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Meeting on border's virtual fence prompts grumbling

The Tucson Citizen

Jaguars, pronghorns and lights were the main concerns at a U.S. Border Patrol environmental assessment meeting Tuesday night about the virtual fence planned to span the Arizona-Mexico border. More than 50 people showed up for what many expected to be an informative presentation followed by a question-and-answer period.

Instead, they got a brief PowerPoint presentation from environmental planner Paula Miller of the Department of Homeland Security's Secure Border Initiative, or SBInet. Neither handouts nor a copy of the presentation was available to the public.

Comments from the public, of which there were 12, had to be written down or dictated to Border Patrol stenographers, a requirement for the official comment period prescribed by federal law.

Posted by Editor at July 18, 2007 07:58 AM

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