[janetgreen]

US citizens are leaving California at an average rate of 20,000 per year while Mexico's poor are flooding in at a rate of 165,000 per year, bringing with them elevated birth rates, almost twice that of the legal population.

Who will pay the bills when the takers outnumber the givers? Mexico won't.

[dk/coro]

"Who will pay the bills..."

Not this gent. We hauled ass to Arizona from Coronado five ears ago, when it took almost 45 minutes to drive 0.8 miles down Orange Qvenue at 5:00 PM. And, whenever we HAVE to go back, we shudder in disbelief of what has happened to Southern Kalifornia -- counting the hours until we can "get out of Dodge."

And, we were Coronadians long before the Bridge went up. It is a very sad signal, indeed, of what lies ahead for the SouthWestern United States in the very near future.