Rep. Kolbe (RINO-AZ) Sierra Vista Town Hall Met With Protests Against Amnesty (FReeper Organized)

16 January 2004 | Spiff

[Spiff]

Kolbe/Bush Amnesty Proposals Protested!

Rep. Kolbe, whose amnesty/guest worker legislation was closely mirrored by President George W. Bush's amnesty proposal last week, held a town hall meeting in Sierra Vista last night. Awaiting his arrival were a dozen protestors who disagree with Kolbe and Bush's proposals which would provide amnesty for illegal aliens. Among the protestors' signs were some that read, "No Amnesty! No Rewards!", "Terrorists Love Open Borders", and "Deport Kolbe".

Protestors brought along several bags of trash gathered from a campsite in a wash near 2 of the protestor's homes. The trash was laid out on both sides of the sidewalk leading to the entry of the City Hall where the town hall meeting was held. Items in the trash included clothing, backpacks, spoiled food, cans and wrappers bearing Mexican labels, toiletries, medication, and interestingly a number of black ski masks.

Greeting meeting attendees as the door to City Hall was a full-sized, stuffed Border Patrol agent who was kneeling, slumped over a bench, with a large knife in his back which bore the labels, "Bush Amnesty" and "Kolbe Amnesty".

Upon his arrival, Rep. Kolbe was met with chants and catcalls from the protestors. One protestor used a bullhorn. Chants included, "No Amnesty! No Rewards!", "Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Illegal aliens have got to go!", and "No Bush Amnesty! No Kolbe Amnesty! No McCain Amnesty! NO Amnesty!" Kolbe approached the building using an alternate sidewalk in order to avoid acknowledging the trash. When the protestors noticed him and aimed their comments his direction, Kolbe simply forced a chuckle and walked on. Kolbe did not acknowledge the Border Patrol agent with the large "Kolbe Amnesty" knife in his back placed at the entrance of the building.

The town hall meeting was standing room only has over 100 people crowded the room and spilled out into a hallway. The meeting was repeatedly interrupted by loud and angry audience reaction to Kolbe's explanations of his and Bush's amnesty proposals. Two attendees voluntarily ejected themselves from the meeting after they stood up and loudly denounced Kolbe's amnesty plans. After Kolbe explained the supposed economic benefits his guest worker plan would bring to employers in other parts of the country, among other things unrelated to people in his district, Kolbe was loudly interrupted with the comment, " There isn't a person in this room who will benefit from your plan! You represent us, the people in your district - not the rest of the United States, not the economy! You represent us! Act like it!" The audience at the town hall was decidedly hostile to Rep. Kolbe and, particularly, his and the president's amnesty proposals.

After the meeting, Kolbe was met again by angry protestors who loudly denounced his amnesty legislation. He refused to acknowledge their presence as he and his aides walked quickly to their cars.

Protestors later delivered the illegal alien trash to Kolbe's Sierra Vista office, leaving it leaning up against the office door. Along with the trash was a printed list of the names of 174 people from all around the country who claimed responsibility for the last time bags of illegal alien trash was left on Kolbe's doorstep. All trash was bagged in "Cochise County UDA Cleanup" bags provided by the county. UDA stands for "Undocumented Alien" and the bags were purchased by the county after receiving a $4 million grant from the Federal Government to clean up the thousands of illegal alien campsites, lay-up points, drop points, and open latrines which pervade the desert in the county. The county provides bags so that citizens can do the clean up themselves. The county does not allow the citizens to dump the garbage in the county's dumps free of charge and instead charges them to dump there.

Here are some pictures from the protest and the town hall. Some of the pictures are taken from the American Patrol website:

Americans Confront Rep. Kolbe
Sponsor of Amnesty Bill Faces Angry Sierra Vista Crowd

Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) rushes past effigy of Border Patrol agent with knife in his back as he entered Sierra Vista City Council chambers Thursday evening.

More Photos

KOLBE FACES DEMONSTRATORS / HOSTILE CROWD IN SIERRA VISTA Frustrations Surface at January 15, 2004 Town Hall Meeting
Demonstrators outside Sierra Vista Council Chambers Thursday night, January 15.	Kolbe addresses audience in Sierra Vista Council Chambers. Crowd was hostile toward proposal for amnesty for illegal aliens.
Demonstrators dump illegal alien trash on sidewalk leading to Sierra Vista Council Chambers

[Spiff]

We gave him hell! Local news coverage was light. Expect to see story in Sierra Vista Herald this afternoon as protestors were interviewed and photographed. Kolbe's town halls in his home district have been underreported in local press. Tucson newspapers did not cover his 2 Tucson town halls despite the presence of protestors.

[Spiff]

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[gubamyster]

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Great job Spiff!

[Goreknowshowtocheat]

Looks like the press is onboard with the amnesty/destruction of what is left of the USA. A nice healthy temporary male worker should be able to father lots of new citizens that you can pay to educate and pay for their healthcare. Those are lucky employers, eh?

[Spiff]

Thanks! It was fun! Kolbe didn't stand a chance from us. I've never seen a man so redfaced.

[KantianBurke]

You rock Spiff! Keep up the good work!

[Nea Wood]

GOOD JOB!

[Ches]

Outstanding! Great news!

[Spiff]

The Border Patrol Agent effigy was great. I made it in only a couple of hours (my wife would like the sofa pillow back though - hehe...) and everyone there - well, except for Kolbe - just loved it.

[Redbob]

Good job!

Any candidates to replace Kolby?

[Missouri]

Tucson newspapers

The press is doing its best to bury this issue. A Freeper from Iowa has been telling me that the working and middle class democratic peasants in Iowa have been given their canidates alot of hell over their support of amnesty. Its up to Congress to bury this legalized status/amnesty proposal.

[spectre]

Good job you guys.

Bump.

[Penny]

You and your group are WONDERFUL! My family and I wish we could shake your hands. You may be interested to know that our e-mail messages to Kolbe come back as "unknown." Yeah! The yellow-bellied weasal has shut down his e-mail--except from that on his web page, which is a pain in the neck navigate to fill out the form!

In appreciation again . . . Penny

[AAABEST]

Great going spiff.

Get email, phone numbers and faxes of you local press assignment desks and put out a press release before holding these things, they'll show up.

Excellent.

[dirtboy]

Well done, spiff. Maybe you could have had one protestor doing the Heimlich manuever on another who had tried to swallow this proposal...

[AppyPappy]

I can't figure out how they can claim this will help some nameless, faceless business entity.

[I got the rope]

My wife is from Arivaca, and she is VERY PROUD of you. I am too. She can tell you some stories about the illegal problems in her town.

Great job. Thanks.

[Cyber Liberty]

Well, done, Spiff! Before you started, I thought I was the only FReeper who knew where Sierra Vista is. The attention you're drawing is fantastic!

[Spiff]

Thank you. The Border Patrol agents who have seen or heard about the BP Agent effigy w/knife I created absolutely LOVE it.

[Sabertooth]

Outststanding work, Spiff.

If anyone wonders what the difference is between Republicans and Democrats, it's that we will keep our party honest.

Unlike the Democrats, we will Freep our own.

The Bush Amnesty must be defeated.