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Victory, Free Speech Wins in Moorpark, Ramirez Speaks Saturday! Ramirez and delegation meet in Capitol with Gov’s Dep. Chief of Staff - Kostigan A short while ago, FBP was notified by Darin Henry, president of the Simi Valley Moorpark Republican Assembly unit, that The City of Moorpark has withdrawn that outrageous demand for a $5,000 security deposit that was in violation of the original contract and in a knee-jerk response to the possibility, not actual threat, of protestors based on recent events in Carlsbad, California. "I am personally very pleased to see that justice has prevailed. For the past three...

Illegal immigration forum price tag estimated at more than $100KBy: PHILIP K. IRELAND - Staff WriterCARLSBAD ---- Who should pay when free speech isn't free? Mayor Bud Lewis says he thinks Sen. Bill Morrow should, and said he will bill the senator for an estimated $100,000 in police costs for providing security for a forum on illegal immigration last week. "We're going to bill Morrow for it," Lewis vowed Wednesday afternoon. The city has estimated that its security costs for the forum at $100,000, but the total bill for the Aug. 11 forum will probably be much more than that,...

Almost any discussion of immigration elicits deeply felt emotions. Still, most Americans seem to feel that immigrants will continue to play an important role in our country’s growth and that America should continue to be a beacon to the disadvantaged and oppressed peoples of the world seeking a better life. That there are many more of these than the United States can possibly accommodate does not seem to deter most Americans in favoring a liberal immigration policy. Ours certainly fits that description. For one thing, young, working immigrants replenish our aging workforce and provide additional payroll taxes to help keep...

http://www.americanpatrol.com/ Republican state Sen. Bill Morrow of Oceanside said he organized the forum to discuss how defense of the nation begins at the border, and that he timed it for yesterday based entirely on Tancredo's busy schedule. Morrow said he has talked to Tancredo for months, even before embattled Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Rancho Santa Fe, announced he will not seek re-election in the 50th District. Morrow said yesterday he will run for Cunningham's seat next year. "I know what the solution is," Morrow said. "We are not controlling our borders and it's a sea coming through. We are capable...

CARLSBAD ---- Thursday night's town-hall meeting on illegal immigration at Carlsbad High School was a decidedly lopsided affair. Those who showed up after about 4 p.m. for the 7 p.m. meeting didn't get one of the coveted tickets to attend the forum, titled "The Illegal Immigration Crisis." One anti-illegal immigration advocate inside the school's 400-seat capacity Community Cultural Arts Center said he believed the reason that so few immigration-rights advocates made it inside was because radio talk-show host Roger Hedgecock, who emceed the meeting, gave his listeners a heads-up on his Wednesday radio show. "Roger told his listeners that we...

Carlsbad forum draws protesters – and 150 law officersBy Elena Gaona and David Graham UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERSAugust 12, 2005CARLSBAD – Police from several jurisdictions, most wearing riot gear, formed a barrier to keep the peace between those attending a forum on illegal immigration and protesters who ranged from Latino activists to Muslim students. PEGGY PEATTIE / Union-Tribune A deputy directed protesters Anthony Porrello (center) and Michaela Saucedo (far right) to stand back from the sidewalk outside the arts center. While more than 100 protesters jeered, the public forum featuring Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., and other vocal opponents of illegal immigration...

Here are some "after action" photos from tonight's Immigration Rally in Carlsbad. 300 Police and Sheriff Deputies lined the streets and sidewalks.A mix of anti-anti-illegal immigration, anti war, anti-Tancredo, anti-bombing Mecca crowd. Because we're talking about nuking the border?!I love the "No One is ILLEGAL" sign.  Cop-killers, rapists, drug-runners... all legal?!"Hey, where the white women?" (Blazing Saddles)The woman holding up the JG is a terrorist sign was wearing a complete face mask.Here's one of the good guys... just holding up the flag of the country we're all in.  The best quiet protester of all!Ten or more News trucks lined the...

So the Minutemen are crazy vigilantes and their supporters are racist thugs, right? Well you could have fooled me. I attended the immigration town hall forum in Carlsbad tonight, back on popular demand after city officials tried to shut it down. The move backfired; publicity from the attempted censorship bringing folks down from LA after they heard of it on KFI. I got there an hour early but the forum's four hundred seats were already filled. But I, along with several other members of the North Coast Republican Club, stuck around outside as the supporters of secure borders began a...

With a lawsuit hanging over the school district's head, Carlsbad Unified School District Superintendent John Roach announced late Tuesday that he was backing down from his cancellation of a town-hall meeting on illegal immigration. The decision ---- "effective immediately," Roach said ---- came on the eve of a court hearing on the matter. Citing concerns about possible acts of violence by protesters, Roach last week canceled a permit that the school district had issued in early July to state Sen. Bill Morrow, R-Oceanside, to hold the forum, titled "The Illegal Immigration Crisis." The forum is scheduled for Thursday. But Roach...

FLASHFAX ALERT FORBIDDEN COMMUNITY FORUM ON THE IMPACT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WILL BE HELD AS SCHEDULED THURSDAY AUGUST 11TH , 2005 7PM Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center • Location: 3557 Monroe Street, Carlsbad, CA 92008 • Neighborhood: Carlsbad • Phone: 760.931.8709 I-5 EXIT CARLSBAD VILLAGE DRIVE EAST, RIGHT ONTO MONROE THE TOWN HALL MEETING WILL BE MODERATED BY KOGO’S ROGER HEDGECOCK GUESTS INCLUDE: COLORADO CONGRESSMAN TOM TANCREDO STATE SENATOR BILL MORROW STATE SENATOR RAY HAINES PLEASE ATTEND: THIS IS THE MEETING THAT PRO-ILLEGALS TRIED TO SHUT DOWN!! We need your support, your voice and your attendance!! THE ROGER HEDGECOCK SHOW KOGO/AM...

NORTH COUNTY ---- An attorney for state Sen. Bill Morrow filed a lawsuit Monday asking a Superior Court judge to force the Carlsbad Unified School District to rescind its superintendent's cancelation of a town-hall meeting on immigration, the attorney said. Attorney Peter Lepiscopo, who represents Morrow, said he expects a judge to decide within a day or two whether the meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday, can be held at the Carlsbad Community Cultural Arts Center on the Carlsbad High School campus. Morrow described the lawsuit as a "last resort" and an effort to protect free speech.

So a local pol wants to have a town hall forum on a pressing matter of interest. That should be a simple affair, right? Not if the issue is illegal immigration. State Senator Bill Morrow wanted to have a forum on the subject in the Carlsbad, Ca Cultural Arts Center. He invited Jim Gilchrist, Minuteman Founder and Congressman Tom Tancredo. The approvals were granted and invitations sent. Until John Roach, Superintendent of the Carlsbad Unified School District, got cold feet. It seems at other Gilchrist events, the supporters of illegal immigrants have gotten violent. So the natural bureaucratic response is...

Monday, August 8th, 2005 “The Illegal Immigration Free Speech Crisis” Posted by The John and Ken Show @ 6:40 pm   Carlsbad schools chief cancels forum on immigration CARLSBAD ——Citing past violence and threats of violence surrounding the “hot button” issue of immigration, Carlsbad Unified School District Superintendent John Roach said Thursday that he has canceled a town hall meeting scheduled for next week on the Carlsbad High School campus. Sponsored by Republican state Sen. Bill Morrow, Thursday’s meeting, titled “The Illegal Immigration Crisis,” was scheduled to include former San Diego mayor and radio talk-show host Roger Hedgecock as emcee,...

CARLSBAD – A town hall discussion on illegal immigration scheduled for next week will not be held on the campus of Carlsbad High School as planned. School officials said the event posed a potential risk of damage to the facility and could jeopardize members of the audience. Organizers said the event will take place next week at an unspecified venue. "We're in a holding pattern," said Wade Teasdale, an aide to Republican state Sen. Bill Morrow. "We're looking for another location right now." Morrow is sponsoring the town forum called "The Illegal Immigration Crisis: A Frank Discussion." It is to...

On assignment. I'm seeking interviews in the North County communities of San Diego for a feature article on activists and the outcome of the election. I'm also looking for any Republican activists that are somewhat "new age" in appearance or "breaking the conservative image". Email me at: cityseek@adelphia.net.

Link post: Geology Picture of the Week, April 20-26, 2003

Ghost Pool, Lechaguilla Cave, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico Source: Lechaguilla Photo Map Natural Resources: Lechuguilla Cave Lechuguilla Cave was known until 1986 as a small, fairly insignificant historic site in the park's backcountry. Small amounts of bat guano were mined from the entrance passages for a year under a mining claim filed in 1914. The historic cave contained a 90-foot entrance pit which led to 400 feet of dry dead-end passages. The cave was visited infrequently after mining activities ceased. However, in the 1950s cavers heard wind roaring up from the rubble-choked floor of the cave. Although there...