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> Federal, State, & Local Representatives United on Call to Save Friendship Park By Jill Holslin SAN DIEGO, CA | On Saturday, November 15, 2008, at 11 AM, federal, state, and local elected officials gathered at Friendship Park to call for an immediate halt to construction of fencing that places […]
>from Newspaper Tree: El Paso’s Original News Source posted November 14, 2008 EL PASO, TEXAS | El Paso County Attorney José R. Rodríguez was invited to testify last week before the Mexican-American Legislative Caucus (MALC) of the Texas House of Representatives in relation to the federal lawsuit the County and […]
San Diego Daily Transcript “Orchids, Onions honors best, worst in recent crop of architecture” By MONICA UNHOLD 14 November 2008 SAN DIEGO, CA | On Thursday evening, architects honored condos, hospital facilities and theater restorations that have blossomed in the past few years as well as those that plain stink, […]
>November 14, 2008 – By Jill Holslin San Diego, CA | Nine political leaders in San Diego city, state and federal government are calling upon the President-Elect Barack Obama Transition Team to intervene to save Friendship Park. Following efforts in other states like Texas, where a coalition of local and […]
> By Jill Holslin San Diego, CA | Friendship Park, a small and unassuming spot near a beach in San Diego-Tijuana, is suddenly getting national and international media attention. This half-acre plaza overlooking the beautiful shores of the Pacific ocean at the southmost corner of the continental United States is […]
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>Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar received notification today that Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has made a decision not to move forward this year on the construction of three proposed border fence segments in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector in Starr County , Texas ( Rio Grande […]
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2008 Contact: Scott Nicol (956) 532-5983 The No Border Wall Coalition hails the decision by the Department of Homeland Security to give the communities of Roma, Rio Grande City, and Los Ebanos a reprieve from border wall construction in 2008. It is our hope that […]
Are We Being Fair to the Border Patrol? by Jill Holslin SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA | On Thursday, Sept 18, 2008 Border Meetup Director Dan Watman was detained by the Border Patrol in Friendship Park, a small concrete plaza and public park located along the border fence in Border Field State Park, […]