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Gov. Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she signed an executive order to send National Guard troops to the porous Arizona-Mexico border.
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EXCELLENT! Actually, this has been building for a while. First, she asked the Feds to pony up the green to allow her to do this (which is actually a Federal Law that allows this) but last week, Shrub, Jerkoff, and the Bacardi Drunk (Rummy) gave her the runaround. So the State Legislature voted the money to do this last week so she has now decided to go for the gold. Her recent stance on illegals has gotten my support and I will probably vote for her in November which is a rare action on my part. The Guard troops will be used to provide Admin support, infrastructure upgrades, help with vehicle inspections at Border Crossing points and finally do surveillance along parts of the Border and direct BP agents in when they detect activity. This will free up more BP agents for enforcement duties. Also, the presence of Guard troops along the Border will act as a damper on Border crossers. The general trend in this state is to make AZ as unfriendly to illegals as possible forcing them to go elsewhere and mess up someone else's state for a change.
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WELL IT'S ABOUT TIME! Good for HER.......she will get MY vote and the votes of PLPD for attempting to stop the leaks at the border, I mean, 45% of the population in Pinetop is NOW Hispanics, which is OK with me BUT...........the crime rate has also increased some 18% over the past 3 years!
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Here's the complete story:
http://www.azcentral.com
Napolitano signs order to expand Guard role on border
Chip Scutari
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 8, 2006 11:25 AM
Trying to get the upper hand on the brewing battle over border security, Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano Wednesday issued an executive order to expand the National Guard's presence at the state's border with Mexico to combat undocumented immigration.
Napolitano said a measure the Legislature is expected to pass Wednesday violates the state Constitution by usurping her authority to command the National Guard. Republican leaders say if she vetoes the measure, she will violate her promise to beef up border security.
"There is one commander in chief, not 90," Napolitano told reporters Wednesday. "The Legislature is about to send me a bill which they know is unconstitutional because it mandates use of the guard. I've issued an executive order for the guard to be on the border." advertisement
The State Senate gave final approval to House Bill 2701, which allocates $10 million to station Guard troops at the border to deal with the smuggling of humans and other problems connected with illegal immigration. The bill does not specify how many troops would be stationed at the border.
HB2701 will go to Napolitano as soon as the House approves the increased amount today. Legislative leaders have scheduled a 1 p.m. press conference to talk about border security and the legislation.
Napolitano said she has directed the Arizona Department of Homeland Security to shift $500,000 to the Guard so it can get geared up for duty before an appropriation is passed. Napolitano's executive order does not say how many troops would be moved to the border. But she made it clear that the Guard will be stationed at the border in a support role.
"We need full-time Border Patrol," Napolitano said. "They are there to provide support to civilian law enforcement at the border. They are not there to militarize the border. We are not at war with Mexico."
Arizona already has about 170 National Guard troops at the border helping federal and state officers with anti-drug operations, manning traffic checkpoints and repairing and fixing border fences. They have been stationed there since 1988, but their key duty has been to fight drug trafficking.
The executive order spells out what duties the Guard can do at the border, including:
• Helping Arizona Department of Public Safety officers check cars going from Arizona to Mexico.
• Assisting with cargo and vehicles inspections at border crossing points.
• Helping out local law enforcement agencies in the border counties.
Napolitano said the Republican-controlled Legislature is trying "to score political points" with their legislation.
"I'm telling the Legislature right now that if you send me a bill that is unconstitutional, I will not sign it," Napolitano said. "I will give you 48 hours to send me a clean bill with an appropriation. Otherwise you are just playing a game, and the voters will know it."
Republicans point out that Napolitano has changed her view on how to pay for using Guard at the border since her State of the State speech in January. In that speech, Napolitano said she would use only federal funds to pay for additional Guard troops at the border. But in her executive order she also says that state funding by the "Arizona Legislature" could pay for deploying more troops to the border.
http://www.azcentral.com
Napolitano signs order to expand Guard role on border
Chip Scutari
The Arizona Republic
Mar. 8, 2006 11:25 AM
Trying to get the upper hand on the brewing battle over border security, Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano Wednesday issued an executive order to expand the National Guard's presence at the state's border with Mexico to combat undocumented immigration.
Napolitano said a measure the Legislature is expected to pass Wednesday violates the state Constitution by usurping her authority to command the National Guard. Republican leaders say if she vetoes the measure, she will violate her promise to beef up border security.
"There is one commander in chief, not 90," Napolitano told reporters Wednesday. "The Legislature is about to send me a bill which they know is unconstitutional because it mandates use of the guard. I've issued an executive order for the guard to be on the border." advertisement
The State Senate gave final approval to House Bill 2701, which allocates $10 million to station Guard troops at the border to deal with the smuggling of humans and other problems connected with illegal immigration. The bill does not specify how many troops would be stationed at the border.
HB2701 will go to Napolitano as soon as the House approves the increased amount today. Legislative leaders have scheduled a 1 p.m. press conference to talk about border security and the legislation.
Napolitano said she has directed the Arizona Department of Homeland Security to shift $500,000 to the Guard so it can get geared up for duty before an appropriation is passed. Napolitano's executive order does not say how many troops would be moved to the border. But she made it clear that the Guard will be stationed at the border in a support role.
"We need full-time Border Patrol," Napolitano said. "They are there to provide support to civilian law enforcement at the border. They are not there to militarize the border. We are not at war with Mexico."
Arizona already has about 170 National Guard troops at the border helping federal and state officers with anti-drug operations, manning traffic checkpoints and repairing and fixing border fences. They have been stationed there since 1988, but their key duty has been to fight drug trafficking.
The executive order spells out what duties the Guard can do at the border, including:
• Helping Arizona Department of Public Safety officers check cars going from Arizona to Mexico.
• Assisting with cargo and vehicles inspections at border crossing points.
• Helping out local law enforcement agencies in the border counties.
Napolitano said the Republican-controlled Legislature is trying "to score political points" with their legislation.
"I'm telling the Legislature right now that if you send me a bill that is unconstitutional, I will not sign it," Napolitano said. "I will give you 48 hours to send me a clean bill with an appropriation. Otherwise you are just playing a game, and the voters will know it."
Republicans point out that Napolitano has changed her view on how to pay for using Guard at the border since her State of the State speech in January. In that speech, Napolitano said she would use only federal funds to pay for additional Guard troops at the border. But in her executive order she also says that state funding by the "Arizona Legislature" could pay for deploying more troops to the border.
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Republicans point out that Napolitano has changed her view on how to pay for using Guard at the border since her State of the State speech in January. In that speech, Napolitano said she would use only federal funds to pay for additional Guard troops at the border. But in her executive order she also says that state funding by the "Arizona Legislature" could pay for deploying more troops to the border.
In THIS INSTANCE, I still think that she should be applauded for doing SOMETHING to protect the state of AZ. I would like to hear what the nay-sayers think should be done if the funding isn't going to come from Washington. Did they think of trying to HELP OUT the situation and rally Congress and the President for help? PUHLEEZE!!
This is what I think is the biggest problem in every government level. It's too darn easy to point fingers on both sides and argue and debate and not get a BLESSED THING ACCOMPLISHED!!
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gtalum wrote:alicia-w wrote:there was an article in the AZ republic this morning that white males under 15 are a minority in the Valley right now....
Is this a bad thing, even if it's true?
It can be a bad thing if they are in the minority and illegals are the majority. Hope that makes sense.
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Lindaloo wrote:It can be a bad thing if they are in the minority and illegals are the majority. Hope that makes sense.
"Hispanic" or "mexican" does not imply illegality. Even by the estimates of staunch anti-immigration folks there are about 20 million illegals in the country at any given time. Thus the large majority are legal immigrants.
While I applaud Napolitano for doing what's necessary to secure the Arizona boarder with Mexico, the best long term solution would be to allow all North American citizens unimpeded immigration into the US to work as long as they pass through established border crossings. Then governors wouldn't be forced to deploy soldiers at the border because very few people would be sneaking across.
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a middle school principal was killed by a Mexican carrying only a Mexican drivers license and turned over to the authorities here yesterday. He and 4 others in the back of the truck were all illegals. She was a good friend of one of my friends.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/pbcwest/co ... _0309.html
Western Pines principal killed in crash
By Rochelle E.B. Gilken, Rani Gupta
Palm Beach Post Staff Writers
Thursday, March 09, 2006
LOXAHATCHEE — The first and only principal of Western Pines Middle School was killed Wednesday morning on her way to work when her car was hit by a pickup in northwestern Palm Beach County.
Stunned parents, teachers and students remembered Margaret "Peggy" Campbell as a dedicated educator who stood up for her beliefs and took struggling students under her wing. Mrs. Campbell, who died four days before her 63rd birthday, had worked for the district since 1967 and served as principal of Western Pines since the school opened in The Acreage in 1997.
Principal mourned
"It's just so sad," said Schools Superintendent Art Johnson. "Most people retire at 30 years. She had 40. She loved what she was doing."
Mrs. Campbell was driving her white Subaru west on Pratt Whitney Road at about 7:30 a.m. when a Dodge Ram 1500 heading north on Beeline Highway apparently ran a red light and slammed into the driver's side of her car, said vehicle homicide investigator Victorio Fazzino.
Mrs. Campbell died at the scene. The truck driver and his four passengers were not injured, but all were detained for alleged immigration violations, Fazzino said.
The truck had Georgia tags and the truck's driver had a license issued in Mexico. It identified him as 30-year-old Cesar Mejia, but authorities have not determined whether it is valid. Mejia will be cited for the wreck, Fazzino said.
The crash happened in the far reaches of northwestern Palm Beach County, but a handful of people witnessed the accident.
Shortly after, word spread throughout the school and community.
Many remembered Mrs. Campbell as a caring individual whose empathy toward others stretched beyond the classroom.
Western Pines teaching assistant Cecilia Cassitty said Mrs. Campbell spent hours standing at the scene of a serious car accident in 2004 where Cassitty's daughter was thrown from a vehicle. Mrs. Campbell sent Caitlin — then a seventh-grader at the school — flowers and continued to check on her.
"That day was a blur, but it meant a lot," Cassitty said. "This brings back memories of that day, except we had a happier ending...
"My daughter was embarrassed to come back to school because of what she looked like, still scratched up and Peggy came out and hugged her and said, 'Come back. We miss you.' "
Caitlin found out about the crash at school when the district played a videotaped announcement after a day of testing. But many others learned about the tragedy earlier, such as Chelsea Mathews, 12, who heard the news from a friend.
"I thought she was kidding, but she wasn't," Mathews said. The seventh-grader said her teacher was teary-eyed, though "she kept trying to hold it in for the kids."
Grief counselors were at the school Wednesday and will continue to be available. Johnson said the district was waiting to hear the family's plans before scheduling any memorials.
Mrs. Campbell, who started as a high school social studies teacher in 1967, talked about retiring at the end of the year to spend more time with her grandchildren, ages 1 and 2, whose pictures filled her office, said her son, Jason Campbell, 32.
The school was her second home. She cried when the roof was damaged in the hurricane. And she gave special education students high-fives in the hallway.
Before taking the top job at Western Pines, Mrs. Campbell served as assistant principal of three Palm Beach County schools and as principal of an alternative school now known as the Gold Coast School of Choice.
Dorothy McKinon, the current principal of Gold Coast, said Mrs. Campbell enjoyed working with at-risk students. She remembered one boy who came to Gold Coast struggling academically. The student, who grew to call Mrs. Campbell "Mom," went on to college, thanks in large part to her encouragement and frequent phone calls to his home.
"She was a hands-on principal," McKinon said. "She was not the type of principal that stayed in her office." Mrs. Campbell's death came on the last regular day of standardized testing, an ordeal students said she had made bearable with raffles and gift cards rewarding students for their participation and daily announcements thanking them for studying.
"She would congratulate us every day on the intercom like we were adults and we were doing them a favor," said Brianna Trevino, 12, a sixth-grader.
Parents lamented that Mrs. Campbell's death came just one month after the principal of the neighboring Golden Grove Elementary, Barbara Altman, died of cancer.
Mrs. Campbell, who grew up in New Jersey, is survived by her husband, Bill; her son, Jason; and her daughter, Christie, 34, of Austin, Texas.
"We would like to focus on what she did with her school. It was such a big part of her life," Jason Campbell said.
Cassitty said that it's hard to imagine Western Pines without Mrs. Campbell.
"We have to be there for our students," she said. "It's what Mrs. Campbell would want."
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/pbcwest/co ... _0309.html
Western Pines principal killed in crash
By Rochelle E.B. Gilken, Rani Gupta
Palm Beach Post Staff Writers
Thursday, March 09, 2006
LOXAHATCHEE — The first and only principal of Western Pines Middle School was killed Wednesday morning on her way to work when her car was hit by a pickup in northwestern Palm Beach County.
Stunned parents, teachers and students remembered Margaret "Peggy" Campbell as a dedicated educator who stood up for her beliefs and took struggling students under her wing. Mrs. Campbell, who died four days before her 63rd birthday, had worked for the district since 1967 and served as principal of Western Pines since the school opened in The Acreage in 1997.
Principal mourned
"It's just so sad," said Schools Superintendent Art Johnson. "Most people retire at 30 years. She had 40. She loved what she was doing."
Mrs. Campbell was driving her white Subaru west on Pratt Whitney Road at about 7:30 a.m. when a Dodge Ram 1500 heading north on Beeline Highway apparently ran a red light and slammed into the driver's side of her car, said vehicle homicide investigator Victorio Fazzino.
Mrs. Campbell died at the scene. The truck driver and his four passengers were not injured, but all were detained for alleged immigration violations, Fazzino said.
The truck had Georgia tags and the truck's driver had a license issued in Mexico. It identified him as 30-year-old Cesar Mejia, but authorities have not determined whether it is valid. Mejia will be cited for the wreck, Fazzino said.
The crash happened in the far reaches of northwestern Palm Beach County, but a handful of people witnessed the accident.
Shortly after, word spread throughout the school and community.
Many remembered Mrs. Campbell as a caring individual whose empathy toward others stretched beyond the classroom.
Western Pines teaching assistant Cecilia Cassitty said Mrs. Campbell spent hours standing at the scene of a serious car accident in 2004 where Cassitty's daughter was thrown from a vehicle. Mrs. Campbell sent Caitlin — then a seventh-grader at the school — flowers and continued to check on her.
"That day was a blur, but it meant a lot," Cassitty said. "This brings back memories of that day, except we had a happier ending...
"My daughter was embarrassed to come back to school because of what she looked like, still scratched up and Peggy came out and hugged her and said, 'Come back. We miss you.' "
Caitlin found out about the crash at school when the district played a videotaped announcement after a day of testing. But many others learned about the tragedy earlier, such as Chelsea Mathews, 12, who heard the news from a friend.
"I thought she was kidding, but she wasn't," Mathews said. The seventh-grader said her teacher was teary-eyed, though "she kept trying to hold it in for the kids."
Grief counselors were at the school Wednesday and will continue to be available. Johnson said the district was waiting to hear the family's plans before scheduling any memorials.
Mrs. Campbell, who started as a high school social studies teacher in 1967, talked about retiring at the end of the year to spend more time with her grandchildren, ages 1 and 2, whose pictures filled her office, said her son, Jason Campbell, 32.
The school was her second home. She cried when the roof was damaged in the hurricane. And she gave special education students high-fives in the hallway.
Before taking the top job at Western Pines, Mrs. Campbell served as assistant principal of three Palm Beach County schools and as principal of an alternative school now known as the Gold Coast School of Choice.
Dorothy McKinon, the current principal of Gold Coast, said Mrs. Campbell enjoyed working with at-risk students. She remembered one boy who came to Gold Coast struggling academically. The student, who grew to call Mrs. Campbell "Mom," went on to college, thanks in large part to her encouragement and frequent phone calls to his home.
"She was a hands-on principal," McKinon said. "She was not the type of principal that stayed in her office." Mrs. Campbell's death came on the last regular day of standardized testing, an ordeal students said she had made bearable with raffles and gift cards rewarding students for their participation and daily announcements thanking them for studying.
"She would congratulate us every day on the intercom like we were adults and we were doing them a favor," said Brianna Trevino, 12, a sixth-grader.
Parents lamented that Mrs. Campbell's death came just one month after the principal of the neighboring Golden Grove Elementary, Barbara Altman, died of cancer.
Mrs. Campbell, who grew up in New Jersey, is survived by her husband, Bill; her son, Jason; and her daughter, Christie, 34, of Austin, Texas.
"We would like to focus on what she did with her school. It was such a big part of her life," Jason Campbell said.
Cassitty said that it's hard to imagine Western Pines without Mrs. Campbell.
"We have to be there for our students," she said. "It's what Mrs. Campbell would want."
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Lindaloo wrote:gtalum wrote:alicia-w wrote:there was an article in the AZ republic this morning that white males under 15 are a minority in the Valley right now....
Is this a bad thing, even if it's true?
It can be a bad thing if they are in the minority and illegals are the majority. Hope that makes sense.
anyone at the tender vittle age of 15 is and always will be in the minority. Until they reach the age of majority (18), I don't see how being 15 and a minority class (age wise) is a bad thing.
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