Now, this is something we’re going to get behind. From the recently established website BuildTheBorderFence.com:
Your Help Is Needed
One of the gravest threats facing America today is the lack of security and enforcement along the U.S. and Mexican border. The consequences of this lack of security have yielded an unparalleled invasion of drug cartels, violent gangs, an estimated 20 million illegal aliens, and even terrorists.
Because of the Federal Government’s failure to stop this invasion, the State of Arizona signed into law SB 1406. Part of this important legislation established this website for the purpose of raising funds through donations from private citizens, businesses, and corporations across the country in an effort to finance and finish building our border fence. One hundred percent of the funds raised will be held in a trust fund account in the Arizona State Treasurer’s Office. The bill also created the Joint Border Security Advisory Committee for oversight and accountability of these funds. Additionally, in an effort to contain costs, inmate labor will be utilized in building the border fence.
As of the effective date of this bill, July 20, 2011, approximately 685 miles of the nearly 2,000 mile long border is “fenced.” The vast majority of this existing “fence” however, consists of barbed-wire, vehicle barriers, and inadequate materials that have minimal effectiveness in stopping illegal crossings. The remaining 1,315 miles of the border currently have no fencing at all.
Despite what President Barack Obama stated in his speech on May 10, 2011, that “The (border) fence is now basically complete,” it is not. But with your help it can be very soon.
This excerpt is from an article published today in a west valley newspaper:
Arizona launched a fundraising website Wednesday as the first step in a newly authorized project to use private donations and inmate labor to build fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The website, buildtheborderfence.com, received 725 online donations totaling $31,295 within its first 14 hours, said Arizona Senate spokesman Mike Philipsen.
Initial online donations ranged from the minimum of $5 to “dozens in the $250 to $500 range,” Philipsen said. Contributions also can be mailed.
Sen. Steve Smith, a first-term Maricopa Republican who sponsored the legislation authorizing the fence project, said Tuesday that his initial goal is to raise $50 million.
“It’s not my end goal,” he said. “If we can raise $50 million, we’re off to a fabulous start.”
Smith said he was optimistic about the fundraising potential because people have donated nearly $3.8 million to a fund to defend the state’s 2010 immigration enforcement law known as SB1070.
That effort raised money for “an intangible service — you’re paying for a lawyer,” Smith said. “This, you can taste and smell what you’re getting — you’re paying for a secure border.”
The Better Half and I were disappointed last year when John Walsh and “America’s Most Wanted” were discontinued as a regular feature on the FOX TV network. However, a few weeks ago, we discovered that the show is back on the air every week on the Lifetime TV Network.
First from Southern California’s South Bay paper:
We’re back in California for a few days. Today, I picked up the mail and found a jury summons from the Los Angeles Superior Court. Hmmm, I thought, that’s going to be a tough commute from Arizona to Los Angeles to serve on a jury.
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