🚨 For Immediate Release: Federal Evidence Reveals Ephrata Borough and Mainspring Colluded With Police to Retaliate Against Protected Speech

📍 Dateline: Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — September 18, 2025

This is a developing federal civil rights story. What follows is not conjecture or rumor. It is federal whistleblower evidence preserved as both affidavit and public disclosure.

The evidence demonstrates that Ephrata Borough officials, Mainspring of Ephrata, and Police Chief Christopher McKim colluded to retaliate against constitutionally protected activity.

📰 Quick Facts

• Who: Ephrata Borough, Mainspring of Ephrata, Police Chief McKim
• What: Federal evidence of retaliation against free speech
• When: 2023–2025
• Where: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
• Why: To suppress dissent and protect Borough image

📜 The Speech They Tried to Silence

1. Public Testimony

In April 2023, I addressed Borough Council about unlawful utility shutoffs in violation of USTRA and retaliatory housing condemnations.

Within days, Borough officials condemned my home. Police threatened arrest if I re-entered after dark. Speaking truth triggered state action.

2. Published Exposés

As Sunshine Firecracker, I published investigative exposés exposing Ephrata Borough’s long record of civil rights violations with statutes and receipts.

Instead of answering facts, Borough actors used Mainspring branding to smear me.

3. Petitions for Redress

I filed Right-to-Know Law requests and formal notices of claim. These are protected petitions under the First Amendment.

Rather than comply, Borough officials worked with Chief McKim to punish me.

⚖️ The Retaliation That Followed

• Exclusion: My residence was condemned. Police threatened arrest. I was forced into homelessness.
• Narrative Control: Mainspring of Ephrata, directed by Joy Ashley and overseen by Nancy Harris and Linda Martin, weaponized nonprofit branding to secure state funds while discrediting critics.
• Police Coordination: RTK disclosures prove Chief McKim copied into internal threads about my advocacy, articles, and presence. Police power became a political tool.

Protected speech → Adverse action → Coordinated suppression. That is retaliation by definition.

📂 Timeline of Receipts (2023–2025)

• April 2023: Testimony → condemnation orders and threats. Emails show McKim involved.
• August 2023: Keystone Communities process → emails citing “dissatisfaction” tied to my advocacy.
• March 2025: Parking kiosk backlash → 20–25% business losses. Borough focus turned to silencing critics instead of fixing policy.

⚖️ Legal Framework

To prove retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, three elements apply:

1. Protected activity — ✅ Testimony, publications, petitions.
2. Adverse action — ✅ Condemnation, homelessness, arrest threats.
3. Causation — ✅ Direct evidence linking speech to retaliation.

Key Precedents:

• Pickering v. Board of Education, 391 U.S. 563 (1968)
• Mt. Healthy v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274 (1977)
• Anderson v. Davila, 125 F.3d 148 (3d Cir. 1997)
• Suppan v. Dadonna, 203 F.3d 228 (3d Cir. 2000)
• Monell v. Dept. of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658 (1978)

Additional Violations:

• Pennsylvania Constitution, Art. I, Sec. 7 — free communication of thoughts and opinions
• 18 Pa.C.S. § 5301 — Official Oppression

Relief Sought:

Injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages, attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988.

💰 The Funding Trail

Mainspring of Ephrata runs on state grants and Borough dollars. Instead of revitalization, those funds were channeled into silencing critics.

This is not development. This is taxpayer-funded oppression.

🕊️ Ministry Voice

“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet” (Isaiah 58:1).

This disclosure is testimony and trumpet blast.

They tried to bury the truth, but God made it seed. What man meant for retaliation, God turned into revelation.

For my full prison testimony, see my testimony of faith born in Lancaster County Prison.

🚨 Why This Is Breaking News

This is not about one citizen. If Ephrata Borough can condemn a home, threaten arrest, and smear critics to silence speech, then every American town is at risk.

When police, nonprofits, and officials collude, the First Amendment itself is on trial.

📌 Next Steps

• OOR Appeals for denied records.
• Rule 506 Private Criminal Complaints for Official Oppression.
• Federal §1983 Action in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
• Ongoing Sunshine Nation disclosures.

This is a developing story. Further evidence will be published.

🙏 Final Word

I testify as Sunshine Firecracker, Prophet of Fire, Doctor of Law.

This article is sworn disclosure and federal affidavit. Preserved for court, preserved for the people, preserved before God.

Let Borough officials deny it. The evidence stands.

“The truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).

👉 Documentation & Contact

• Evidence Archive: SunshineFirecracker.com
• Community Action: facebook.com/prayforSUNSHINE
• Media Inquiries: May quote or republish with attribution to Sunshine Firecracker.

⚡ Savage Brandpower

They tried to bury me in silence. I answered with fire, law, and truth.

I am Sunshine Firecracker — Prophet of Fire, Doctor of Law, Federal Whistleblower.

Every word here is evidence. Every share is testimony. Every reader is a witness.

👉 Join the movement: facebook.com/prayforSUNSHINE 🔥

👉 Explore the record: SunshineFirecracker.com ⚖️

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” — John 1:5

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⚖️ Filed in the court of public opinion. Preserved for federal court. Shared for the sake of democracy. This is evidence, this is prophecy, this is fire.