Letter from County Supervisor
Pat Call to Bill King, Member of the Board, American
Border Patrol
Concerns Cochise
County Board of Supervisors Resolution 02-103 (opposing militias)
Subject: RE: Supervisor Patrick Call
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 12:52:56 -0700
From: "Call, Pat" <PCall@co.cochise.az.us>
To: 'Bill King'
Mr. King -
Thank you for your response and interest. I have received many
comments and will not have the time to respond to all. However,
because yours was particularly well written, it stood out from
the others.
I have just sent out another email to my email list discussing
the outcome of the comments I received and attached the final
resolution passed by our board. I have asked those that forwarded
my original email to their own lists to also forward this last
one I sent. Hopefully, this will be forwarded to you as well.
One thing you mentioned concerns me. You mentioned the American Border Patrol
and the fact that some are identifying it as a militia or vigilante
group. That was news to me. Their name has never come up in
conversations I've had regarding the passage of our resolution.
In fact, I agree with you - they are exactly what they say
they are. I'm perplexed as to how they've come to be included
in the discussion. Perhaps the person that forwarded you my
original email has been embellishing and has a secondary agenda
of which I'm unaware?
By way of explanation, the resolution was a response to a local
newspaper's editorial call to arms regarding our local border
issues. This paper, the Tombstone Tumbleweed, also has the
county's contract this year to carry our legal adds. As such
it can legally run the caption of the 'official' county newspaper.
Unfortunately, the editorial, and it's banner headline calling
people to arms, ran directly under the 'official' county newspaper
caption. Some of the large circulation papers in the state picked
the story up, linking our Board to the irresponsible editorial.
We were left with little choice other than to clarify our position.
I'm attaching the final resolution for your information. Once
again, thank you for taking the time to contact me. I very
much appreciated your comments.
Pat Call.
