Hi Chris,
Anybody in these parts on FR know me. Click my name and you’ll see I’m an old fart. I worked, with my wife, on the Recall McCain committee. I’ve seen many things in this quest, not all pretty for you.
I’ve seen you are running against McCain, and I like that. (My anti-McCain bona fides are well known.) But, since I live here here where you do, I have concerns.
You’ve been working the Minutemen. What’s the deal with the accusations of misspent funds, specifically, what happened to the money that was given freely to you for building a fence on the border, and nothing happened?
It’s not that some strange FReeper is going to pop up and ask you, but what happens when the newspapers start asking? This will get ugly, and I am not in the mood for chain yanking.
CL
Sorry, I’m still clumsy in grasping how to answer all these posts.
I answered all questions about the funds. The IRS never had a problem with any bookkeeping practices because the BOD made sure accounting was proper and above reproach. Geez after all I was CHALLENGING BUSH AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! You don’t think I made sure we were absolutely as perfect as we could be in accounting?
All funds raised for the fence were used to build the fence. The goal was to force the feds to do it - remember Bush signing the secure fence Act here in Az. I worked hard lobbying in DC to make that a reality, we forced their hand, missing accomplished. Funding for the fence dried up but we have about a half mile section that is completed from phase one of the projected plan. 150 feet in front of our fence is a vehicle barrier and a 16 foot tall steel fence erected by the feds.
All the malicious and defamatory attacks emanate from one maniacal individual who after not succeeding in a coup attempt over MCDC has been obsessed with creating what many on this post have brought up - again and again. I made my statement of fact. A group of individuals then attempted to destroy a great organization after they disagreed with the direction the organization was taking off the border.
Instead of walking away and creating their own org in their image, they chose to do everything possible to tarnish the reputation of EVERYONE involved and all they got for their trouble was scorn and shame.
I sleep well at night knowing that MCDC was a great moment in history and continues to stand as the standard bearer for the Tea Party activist movement.
I have 3 kids, a wife and a campaign to run so pardon me if I do not hang out here as often as some would like. I usually share thoughts on Facebook, linked to my blog and I twitter. I will definitely make it a point to post here more often.
I announced back in April and have been grassroots campaigning all over the state non stop, we have collected the required signatures for the ballot and will triple that number by March as this campaign heats up.
It means something to me to challenge the establishment. Don’t see anyone else stepping up to the plate, so it’s me taking the lead again. I would not be wasting my time or yours if I was not committed to this endeavor to serve the people. Seems I’ve doing that for 8 years already, might as well take one more big swing at the Leviathan and hope others are there with me. They are and I can win this seat.
Folks need to get past this BS and get going with supporting people who actually get things done.