Skip to content
  • About:
    • Two Organizations in One:
      • Wild Willpower PAC – America’s first “Civil PAC”
      • The Peaceable Assembly
    • Our Code of Ethics
    • Endorsement Letters:
      • Co-Founder & Former President of the California Lichen Society, Bill Hill
      • Richard Lonewolf, Ethnobotany and Wilderness Survival Expert
    • Special Thanks:
      • Kevin Ray Byrd
      • Jason Baker, Tech Support
      • Environmental Studies Professor Frank Schiavo, M.M.L. (1939-2010)
      • Bill Hill & The California Lichen Society
      • Ashawna Hailey (1949-2011)
      • Samaritans of the USA
      • To All the Tech Nerds
  • Sondra Wilson for Iowa Governor – official platform:
  • National Plan:
    • Right to Homestead Act:
      • “Who Owns Ames, Iowa?” – upcoming documentary
    • Civilian Restoration Corps:
      • Ecological Restoration:
      • Sustainable Cities
      • ** History & Purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps
    • Justice Accessibility Act:
      • Teach Jurisprudence in High Schools
      • Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Color of Law Crimes
      • Government Officials Must Provide Email Addresses
      • Additional Justice Reform Solutions
    • Weaning off fossil fuels
    • Education Reform:
      • Offer Local Native Language Courses in All U.S. School Systems
      • Sponsor Native Teachers to Train Wildharvesting Cooperatives
      • Teach Accurate, Non-Bias History in Schools
      • Teach Sustainable Gardening and Applied Ethnobiology in Schools
      • Sponsor Native Teachers to Teach via The Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
    • Swords to Plowshares Act (international policy)
  • Service Projects:
    • Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
      • Donate a Book – Help Build The Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
    • “Civil Rights Self-Defense” legal self-help website
      • Stop Courtroom Abuse!
    • Resources to Help You Live Sustainably:
      • Ecological Restoration:
      • Homesteading Starter Kits:
      • Highly-Efficient Gardening Techniques:
      • Clean Energy Inventions:
      • “Simple-Tech” DIY Home Improvement Techniques:
  • Publications:
    • “More Valuable Than Gold” Ethnobotany textbook
    • “The Hidden History of Law” textbook series
    • “How to Legally Claim Abandoned Real Estate”
  • Donate

Calendar

June 2023
M T W T F S S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  
« Jan    

Archives

  • January 2023

Categories

  • Cases in Progress
  • Ethnobiology
  • Legal
  • Our Candidates
  • Our Mission
  • Wild Willpower
Wild Willpower
  • About:
    • Two Organizations in One:
      • Wild Willpower PAC – America’s first “Civil PAC”
        • Sondra Wilson, Founder and Executive Director
          • 7-7-03: The Journey Begins
          • Casework:
            • California Cases:
              • Robbed by Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies
                • California Man faces Fabricated Charges used to Further County Fraud
                • If an Officer violated your rights – who would you report the incident to?
                • Kern Cty. Sheriff’s Deputies Disregard Couple’s Adverse Possession Claim, Arrest on False Pretenses, and Dispossess Them of Property
                • Involved Parties
                  • Record Owners – John and Cheryl Ross
                  • Kern Cty. Sheriff’s Deputies – trespassing, forcible entry and detainer, constructive fraud
                  • Neighbors who Robbed Us following the Ouster
                • Our Redress of Grievances
              • The Nevada County Case
                • 5/17/14 – Grass Valley police issued me multiple unconstitutional charges “under color of law”
                • Event #2: Footage & Transcript from 5-21-14 (aka “Pack the Courtroom!” pre-trial documentary pt. 2)
                • Event #3: I filed 2 Liability Claims w/ The City of Grass Valley
                • Event #4: June 25th, 2014: The Pre-Trial Hearing: “Right to Audio Record Hearing & Trial Illegally Denied Under Nevada County Superior Courthouse’s Faulty Media Policy”
                • Event #5: I posted both “Pack the Courtroom!” documentaries within this In-Depth “Evidence Webpage” that was available to The Public before to Trial
                • Forward
                • Wilson v. County of Nevada Video Footage
              • Homeless woman charged >$600 for sleeping outdoors (Marin County, CA)
            • Transgender Woman, Sondra Wilson, “suing the State of Iowa and running for Governor”
              • Transgender Iowan, arrested for going in the women’s restroom in 2006, still seeks justice (2022)
              • Following an unjust court ruling, officer warns Ames resident to “leave the state” for her safety (2009)
              • City of Ames obstructs Citizens from Petitioning (2018)
              • Trans Woman Claims Nonprofit “Reliable Street” Retaliated Against Her for Filing a Civil Rights Complaint:
                • Legal assistance extremely difficult to find in Iowa
            • Standing Rock Class Action
      • The Peaceable Assembly
    • Our Code of Ethics
    • Endorsement Letters:
      • Co-Founder & Former President of the California Lichen Society, Bill Hill
      • Richard Lonewolf, Ethnobotany and Wilderness Survival Expert
    • Special Thanks:
      • Kevin Ray Byrd
      • Jason Baker, Tech Support
      • Environmental Studies Professor Frank Schiavo, M.M.L. (1939-2010)
      • Bill Hill & The California Lichen Society
      • Ashawna Hailey (1949-2011)
      • Samaritans of the USA
      • To All the Tech Nerds
  • Sondra Wilson for Iowa Governor – official platform:
  • National Plan:
    • Right to Homestead Act:
      • “Who Owns Ames, Iowa?” – upcoming documentary
    • Civilian Restoration Corps:
      • Ecological Restoration:
        • Native Animal Cooperatives
        • Oceti Sakowin Heritage Trail
        • Wildharvesting Cooperatives
          • Kern River Wildharvesting Cooperative
            • Bulk Native Foods and Herbs, and Backpacking Mixes
            • Our Commitments:
              • Coordinate Respectfully with Forest Officials
              • Uphold The Zero Trash Commitment
              • Use Positive-Impact Harvesting Techniques
              • Wildfire Prevention
        • Paid for by gradually transferring livestock subsidies
          • The Devastating Ecological Impacts of Non-Native Animal Industries
          • Animal Abuse & Subjugation in the Current U.S. Economy
      • Sustainable Cities
      • ** History & Purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps
    • Justice Accessibility Act:
      • Teach Jurisprudence in High Schools
      • Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Color of Law Crimes
      • Government Officials Must Provide Email Addresses
      • Additional Justice Reform Solutions
    • Weaning off fossil fuels
    • Education Reform:
      • Offer Local Native Language Courses in All U.S. School Systems
      • Sponsor Native Teachers to Train Wildharvesting Cooperatives
      • Teach Accurate, Non-Bias History in Schools
      • Teach Sustainable Gardening and Applied Ethnobiology in Schools
      • Sponsor Native Teachers to Teach via The Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
    • Swords to Plowshares Act (international policy)
  • Service Projects:
    • Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
      • Donate a Book – Help Build The Wild Living Skills Database & Smartphone App
    • “Civil Rights Self-Defense” legal self-help website
      • Stop Courtroom Abuse!
    • Resources to Help You Live Sustainably:
      • Ecological Restoration:
        • Native Animals, & Organizations Involved in Their Restoration:
          • Plains Bison & Wood Bison Restoration – Get Involved
          • Elk Restoration – Get Involved
          • Pronghorn (Antelope) Restoration – Get Involved
          • Woodland Caribou Restoration – Get Involved
          • Bighorn Sheep Restoration – Get Involved
          • Mountain Goat Restoration – Get Involved
          • Porcupine Restoration – Get Involved
          • Prairie Dog Restoration – Get Involved
        • Native Prairie History, Ecology, & Restoration – Organizations (& Processes) Involved
      • Homesteading Starter Kits:
        • “Cold Frame Plants”: Broccoli, Cabbage, & Cauliflower
        • “Full Sunlight, Low Water”: Eggplants, Okra, Sunflowers
        • “Ideal For Raised Beds”: Asparagus, Carrots
        • “Leafy Greens” (& Spices of similar care)
        • “The 3 Sisters”: Corn, Beans, & Squash
      • Highly-Efficient Gardening Techniques:
        • How To Propagate Fruit & Nut Trees From Cuttings
        • Yard & Soil Preparation
        • *Wise* No-Chem Pest Control
        • Glass Jar Seed Starters
      • Clean Energy Inventions:
        • Ingenius Wind Energy Inventions
        • Innovative Solar Solutions
        • Water-Powered Energy Inventions & Purification Systems
        • Charge Your Electronics Using The Heat of A Campfire
        • Inventions That Clean Up &/or Process Trash
      • “Simple-Tech” DIY Home Improvement Techniques:
        • 7 Ingenius Uses for Salt
        • Vegetable Storage- for Best Results
        • Cob Housing- mixing mud to work like clay for walls, etc
        • Join ‘The Zero Trash Commitment’
        • Build Your Own Low-Cost Swimming Pool
  • Publications:
    • “More Valuable Than Gold” Ethnobotany textbook
    • “The Hidden History of Law” textbook series
    • “How to Legally Claim Abandoned Real Estate”
  • Donate

“Who Owns Ames, Iowa?” – upcoming documentary

 Overview:

Intro – the documentary begins by introducing people to the following map. This map shows:

  • large rental properties throughout Ames, Iowa;
  • who owns each of them, as found on the county assessor’s office.  Note that if the DEED OWNER was a business (which it usually is), we look up the business within the Secretary of State’s business entities search engine to find the “Registered Agent or Reserving Party” for the business, as well as their address.  According to the Iowa’s Secretary of State and County Treasurer, the State of Iowa does not need to indicate who owns a business in Iowa, so the best we can do is the “Registered Agent or Reserving Party” (until Iowa fixes this).  Wild Willpower PAC’s stance is that Iowans should know the natural person to whom they are doing business with – not just the business name.  This information should be easily accessible, including a breakdown of shareholders and the percentages of the business they own, when applicable.
  • who manages the property.
  • how many rental units are in each property.
  • how much rent costs for each unit.
  • how much income in generated by the rental property per month.
  • estimated cost charged by property manager for managing the property.
  • estimated profit earned by the property.

 

     The documentary goes on to select from a few  of the “mega-rentals” (rental properties with 100+ units), to show who owns them.  The audience receives a “bird’s eye view” on rentals and ownership.  They see places such as The Quarters, owned by The Tailwind Group out of Mankato, MN, which vacuums out approximately $300,000/month from the pockets of Iowa residents, as well other mega-rentals which extract even more.  When we discover the owner(s), we go into detail about some of the causes they fund (including influencing political elections).  We detail several statistics (which can be found in Wild Willpower PAC’s national housing plan), including pointing out that the average renter in the U.S. spends HALF their paycheck on rent.  This is not fair or sustainable.

    While Wild Willpower PAC proposes “tax hikes and rent caps” on out-of-state landlords, we believe this does not go far enough in the long run.  We also seek to require City Councils to zone for community garden spaces and/or “guaranteed access to soil” for tenants — something which doesn’t appear to be considered at all currently!  We also propose that ALL landlords must report rental payments to the credit bureau in order to help bolster the credit of renters (who would qualify for loans if these payments had been entered into the credit bureau previously!).

     The documentary will interview tenants, land owners, and others to give their perspectives on this situation, exposing (from a tenant’s perspective why “the rental dynamic” appears to be modern day feudalism. 

Production Delayed, Investors Needed:

      Who Owns Ames, Iowa has been halted and is currently on the backburner (if interested in helping to fund this project, email [email protected]).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of Rental Units:

      Need to select a few mega-rentals to make our focus of the documentary.

Property #1:

 Grandview Square Apartments
Address:  2517 Jensen Ave

Number of Units: 24-52 units per building, ~5 buildings

Deed Holder:  JENSEN CO-OP II INC
1802 SE DELAWARE AVE STE 103 
ANKENY IA 50021

Registered Agent or Reserving Party:  JAMES M GOCKE
Registrant’s Address: 210 NE DELAWARE AVE STE 200
ANKENY, IA, 50021

Property #2:
Copperbeech Townhomes 
703 S. Grand Ave.
8-10 units each
~ 22 buildings $550 each unit
Property #3:
The Quarters (inside Aspen Business Park)
Address: 601 S 17th St, Ames, IA 50010

Units: 195 units

Types of Units/Cost: 2 bedroom split level $620 per bedroom.   3 bedroom single level $560 per bedroom.3 bedroom split level $590 per month.

Owner: The Tailwind Group headquartered in Mankato. MN.
Source: Rachel (called front desk).
Unit #4:
The Grove
Across the street
1415, 1525, 1521
16 units per
4 buildings 16 units
4 buildings 32 units
1 building 50 units
$469/mo
Deed Holder: CAMPUS CREST AT AMES LLC 
950 CORBINDALE ROAD, SUITE 300 
HOUSTON TX 77024
Registered Agent or Reserving Party: C T CORPORATION SYSTEM 
400 E COURT AVE STE 110
DES MOINES, IA, 50309

 

 

Ames Rental Map by Thomas Grothe

Archives

  • January 2023

Calendar

June 2023
M T W T F S S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  
« Jan    

Categories

  • Cases in Progress
  • Ethnobiology
  • Legal
  • Our Candidates
  • Our Mission
  • Wild Willpower

Paid for by Wild Willpower PAC. 4733 Toronto St. Unit 112. Ames, IA 50014. Treasurer: Sondra Wilson. @ 2011 Sondra Wilson