Gretna fence squabble continues in bitter fashion
The city of Gretna's simmering dispute with a local lawyer over the removal of a fence from his home is heating up again after the homeowner came up with a novel idea for a replacement. Gretna attorney Mark Morice first squared off with the city in October 2010, when Gretna building officials told him a fence at his home was too tall, and ordered him to remove it. When Morice refused, the city cited him, and found him guilty in city court of failing to comply. Morice challenged that ruling at the 24th Judicial District Court, but the city removed...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:47:06 AM
The Blind Spot
<p>Editorial: You just thought Arizona was anti-immigrant Let’s check in on the virtual fence, over in Arizona, to see how this high-tech solution to our porous border is delivering on its promise. If the goal along our southern flank is to secure every inch, then electronic eyes posted along the 1,900-mile frontier are in our future.</p>
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:47:06 AM
Herman Cain apologizes to Latinos, touts Arizona, Alabama laws
Herman Cain once again walked back his joke about building an electrified fence along the U.S.-Mexico border, telling Univision in an interview that the comment “wasn’t intended to offend” Latinos.Then Cain outlined a border policy he supports – relying on state-level initiatives to control illegal immigration – and specifically praised the Arizona and Alabama immigration laws that Latinos loathe: SANDRA PEEBLES: Mr. Cain, many Latinos were offended by your comment on the electric fence. I understand that you support legal immigration, but regardless of the fact there are 11 million undocumented people in this country. What do we do with...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:47:06 AM
San Diego Drug Tunnel Yields 14 Tons of Marijuana
A huge drug tunnel under the U.S. border south of San Diego, apparently dug by a Mexican drug cartel, has yielded 14 tons of marijuana, say U.S. and Mexican authorities. The narrow opening of the 400-yard-long tunnel, outfitted with structural supports, electric lights and ventilation, was discovered by federal agents in a warehouse in the border neighborhood of Otay Mesa, California. After officers stopped a van leaving the warehouse and found three tons of marijuana aboard, they searched the warehouse and found more than six tons inside.
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:47:06 AM
America and China must crush Germany into submission
As we watch Italy's 10-year bond yields near 7.5pc and threaten to detonate the explosive charge on €1.9 trillion of debt, it is time for the world to reimpose order. You cannot allow the biggest bankruptcy in history to run its course – with calamitous domino implications – before all options have been exhausted. One can only guess what is happening in the great global centres of power, but it would not surprise me if US President Barack Obama and China's Hu Jintao start to intervene very soon, in unison and with massive diplomatic force. One can imagine joint telephone...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:47:06 AM
Cain Says His Deadly Fence Plan Was 'a Joke'
At two campaign rallies in Tennessee on Saturday night, the Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said that part of his immigration policy would be to build an electrified fence on the country’s border with Mexico that could kill people trying to enter the country illegally. But by Sunday morning, in a dramatic change of tone, Mr. Cain, a former restaurant executive, said he was only kidding. “That’s a joke,” Mr. Cain told the journalist David Gregory during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where he was asked about the electrified fence. “That’s not a serious plan. I’ve also said...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:47:06 AM
Herman Cain: Electrify the Border Fence
Herman Cain: Electrify the Border Fence Doug Powers October 15, 2011 It’s now a “9999†plan: 9 percent personal income tax, 9 percent national sales tax, 9 percent business tax, and a 9 amp jolt if you try to illegally cross into the US.New York Times: Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Saturday that part of his immigration policy would be to build an electrified fence on the country’s border with Mexico that could kill people trying to enter the country illegally.The remarks, which came at two campaign rallies in Tennessee as part of a barnstorming bus tour across the...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 04:47:06 AM
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