When you're a reporter digging deep, you turn up a lot of dirt. But that doesn't mean you can put all the good dirt in the story.
I've found myself with a lot of extra, good dirt in my new role as senior reporter (hence, Señor Reporter), writing primarily for the Arizona Daily Star's Sunday paper.
Check in often, and let's see what we can turn up.
I received a visit this morning from two 50-somethings who say they are original Brown Berets from the Tucson area concerned about the protest planned for this Friday. Robert Puig, 55, and Steve Soto, 54, are wondering who the Brown Berets de Aztlan are, and they’re worried that these new activistas will sully the Brown Berets’ good name.
The Brown Berets de Aztlan, you may recall, is the name of the California group planning a demonstration this Friday morning at Pima County Superior Court. The inspiration for the demonstration is the May 30 Arivaca murders, in which nine-year-old Brisenia Flores and her father, Raul, were killed, allegedly by members of a Minuteman border-watch group. More broadly, the flier for the demonstration says they are protesting government and political support for Minuteman groups.
Puig says he spoke with his “prime minister” in San Diego, Jerónimo Blanco, who gave Puig permission to speak with the press. Puig said he is hoping to rejuvenate the Brown Berets here in the Tucson area and worries that the protests here, if any problems emerge, could harm his effort before it gets rolling. It turns out, Blanco and the Brown Berets de Aztlan have had conflicts before, as documented here. In short, Blanco apparently accused Brown Berets de Aztlan of being communists selling a debunked ideology, and they called him a “vendido,” or sell-out.
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RE: Roy Warden’s mental health
The Arizona State Hospital staff is proud of a long tradition of providing effective and caring treatment and rehabilitative services to the most severely mentally ill persons in the state.
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— A concerned citizen 09/23/2009 04:48 PM #
All it is “B/S”
— Jim Hernandez 10/01/2009 09:29 AM #