation can have harmful effects on the human body. So when the City Council announced they were going to install smart meters on all homes city-wide, she knew she had to do something or the people of Brady would be facing some serious health issues.<\/p>\n<p>Hemphill just happened to call into the InfoWars show on Tuesday, May 8, and surprised Alex when she told him she\u2019d single-handedly managed to defeat the City Council over the Smart Meter issue, something that many large activists groups have attempted without success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a person who says \u2018No!\u2019 when it comes to my community,\u201d Hemphill said.<\/p>\n<p>Because of her wellness business, Hemphill said the biggest reason she decided to take on City Council was because of the health issues associated with smart meters. She said, \u201cYour pineal gland that detects darkness can\u2019t tell the difference between light frequency and the frequencies from these devices.\u201d So you never get a good night\u2019s sleep.<\/p>\n<p>Hemphill talked about the radiation emitted by lightbulbs, baby monitors, cellphones and wi-fi. She said when people come into her shop complaining about migraine headaches the first thing she does is tell them to get rid of their compact fluorescent lightbulbs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have 500 units of radiation compared to an incandescent that has only 30. so if you replace the lightbuls in your ceiling fan, before you had 120 units of radiation and now you have over 2000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smart meters collect user data and feed it back to the utility company \u2014 and anyone else who wants the information. Consumers are told that the meter will help determine peak usage times so they can regulate usage and save money on their utility bills.<\/p>\n<p>But smart meters track each individual appliance you plug into an outlet in your home. They can tell what time you turned the TV on and off, how much time your kids spend playing their Xbox, how many loads of laundry you washed yesterday. According to Alex, \u201cIt\u2019s a robot, an imperial probe droid, attached to the side of your house sending back information that makes Darth Vader look like a choir boy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levels of radiation emitted by smart meters have been directly linked to cancer. People who have these meters installed in their home <span lang=\"zxx\"><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/dte-smart-meters-making-some-metro-detroiters-ill\/\">often report severe migraine headaches, body-aches, flu-like symptoms<\/a><\/span><\/span>, and trouble sleeping.<\/p>\n<p>Hemphill said the issue began last October when the City Council voted unanimously to purchase smart meters \u2014 to the tune of $2.5 million worth of debt \u2014 for all customers of the city-owned electric utility.<\/p>\n<p>Hemphill tried five times to get her issue on the City Council\u2019s agenda and five times she was rejected, even though she lives right across the street from the mayor and they share a parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was legally blocked 5 times from having the ability to seek action of my elected officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the sixth time was the charm. When asked how she did it, Hemphill said it wasn\u2019t easy to find, but she implemented Texas Local Government Code 9.004.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Get a petition together. It requires 5 percent of registered voters or 20,000, whichever is less. You, by petition, change your city charter to get fluoride out of your water, change your city charter that says that you, as the resident, have the right to remove any product or service you deem harmful to your person, property, or privacy, regardless of what the elected officials say, \u2026that they don\u2019t think there\u2019s a problem. We are the people. This is power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hemphill says, so far, she\u2019s been approached by 30 communities across Texas, all trying to enact change and stop the implementation of smart meters. Visit her website at <span lang=\"zxx\"><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hyws.us\/#!9004\/cmqs\">HYWS.us for more information about Texas Local Government Code 9.004<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>And stay tuned because Alex says he\u2019ll be inviting Sheila to be a guest on the show.<\/p>\n<p>      &lt;!&#8211; <\/p>\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n<p> &#8211;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>This article was posted: Wednesday, May 29, 2013  at  1:59 pm<\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/tag\/domestic-news-2\/\" rel=\"tag\">domestic news<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\" \/>&lt;!&#8211; this is where we need to show the related articles  <\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles_container\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">Related Articles<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8211;&gt; <\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/texas-woman-says-we-are-the-people-and-we-dont-want-your-smart-meters\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Texas Woman Says \u2018We Are The People\u2019 And We Don\u2019t Want Your Smart Meters\">Infowars<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donna AndersonInfowars.comMay 29, 2013 Sheila Hemphill owns a wellness shop in Brady, Texas, and she\u2019s well aware that even small doses of radiation can have harmful effects on the human body. 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