it goes with your tag line.
Posted on 03/29/2005 5:13:33 PM PST by SandRat
BISBEE - The Minutemen are coming, and Cochise County officials say they're ready for them.
County officials gathered around a table in the Board of Supervisors' conference room Monday afternoon to fine-tune strategies for the upcoming Minuteman Project and to set aside $100,000 to cover possible expenses connected with keeping a lid on the volunteer border-control effort.
As many as 1,000 volunteers from across the U.S. may show up in answer to a call to help prevent further illegal border crossings into Cochise County from Mexico.
Concerned about the implications of volunteers spending up to a month along the border and the possibility of trouble during two planned demonstrations, the Board of Supervisors called the meeting last Thursday to take the pulse of county planning.
Representatives of the Sheriffs, Planning and Zoning, Health, Highways and Floodplain, and Facilities departments answered questions and discussed preparations.
"We hope people will behave and it will go off smoothly," County Manager Jody Klein said.
Klein told the supervisors he had met with all affected departments to coordinate activities.
The Sheriff's Department will be the lead agency for the county and has been coordinating its planning with federal, state and local agencies. An information center will be set up at the Sheriff's Office, which will also be the point of coordination for all other agencies and the Governor's Office. Extra phones and computers are being set up at the center. Members of the public will be able to call in issues and concerns to the center by phoning 432-9500 or, in emergencies, 911. A separate number may also be available.
A single contact point will also be set up with the Board of Supervisors. Senior members of all affected departments will be available to immediately deal with whatever may come up, Klein said.
The phone number to call for those departments, such as Planning and Zoning, Environmental Health and Highways, is 432-9200. The evening number is 559-3601.
Permit requests have been received for two demonstrations at the U.S. Border Patrol station on Naco Highway on April 2 and 3 and one farther down the highway, at the railroad tracks. Those demonstrations will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Demonstrations are also planned from 1 to 2 p.m. the same days at the Border Patrol's Douglas station.
The gatherings may be held again on April 16.
No permits have yet been issued for demonstrations in Douglas, however.
Extra trash receptacles will be in place at the demonstration sites, County Facilities Director L.H. Hamilton said. He estimated the cost at up to $3,000, because the county will have to contract with private operators for the service.
"We'll pass on the sanitation costs to the organizers," Hamilton said.
"Enhanced" zoning inspections are planned to ensure compliance with county regulations, particularly in the corridor between Bisbee and Coronado Monument.
No large-scale camping or gatherings will be allowed on private property or any activity that creates a "substantial nuisance," such as traffic, garbage, raw sewage or gunfire.
"We're going to enforce all laws, rules and regulations," Klein promised.
"If a violation of 'an event of public interest' or other zoning violation occurs on private property, such as a gathering, we will notify the owner or occupant of the property and ask them to cease such activity," Klein wrote in a briefing statement. "If they fail to do so, or if we are dealing with a property owner to whom we have already advised of proper zoning requirements, we will cite them into the hearing office."
Speedy action on zoning violations was promised by Planning Director Jim Vlahovich, who noted that the process would normally take more than 30 days.
"If any activity reaches the level of creating a health hazard, the environmental health director, in consultation with the sheriff and county administrator, shall seek an injunction to abate the hazard and cease the activity," Klein wrote.
Deputy County Attorney Britt Hanson told the supervisors that the injunctive process could also be expedited, even on weekends. He said he would ensure that adequate staff will be in place to handle such actions.
Sheriff's Department Commander Rod Rothrock said that if trespassers or property owners do not cooperate, "Call the Sheriff's Department and we will come ... We'll make sure the people will leave the property." Violators will be cited and released but extra jail facilities are lined up in case of resistance.
Because overtime pay may be incurred, Klein recommended that the board approve the expenditure of up to $100,000 from the general fund contingency, to be disbursed at Klein's discretion. "We anticipate that ... there is a strong likelihood of state or federal reimbursement," Klein said.
If additional funding is necessary, the board will convene an emergency meeting to authorize additional amounts.
The funding issue concerned District 2 Supervisor Paul Newman, who said he wasn't sure state and federal agencies would reimburse the county.
Newman sought a vehicle for recovering expenses from organizers of the Minuteman Project, but was told the only way to do that was through the levying of fines for illegal activities.
Newman suggested that an ordinance be drafted to cover similar events in the future.
"It appears this event slipped through the cracks because there's no ordinance in place," Newman said.
Newman was also concerned about racist fliers that recently appeared in the county. Prepared by the National Alliance, in Phoenix, the fliers warn of a "non-white invasion."
He was concerned about the possibility of hate crimes. Rothrock assured Newman that the Sheriff's Department was prepared to enforce all applicable laws.
it goes with your tag line.
Newman is a freakin piece of work. I can't believe he wants another county vehicle after he got caught smoking post in his last one.
What he's probably worried about is the price of pot in Cochise after the the Minutemem arrive.
Hijinx made that same observation, but then he is from hippiedom Bisbee.
They just gave away their master plan.
Zoning violations occur on private property, such as a gathering, for every MMP volunteer who visits the property of a supporter. Clever.
While officials detain the evil violators a line of hundreds of "border crossers" can be seen in the background destroying property as they rush to find "jobs Americans won't do."
Baghdad Bob or Monty Python?
"Don't worry Vincente, I'll just call the new amnesty a guest worker program. The morons will never figure it out."
God Bless! Stay safe! wish i could be there, but they are only accepting people with a certain back ground or specialty right now. i am sending more money though..
Thanks for the jpg!
Thought you might like it.
Just change non-whites to illegals and it looks like something somebody read off FreeRepublic.
God Bless the Minutemen and their mission. At least they have more balls than our own government and are more concerned with protecting us than our own elected officials are.
Commies, wimps, socialists, marxists, leftists, illegal aliens, treasonous public officials, fifth columnists, the fourth estate, and all other infectious diseases, you may now be officially scared.
You should run for office.
Is that the MMP mission?
Oops, you just got caught race-baiting again, Once-Ler! As they say, "that's once"!
But thanks for bumping this MMP thread. With every post like yours, you make it possible for more readers to discover the truth about who stands by American sovereignty versus those that stand alongside the enemies of America, namely the criminal aliens, Aztlan, MALDEF, La Raza, LULAC, MEChA, ACLU and the international terrorist gang MS-13.
--Boot Hill
I call it truth. In post #5 HiJinx asks "what do the fliers say that isn't the truth?" and the deleted post 25 echoed the sentiment that illegals are causing America to become 3rd world slums.
Illegals are not the cause of slums, big socialist city government is. Get rid of all the illegals and the slums and crime will still be there.
I wonder why all this effort could not be directed
Just look at what they can do when "motivated."
to set aside $100,000 to cover possible expenses
Can't find money to stop illegals, but CAN find money to stop American Citizens
Representatives of the Sheriffs, Planning and Zoning, Health, Highways and Floodplain, and Facilities departments
Can't work together to stop illegals, but CAN work together to stop American Citizens
Sheriff's Department will be the lead agency for the county and has been coordinating its planning with federal, state and local agencies
Can't work together to stop illegals, but CAN work together to stop American Citizens
Senior members of all affected departments will be available to immediately deal with whatever may come up, Klein said.
Can't work together to stop illegals, but CAN work together to stop American Citizens
Planning and Zoning, Environmental Health and Highways, is 432-9200. The evening number is 559-3601.
Can't be available evenings to stop illegals, but CAN be available to stop American Citizens
Extra trash receptacles will be in place at the demonstration sites,
But can't be used to clean up trash from the ILLEGAL BORDER JUMPERS
"Enhanced" zoning inspections are planned to ensure compliance with county regulations, particularly in the corridor between Bisbee and Coronado Monument.
Can't "enhance" to stop illegals, but CAN "enhance" to stop American Citizens
No large-scale camping or gatherings will be allowed on private property
Can't prevent large-scale camping to stop illegals, but CAN prevent such camping to stop American Citizens
"If a violation of 'an event of public interest' or other zoning violation occurs on private property, such as a gathering, we will notify the owner
Can't work with property owners to stop illegals, but CAN work with property owners to stop American Citizens
any activity reaches the level of creating a health hazard, the environmental health director, in consultation with the sheriff and county administrator, shall seek an injunction
Can't stop REAL health hazards from illegals, but CAN declaire non-existant "health hazards" to stop American Citizens
Violators will be cited and released but extra jail facilities are lined up in case of resistance.
Can't find jail space to lock up illegals, but CAN find jail space to lock up American Citizens
additional funding is necessary, the board will convene an emergency meeting to authorize additional amounts
Can't find funds to stop illegals, but CAN find funds to stop American Citizens
Newman suggested that an ordinance be drafted to cover similar events in the future.
Can't work together to stop illegals, but CAN work together to stop American Citizens
Rothrock assured Newman that the Sheriff's Department was prepared to enforce all applicable laws.
Can't enforce applicable laws to stop illegals, but CAN enforce "applicable" laws to stop American Citizens
"We're going to enforce all laws, rules and regulations," Klein promised.
Too bad they won't pull together like this to stop the illegals from coming into the country.
I know, I know, its the feds. But sheesh. Gotta protect those rights of non-citizens.
Can you imagine if the state of Missisippi had sought to distort zoning ordinances to frustrate civil rights by denying our Constitutional rights of assembly?
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