On last night’s AZ Illustrated Politics: Congressman Ron Barber talked about the prospects of immigration reform and his own legislation to develop better metrics to measure the effectiveness of Border Patrol strategies; his concern about the cost of government-built housing in Ajo; his recent letter calling for more public comment on the Rosemont Mine; and the chances of a government shutdown later this year.

Then Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Lea Marquez-Peterson, Tucson Tea Party founder Trent Humphries and attorney Jeff Rogers talked about the RNC’s recent resolution opposing a path to citizenship for any undocumented people now in the United States; the ongoing battle over the Rosemont Mine; and Arizona Treasurer Doug Ducey’s latest maneuvers in his exploratory campaign for governor next year.

This article appears in Aug 22-28, 2013.

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4 replies on “AZ Illustrated Politics: U.S. Rep. Ron Barber Talks Immigration & Rosemont Mine”

  2. “Delay is the deadliest form of denial.” Ron is into delay so that he will not be seen as the “job killing” liberal he is. Arizona needs the Rosemont project and others like it, but don’t count on Ron for a good paying job in his district. He is too committed to his ultra-green buddies who do not care about the average person who needs a good job with good benefits (assuming Obamacare does not gut these too).
    I support the Rosemont Project and the many other basic industries that built our country. Think about what made America great; it was not delay nor was it a “not in my backyard” mentality. Support prosperity, support growth, support mining, manufacturing and energy generation using coal and natural gas!

  3. I’ve seen Bisbee, and it is not a pretty sight. Before it was cutesy touristy, it was a warren of miner’s shacks after the company store took all the wealth away and shuttered the doors. A few got the copper and the rest got the shaft. You can easily see this scene around any extractive industry activity. Mercury contamination around gold sites, radioactive tailings around uranium sites, sludge holding ponds around coal mines…many now Superfund sites. You are willing to sell your future way cheaper than I am, BB.

  4. “Cascabel;” perhaps a most appropriate nom de plum, given the poisonous nature and level of misinformation you chose to disseminate. I lived in Bisbee for decades, I shopped in the Company store, by choice, as it had quality at a fair price, and I still enjoy visiting Bisbee, which I do with frequency to see my grandkids and great-grandkids. It was a good place to grow up and to live and work in; a truly great place. Bisbee produced wealth and opportunity for America and Americans.

    Perhaps you missed my point, I am not selling a future, I am hoping to build one, as did our predecessors – one built on the basic industries and hard work in these productive endeavors by my fellow Arizonians. The future offered by the neoliberals is one of dependency and bare subsistence. This is servitude, not opportunity; count me out.

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