[Spiff]

Letter from Chairman of the Cochise County Board of Supervisors, Pat Call, clears things up:

“Prior to April 1, the leadership of the MMP were informed of the rules and regulations of the County. To their great credit, they followed the rules and are accomplishing their goal admirably. Prior to April 1, Reverend Harter of the Miracle Valley Bible College asked and was informed of the rules and regulations regarding the uses of his property; he chose to flagrantly violate the rules and ignore the regulations.

The Reverend Harter has given the County no choice – he has backed the County into a corner and forced them to respond to his flagrant violations. The process and response by the County is the same one used for any person or organization who violates local regulations. The County cannot and will not treat Reverend Harter differently than it would treat anyone else who violates the law.

It is unfortunate that his actions are creating the perception that the County and the MMP are at odds when the opposite is true. Why he has intentionally chosen to force this issue is unclear to me. But, clearly, he seems to be using the success of the MMP to further a personal agenda.

Again, to this point, the MMP participants have been perfect guests and have done an admirable job in drawing national attention to the issues faced by this County relative to a failed federal immigration policy.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me, if you have further questions.”

Patrick Call
Chairman, Cochise County
Board of Supervisors
520-432-9200

[DumpsterDiver]

Other that the flagrant use of the word flagrant, that was a decent letter.

Have you been in contact with Rev. Harter?

[FBD]

Allowing RV's to park without permits often gets bureaucrats riled up, so that sounds like what happened. Hopefully all they will have to do, is pay a permit for RV parking/ camping? (If the county folks are reasonable)

Their website:

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http://www.miraclevalleybiblecoll.org/subpage11.html

'History of Miracle Valley Bible College & Seminary'

[HiJinx]

Okay, all, time to check out post #57.

Pat Call has been fair to all sides in this issue.

[TomGuy]

The County cannot and will not treat Reverend Harter differently than it would treat anyone else who violates the law.

Illegals exempted, of course.

[TheLion]

"Again, to this point, the MMP participants have been perfect guests and have done an admirable job in drawing national attention to the issues faced by this County relative to a failed federal immigration policy."

Nice letter!

[Carry_Okie]

Prior to April 1, Reverend Harter of the Miracle Valley Bible College asked and was informed of the rules and regulations regarding the uses of his property; he chose to flagrantly violate the rules and ignore the regulations.

I question the legitimacy of Cochise County's regulations in this regard. The issue is quite clearly NOT about health and safety.

[oldbrowser]

The County cannot and will not treat Reverend Harter differently than it would treat anyone else who violates the law.

Really, how about illegal aliens violating laws ?

[raybbr]

What is the actual violation that they are being fined for? I read through the thread but don't see it.