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>>> GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR
>>> GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.
JOINING US. I'M MARIA PARNHAM, EDITORIAL
I'M MARIA PARNHAM, EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR FOR "THE ARIZONA
PAGE EDITOR FOR "THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR."
DAILY STAR." IN TONIGHT'S "AZ ILLUSTRATED
IN TONIGHT'S "AZ ILLUSTRATED METRO" WE'LL GET TWO
METRO" WE'LL GET TWO PERSPECTIVES ON THE U.S./MEXICO
PERSPECTIVES ON THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER.
BORDER. FIRST A STORY ON THE CONFLICT
FIRST A STORY ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND
BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND SECURITY CONCERNS.
SECURITY CONCERNS. AND THEN MAYORS FROM BOTH SIDES
AND THEN MAYORS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER DISCUSS WORKING
OF THE BORDER DISCUSS WORKING TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. THEN WE'LL TAKE A TRIP TO A
THEN WE'LL TAKE A TRIP TO A HISTORIC PART OF BROADWAY
HISTORIC PART OF BROADWAY BOULEVARD.
BOULEVARD. AND FINALLY SET DOWN WITH THE
AND FINALLY SET DOWN WITH THE NEW PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
NEW PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHANCELLORS.
CHANCELLORS. FIRST A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP
FIRST A LOOK AT TODAY'S TOP STORIES.
STORIES. >>> NINE UNDOCUMENTED U.S.
>>> NINE UNDOCUMENTED U.S. RESIDENTS ARE HOPING TO SHED
RESIDENTS ARE HOPING TO SHED LIGHT ON IMMIGRATION POLICIES BY
LIGHT ON IMMIGRATION POLICIES BY TRYING TO ENTER THE UNITED
TRYING TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES WITHOUT PROPER
STATES WITHOUT PROPER DOCUMENTATION.
DOCUMENTATION. FEDERAL OFFICERS DETAINED A
FEDERAL OFFICERS DETAINED A GROUP THIS MORNING AT A BORDER
GROUP THIS MORNING AT A BORDER CROSSING IN NOGALES.
CROSSING IN NOGALES. THE IMMIGRANTS HAD BEEN LIVING
THE IMMIGRANTS HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE U.S. FOR DECADES BUT THEY
IN THE U.S. FOR DECADES BUT THEY WENT BACK TO MEXICO VOLUNTARILY
WENT BACK TO MEXICO VOLUNTARILY AND HOPE TO RE-ENTER THE U.S. BY
AND HOPE TO RE-ENTER THE U.S. BY PRESENTING A LETTER TO BORDER
PRESENTING A LETTER TO BORDER OFFICIALS DETAILING THEIR
OFFICIALS DETAILING THEIR ACADEMIC AND FAMILY TIES TO THE
ACADEMIC AND FAMILY TIES TO THE U.S. AND ASKING TO "COME BACK
U.S. AND ASKING TO "COME BACK HOME."
HOME." THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS
THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS REPORTING GOOD ECONOMIC USE FOR
REPORTING GOOD ECONOMIC USE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THAT JUST ENDED
THE FISCAL YEAR THAT JUST ENDED ON JUNE 30th.
ON JUNE 30th. THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET
THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE SAYS THE GENERAL FUND
COMMITTEE SAYS THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES EXCEEDED THEIR ORIGINAL
REVENUES EXCEEDED THEIR ORIGINAL PREDICTIONS BY NEARLY $156
PREDICTIONS BY NEARLY $156 MILLION.
MILLION. THE REPORT ALSO FINDS AN
THE REPORT ALSO FINDS AN INCREASE IN THE COLLECTION OF
INCREASE IN THE COLLECTION OF INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES BUT A
INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES BUT A DECREASE IN TOBACCO TAXES AND
DECREASE IN TOBACCO TAXES AND LOTTERY REVENUES.
LOTTERY REVENUES. >>> THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU
>>> THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU IS WARNING CONSUMERS ABOUT SCAMS
IS WARNING CONSUMERS ABOUT SCAMS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE
THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE WEATHER.
WEATHER. SO-CALLED STORM CHASERS ARE
SO-CALLED STORM CHASERS ARE FOLLOWING DESTRUCTIVE MONSOONS
FOLLOWING DESTRUCTIVE MONSOONS AND KNOCKING ON PEOPLE'S DOORS
AND KNOCKING ON PEOPLE'S DOORS TO PROMISE PROPERTY REPAIRS.
TO PROMISE PROPERTY REPAIRS. BUT WHEN CUSTOMERS PAY UP FRONT,
BUT WHEN CUSTOMERS PAY UP FRONT, THE SCAM ARTISTS DISAPPEAR.
THE SCAM ARTISTS DISAPPEAR. EXPERTS SAY BEWARE AND WORK ONLY
EXPERTS SAY BEWARE AND WORK ONLY WITH TRUSTED AND WELL-KNOWN
WITH TRUSTED AND WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE AND COMPANIES.
PEOPLE AND COMPANIES. THAT'S A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S
THAT'S A LOOK AT TONIGHT'S HEADLINES.
>>> MORE THAN A DECADE AGO, A PARK RANGER WAS KILLED BY
PARK RANGER WAS KILLED BY ALLEGED MEXICAN DRUG SMUGGLERS
ALLEGED MEXICAN DRUG SMUGGLERS IN ORGAN PIPE NATIONAL MONUMENT.
IN ORGAN PIPE NATIONAL MONUMENT. THE PARK CONTINUES TO BE A
THE PARK CONTINUES TO BE A CENTER OF CONFLICT AMONG BORDER
CENTER OF CONFLICT AMONG BORDER LAW ENFORCEMENT, ECOLOGISTS AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT, ECOLOGISTS AND PARK VISITORS.
PARK VISITORS. PRODUCERS CHRISTOPHER CONOVER
PRODUCERS CHRISTOPHER CONOVER AND WILL SIEBERGER BRING US THE
AND WILL SIEBERGER BRING US THE STORY.
STORY. >> ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL
>> ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF
MONUMENT AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF PIMA COUNTY IS A CONTRADICTION.
PIMA COUNTY IS A CONTRADICTION. IT'S DESIGNATED AS AN EXAMPLE OF
IT'S DESIGNATED AS AN EXAMPLE OF PRISTINE SONORAN DESERT.
PRISTINE SONORAN DESERT. BECAUSE ITS SOUTHERN BOUNDARY IS
BECAUSE ITS SOUTHERN BOUNDARY IS THE MEXICAN BYRDER IT'S BECOME A
THE MEXICAN BYRDER IT'S BECOME A BATTLEGROUND.
BATTLEGROUND. PITTING BORDER ENFORCEMENT
PITTING BORDER ENFORCEMENT AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT SET
AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT SET GAINS THE BACKDROP OF PUBLIC
GAINS THE BACKDROP OF PUBLIC ACCESS TO NATIONAL PARK LAND.
ACCESS TO NATIONAL PARK LAND. IN 2002, RANGER CHRIS EGLEY WAS
IN 2002, RANGER CHRIS EGLEY WAS MURDERED IN THE PARK, ALLEGEDLY
MURDERED IN THE PARK, ALLEGEDLY BY DRUG SMUGGLERS.
BY DRUG SMUGGLERS. THE *** EARNED ORGAN PIPE A
THE *** EARNED ORGAN PIPE A REPUTATION AS THE MOST DANGEROUS
REPUTATION AS THE MOST DANGEROUS PARK IN AMERICA.
PARK IN AMERICA. >> WHAT WE SAW WAS A MICROCOSM
>> WHAT WE SAW WAS A MICROCOSM OF THE NATIONAL MONOLOGUE.
OF THE NATIONAL MONOLOGUE. >> A PERSON WHO HAS SPENT
>> A PERSON WHO HAS SPENT THOUSANDS OF HOURS IN ORGAN
THOUSANDS OF HOURS IN ORGAN PIPE, WHO WE'LL CALL GEORGE,
PIPE, WHO WE'LL CALL GEORGE, SPOKE ON THE CONDITION OF
SPOKE ON THE CONDITION OF ANONYMITY.
ANONYMITY. FEARING REPRISAL FOR SPEAKING
FEARING REPRISAL FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE CONDUCT OF THE
OUT AGAINST THE CONDUCT OF THE INCREASED FEDERAL LAW
INCREASED FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IN ORGAN
ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE IN ORGAN PIPE.
PIPE. >> BORDER PATROL CAN GO
>> BORDER PATROL CAN GO ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE. IT'S THEIR KINGDOM THESE DAYS.
IT'S THEIR KINGDOM THESE DAYS. THEY GO WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO
THEY GO WHEREVER THEY WANT TO GO EVEN IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE
EVEN IF THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING.
THEY'RE GOING. >> THE MONUMENT'S INTERIM
>> THE MONUMENT'S INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT, JIM RICHARDSON,
SUPERINTENDENT, JIM RICHARDSON, POINTS OUT THE CONFLICTS IN
POINTS OUT THE CONFLICTS IN ORGAN PIPE.
ORGAN PIPE. NEARLY HALF OF THE PARK IS
NEARLY HALF OF THE PARK IS CLOSED TO PUBLIC ACCESS BECAUSE
CLOSED TO PUBLIC ACCESS BECAUSE OF FEDERAL CONCERNS ABOUT
OF FEDERAL CONCERNS ABOUT VISITOR SAFETY.
VISITOR SAFETY. THE PARK YIELDS EVIDENCE OF
THE PARK YIELDS EVIDENCE OF BORDER CROSSERS.
BORDER CROSSERS. BLACK WATER BOTTLES AND AN
BLACK WATER BOTTLES AND AN EMERGENCY BEACON FOR PEOPLE IN
EMERGENCY BEACON FOR PEOPLE IN DISTRESS.
DISTRESS. A CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT THAT BEARS
A CAMOUFLAGE SHIRT THAT BEARS THE ODOR OF DAYS OF WEAR.
THE ODOR OF DAYS OF WEAR. EVEN CARPET-SOLED SHOES THAT
EVEN CARPET-SOLED SHOES THAT SMUGGLERS AND THE MIGRANTS WEAR
SMUGGLERS AND THE MIGRANTS WEAR SO THEY DON'T LEAVE TRACKS IN
SO THEY DON'T LEAVE TRACKS IN THE DESERT.
THE DESERT. RICHARDSON POINTS OUT UBIQUITOUS
RICHARDSON POINTS OUT UBIQUITOUS TIRE TRACKS CUTTING BETWEEN
TIRE TRACKS CUTTING BETWEEN ROADS AND THE PARK.
ROADS AND THE PARK. >> WHEN WE DO GET IN THOSE
>> WHEN WE DO GET IN THOSE AREAS, YOU CAN SEE TRACKS ALL
AREAS, YOU CAN SEE TRACKS ALL OVER.
OVER. A MAJORITY OF THOSE PROBABLY
A MAJORITY OF THOSE PROBABLY WILL BE BORDER PATROL TRACKS.
WILL BE BORDER PATROL TRACKS. >> OFFICIALS AT ORGAN PIPE ARE
>> OFFICIALS AT ORGAN PIPE ARE TRYING TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE WITH
TRYING TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE WITH NEW PLANTINGS AND OTHER
NEW PLANTINGS AND OTHER MITIGATION.
MITIGATION. >> WE'LL PUT UP THESE SIGNS THAT
>> WE'LL PUT UP THESE SIGNS THAT TELL BORDER PATROL, THIS IS
TELL BORDER PATROL, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN AREA WE'RE TRYING
OBVIOUSLY AN AREA WE'RE TRYING TO RESTORE, STAY OFF, PLEASE.
TO RESTORE, STAY OFF, PLEASE. THERE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S
THERE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S TRACKS.
TRACKS. I MEAN, I SUPPOSE THAT COULD BE
I MEAN, I SUPPOSE THAT COULD BE SMUGGLERS TOO.
SMUGGLERS TOO. MAYBE THEY HAD AN EMERGENCY.
MAYBE THEY HAD AN EMERGENCY. >> THE BORDER PATROL SIGNED AN
>> THE BORDER PATROL SIGNED AN AGREEMENT IN 2006 SAYING IT
AGREEMENT IN 2006 SAYING IT WOULD ONLY DRIVE ON ESTABLISHED,
WOULD ONLY DRIVE ON ESTABLISHED, MAINTAINED ROADS EXCEPT IN
MAINTAINED ROADS EXCEPT IN EMERGENCIES.
EMERGENCIES. BUT THOSE ARE HARD TO DEFINE.
BUT THOSE ARE HARD TO DEFINE. >> THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO -- EVERY
>> THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO -- EVERY TIME THAT THEY LEAVE A
TIME THAT THEY LEAVE A MAINTAINED ROAD.
MAINTAINED ROAD. AND WE DO GET A NUMBER OF THOSE
AND WE DO GET A NUMBER OF THOSE REPORTS.
REPORTS. >> THIS IS BEING TORN TO SHREDS
>> THIS IS BEING TORN TO SHREDS BY OFFROAD VEHICLE TRAFFIC.
BY OFFROAD VEHICLE TRAFFIC. >> WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS BORDER
>> WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS BORDER PATROL DRIVING WILLY-NILLY
PATROL DRIVING WILLY-NILLY ACROSS THE DESERT, CAUSING HUGE
ACROSS THE DESERT, CAUSING HUGE IMPACTS TO THE VEGETATION,
IMPACTS TO THE VEGETATION, CAUSING EROSION PROBLEMS AND
CAUSING EROSION PROBLEMS AND DOWNCUTTING, TURNING SOME OF THE
DOWNCUTTING, TURNING SOME OF THE CRYPTOBIOTIC SOIL CRUST THAT'S
CRYPTOBIOTIC SOIL CRUST THAT'S VERY FRAGILE INTO A FINELY
VERY FRAGILE INTO A FINELY GROUND MOONDUST.
GROUND MOONDUST. >> BORDER PATROL OFFICIALS
>> BORDER PATROL OFFICIALS REFUSED AN ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW
REFUSED AN ON-CAMERA INTERVIEW BUT ANSWERED QUESTIONS VERY
BUT ANSWERED QUESTIONS VERY E-MAIL.
E-MAIL. THEY SAID AGENTS ARE DIRECTED TO
THEY SAID AGENTS ARE DIRECTED TO STAY ON DESIGNATED ROADS EXCEPT
STAY ON DESIGNATED ROADS EXCEPT IN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
IN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES. THEY WANT ALL AGENTS ARE
THEY WANT ALL AGENTS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE
REQUIRED TO COMPLETE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL
ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL STEWARDSHIP TRAINING SO THEY
STEWARDSHIP TRAINING SO THEY UNDERSTAND THE BALANCE OF
UNDERSTAND THE BALANCE OF SECURING THE BORDER WHILE
SECURING THE BORDER WHILE MINIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.
MINIMIZING ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE. FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF A
FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF A VEHICLE BARRIER FENCE ALONG THE
VEHICLE BARRIER FENCE ALONG THE PARK'S SOUTHERN BOUNDARY, AT
PARK'S SOUTHERN BOUNDARY, AT LEAST SOME NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC
LEAST SOME NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC AND HIGH-SPEED CHASES HAVE
AND HIGH-SPEED CHASES HAVE DROPPED OFF.
DROPPED OFF. >> IN ORGAN PIPE, ON HIGHWAY 85,
>> IN ORGAN PIPE, ON HIGHWAY 85, WE USED TO HAVE MULTIPLE
WE USED TO HAVE MULTIPLE HIGH-SPEED CHASES EVERY YEAR.
HIGH-SPEED CHASES EVERY YEAR. OFTEN ENDING IN TERRIBLE
OFTEN ENDING IN TERRIBLE CRASHES.
CRASHES. WITH NOW THE PEDESTRIAN FENCE
WITH NOW THE PEDESTRIAN FENCE AND THE VEHICLE FENCE, THEY
AND THE VEHICLE FENCE, THEY BASICALLY CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE.
BASICALLY CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. >> REPAIRING AND MAINTAINING THE
>> REPAIRING AND MAINTAINING THE FENCE IS A CAT AND MOUSE GAME OF
FENCE IS A CAT AND MOUSE GAME OF ITS OWN, THOUGH.
ITS OWN, THOUGH. ECOLOGISTS SAY THE WALL IS A
ECOLOGISTS SAY THE WALL IS A PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. ESPECIALLY IN PARKLAND.
ESPECIALLY IN PARKLAND. >> THE WILDLIFE CAN'T CROSS
>> THE WILDLIFE CAN'T CROSS WHERE THERE ARE BORDER WALLS.
WHERE THERE ARE BORDER WALLS. WHERE THERE ARE VEHICLE BARRIERS
WHERE THERE ARE VEHICLE BARRIERS THERE ARE NOW FLOOD LIGHTS SO
THERE ARE NOW FLOOD LIGHTS SO WILDLIFE IS NOT AS PRONE TO
WILDLIFE IS NOT AS PRONE TO CROSSING THERE EITHER.
CROSSING THERE EITHER. THERE ARE DEER THAT I'VE SEEN
THERE ARE DEER THAT I'VE SEEN APPROACH THE WALL AND NOT BE
APPROACH THE WALL AND NOT BE ABLE TO GET ACROSS AND TURN
ABLE TO GET ACROSS AND TURN AROUND AND GO BACK THE OTHER
AROUND AND GO BACK THE OTHER WAY.
WAY. WE ALSO HAVE PHOTOS OF MOUNTAIN
WE ALSO HAVE PHOTOS OF MOUNTAIN LIONS, THE DIAMOND BACK
LIONS, THE DIAMOND BACK RATTLESNAKE, ROADRUNNERS,
RATTLESNAKE, ROADRUNNERS, HAVALINA.
HAVALINA. IT'S GOING TO BE A TOTAL
IT'S GOING TO BE A TOTAL DISASTER FOR THE BORDER LANDS
DISASTER FOR THE BORDER LANDS AND IT MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING
AND IT MIGHT NOT BE SOMETHING THE ECOSYSTEMS, THE NATIONAL
THE ECOSYSTEMS, THE NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE REFUGES WILL
PARKS AND WILDLIFE REFUGES WILL EVER BE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM.
EVER BE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM. >> WHETHER IT'S BORDER FENCES,
>> WHETHER IT'S BORDER FENCES, SURVEILLANCE TOWERS OR AGENTS ON
SURVEILLANCE TOWERS OR AGENTS ON THE GROUND, MUCH OF THE BORDER
THE GROUND, MUCH OF THE BORDER SECURITY LOOKS SIMILAR NO MATTER
SECURITY LOOKS SIMILAR NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO ACROSS THE NATION'S
WHERE YOU GO ACROSS THE NATION'S SOUTHERN BOUNDARY.
SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. A PROBLEM NOT ONLY FOR ORGAN
A PROBLEM NOT ONLY FOR ORGAN PIPE, ACCORDING TO CONGRESSMAN
PIPE, ACCORDING TO CONGRESSMAN RON BARBER.
RON BARBER. >> THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO ONE
>> THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
SIZE FITS ALL. A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE FEDERAL
A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT TRY TO IMPOSE THE
AGENCIES THAT TRY TO IMPOSE THE SAME STANDARD, THE SAME
SAME STANDARD, THE SAME REQUIREMENT, ACROSS THE COUNTRY
REQUIREMENT, ACROSS THE COUNTRY NO MATTER WHERE IT IS.
NO MATTER WHERE IT IS. AND THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE
AND THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
SENSE. >> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STILL
>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STILL DESIGNATES THE PARK AS DANGEROUS
DESIGNATES THE PARK AS DANGEROUS WITH THE THREAT OF CARTEL
WITH THE THREAT OF CARTEL VIOLENCE AND SMUGGLING
VIOLENCE AND SMUGGLING NECESSITATING INCREASED LAW
NECESSITATING INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE.
ENFORCEMENT PRESENCE. RICHARDSON COMPARES ORGAN PIPE
RICHARDSON COMPARES ORGAN PIPE TO A NATIONAL RECREATION AREA IN
TO A NATIONAL RECREATION AREA IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CALLED
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CALLED WHISKEY TOWN.
WHISKEY TOWN. >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THERE, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
THERE, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS ALSO A MEXICAN
CHALLENGE IS ALSO A MEXICAN CARTEL PROBLEM, GROWING
CARTEL PROBLEM, GROWING MARIJUANA IN THE PARK.
MARIJUANA IN THE PARK. AND THERE WE ALMOST ALWAYS FIND
AND THERE WE ALMOST ALWAYS FIND FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION.
FIREARMS OR AMMUNITION. SO IT'S ALMOST THE OPPOSITE
SO IT'S ALMOST THE OPPOSITE TREND.
TREND. I WAS ACTUALLY I THINK SURPRISED
I WAS ACTUALLY I THINK SURPRISED AT HOW SELDOM THE RANGERS FIND
AT HOW SELDOM THE RANGERS FIND FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION ON THE
FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION ON THE SMUGGLERS THAT THEY CATCH.
SMUGGLERS THAT THEY CATCH. >> ACCORDING TO THE WRITTEN
>> ACCORDING TO THE WRITTEN RESPONSE FROM BORDER PATROL
RESPONSE FROM BORDER PATROL OFFICIALS, THEY DON'T TRACK DRUG
OFFICIALS, THEY DON'T TRACK DRUG AND WEAPONS SEIZURES IN ORGAN
AND WEAPONS SEIZURES IN ORGAN PIPE SPECIFICALLY.
PIPE SPECIFICALLY. BUT THEY CAN SAY IN FISCAL YEAR
BUT THEY CAN SAY IN FISCAL YEAR 2012, FOR THE ENTIRE TUCSON
2012, FOR THE ENTIRE TUCSON SECTOR, AGENTS SEIZED 116
SECTOR, AGENTS SEIZED 116 FIREARMS, 1 MILLION POUNDS OF
FIREARMS, 1 MILLION POUNDS OF NARCOTICS, AND MADE 120,000
NARCOTICS, AND MADE 120,000 BORDER CROSSER APPREHENSIONS.
BORDER CROSSER APPREHENSIONS. >> IT'S POLITICAL.
>> IT'S POLITICAL. THE DEFINITIONS OF SAFE PLACES
THE DEFINITIONS OF SAFE PLACES AND UNSAFE PLACES HAS EVOLVED
AND UNSAFE PLACES HAS EVOLVED GREATLY OVER TIME.
GREATLY OVER TIME. NONE OF THE EFFECTS HAVE REALLY
NONE OF THE EFFECTS HAVE REALLY EVER FELT GREATLY THREATENED BY
EVER FELT GREATLY THREATENED BY THE PEOPLE TRAVELING THE PARK
THE PEOPLE TRAVELING THE PARK ILLEGALLY.
ILLEGALLY. >> BORDER PATROL HAVE ONE
>> BORDER PATROL HAVE ONE MISSION AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT
MISSION AND WE HAVE A DIFFERENT MISSION.
MISSION. FOR THE MOST PART, WE WORK
FOR THE MOST PART, WE WORK TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. >> IN THEIR WRITTEN STATEMENTS,
>> IN THEIR WRITTEN STATEMENTS, THE BORDER PATROL SAID THAT THE
THE BORDER PATROL SAID THAT THE PRESERVATION OF OUR VALUABLE
PRESERVATION OF OUR VALUABLE NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE AND WE
IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE AND WE ARE FULLY ENGAGED IN EFFORTS
ARE FULLY ENGAGED IN EFFORTS THAT CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL
THAT CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AS WE WORK TO SECURE OUR
IMPACTS AS WE WORK TO SECURE OUR NATION'S BORDERS.
NATION'S BORDERS. MEANWHILE, THOSE FAMILIAR WITH
MEANWHILE, THOSE FAMILIAR WITH THE PARK SAY ENFORCEMENT
THE PARK SAY ENFORCEMENT PATTERNS ARE BASED ON POLITICS,
PATTERNS ARE BASED ON POLITICS, NOT ON CONCRETE METRICS.
NOT ON CONCRETE METRICS. >> UNDER THE POLICY IF ALL
>> UNDER THE POLICY IF ALL RESOURCES WERE CONCENTRATED AT
RESOURCES WERE CONCENTRATED AT THE BORDERS THEN WE WOULD HAVE
THE BORDERS THEN WE WOULD HAVE VERY FEW APPREHENSIONS.
VERY FEW APPREHENSIONS. THE MORE APPREHENSIONS, THE
THE MORE APPREHENSIONS, THE BETTER JOB THEY'RE DOING, AND
BETTER JOB THEY'RE DOING, AND THAT ALLOWS JUSTIFICATIONS.
THAT ALLOWS JUSTIFICATIONS. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR A REALLY
IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR A REALLY PERVERSE DEFINITION, AS IN THE
PERVERSE DEFINITION, AS IN THE MORE YOU GET THAT MEANS THAT YOU
MORE YOU GET THAT MEANS THAT YOU REQUIRE MORE PERSONNEL.
REQUIRE MORE PERSONNEL. WHICH ALLOWS FOR EXPANSION OF
WHICH ALLOWS FOR EXPANSION OF BUDGETS IN THE FUTURE.
BUDGETS IN THE FUTURE. >> I'M CONVINCED THAT THESE
>> I'M CONVINCED THAT THESE POLICIES OF WALLING OFF THE
POLICIES OF WALLING OFF THE BORDER AND JUST SENDING AGENTS
BORDER AND JUST SENDING AGENTS AND SPENDING MONEY TO SEAL THIS
AND SPENDING MONEY TO SEAL THIS PLACE OFF, TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
PLACE OFF, TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE SOME KIND OF PRISON, THAT'S THE
SOME KIND OF PRISON, THAT'S THE WRONG WAY TO GO.
WRONG WAY TO GO. WE STARTED DOING IT IN THE
WE STARTED DOING IT IN THE 1990s.
1990s. IT HASN'T WORKED.
IT HASN'T WORKED. IT'S BEEN A FAILURE FOR 20 YEARS
IT'S BEEN A FAILURE FOR 20 YEARS NOW AND WE NEED TO START LOOKING
NOW AND WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT ROOT CAUSES AND ADDRESSING
AT ROOT CAUSES AND ADDRESSING THESE IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS IN A
THESE IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS IN A REAL GROWN-UP WAY, NOT IN A AN
REAL GROWN-UP WAY, NOT IN A AN ACTION MOVIE TYPE OF APPROACH.
ACTION MOVIE TYPE OF APPROACH. >> NOW, ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON
>> NOW, ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THE BORDER.
THE BORDER. AS THE NATION'S LAWMAKERS DEBATE
AS THE NATION'S LAWMAKERS DEBATE IMMIGRATION REFORM, MAYORS FROM
IMMIGRATION REFORM, MAYORS FROM SONORA AND ARIZONA ARE TALKING
SONORA AND ARIZONA ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS AND ISN'T WORKING
ABOUT WHAT IS AND ISN'T WORKING ON THE ISSUES OF SECURITY,
ON THE ISSUES OF SECURITY, ECONOMICS AND CULTURE.
ECONOMICS AND CULTURE. >> ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, MAYOR
>> ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, MAYOR MUELLER --
MUELLER -- >> ADRIANA IS THE MAYOR OF
>> ADRIANA IS THE MAYOR OF BISBEE, ARIZONA.
BISBEE, ARIZONA. SHE HOSTED THE LAST
SHE HOSTED THE LAST ARIZONA/SONORA MAYORS CONFERENCE
ARIZONA/SONORA MAYORS CONFERENCE JUST MINUTES FROM THE
JUST MINUTES FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH
INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH MEXICO.
MEXICO. SHE LIKE OTHER MAYORS IN ARIZONA
SHE LIKE OTHER MAYORS IN ARIZONA WANTS TO KEEP AN OPEN DIALOGUE
WANTS TO KEEP AN OPEN DIALOGUE BETWEEN COMMUNITIES ON BOTH
BETWEEN COMMUNITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER TO INCREASE
SIDES OF THE BORDER TO INCREASE TOURISM AND BUSINESS AS
TOURISM AND BUSINESS AS IMMIGRATION REFORM IS DRAFTED.
IMMIGRATION REFORM IS DRAFTED. THE MAIN PROBLEM FOR THESE
THE MAIN PROBLEM FOR THESE BORDER TOWNS, SHE SAYS, IS
BORDER TOWNS, SHE SAYS, IS MISPERCEPTION.
MISPERCEPTION. >> WHAT HAPPENS FIRST OF ALL IS
>> WHAT HAPPENS FIRST OF ALL IS A LOT OF FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW
A LOT OF FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW THIS REGION, WHO HEAR ABOUT THE
THIS REGION, WHO HEAR ABOUT THE NEED FOR BORDER SECURITY, THEY
NEED FOR BORDER SECURITY, THEY THINK THAT IT'S NOT SECURE.
THINK THAT IT'S NOT SECURE. THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS AND
THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HERE.
CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HERE. SO THEY DON'T COME TO VISIT.
SO THEY DON'T COME TO VISIT. THEY DON'T MOVE HERE.
THEY DON'T MOVE HERE. THAT'S A CONCERN FOR US.
THAT'S A CONCERN FOR US. BECAUSE IN OUR OPINION, IT IS A
BECAUSE IN OUR OPINION, IT IS A VERY SAFE REGION.
VERY SAFE REGION. >> IMMIGRATION REFORM PROPOSALS
>> IMMIGRATION REFORM PROPOSALS CALL FOR AN INCREASE IN BORDER
CALL FOR AN INCREASE IN BORDER PATROL TROOPS AND MORE MONEY FOR
PATROL TROOPS AND MORE MONEY FOR BORDER SECURITY.
BORDER SECURITY. SHE SAYS THAT COULD MAKE SOME
SHE SAYS THAT COULD MAKE SOME PEOPLE FEEL MORE SECURE BUT IT
PEOPLE FEEL MORE SECURE BUT IT CAN ALSO BE A NEGATIVE.
CAN ALSO BE A NEGATIVE. >> WE FEEL IN BISBEE WE DON'T
>> WE FEEL IN BISBEE WE DON'T NEED ADDITIONAL BORDER PATROL.
NEED ADDITIONAL BORDER PATROL. SO I'M HOPING IF THAT HAPPENS,
SO I'M HOPING IF THAT HAPPENS, THEY DON'T SEND THEM TO US.
THEY DON'T SEND THEM TO US. WE SEE THEM DAILY IN ALL OUR
WE SEE THEM DAILY IN ALL OUR WARDS ALL AROUND BISBEE.
WARDS ALL AROUND BISBEE. WE HAVE A NEW BORDER PATROL
WE HAVE A NEW BORDER PATROL STATION.
STATION. APPREHENSIONS ARE DOWN SO WE
APPREHENSIONS ARE DOWN SO WE DON'T THINK WE NEED ADDITIONAL
DON'T THINK WE NEED ADDITIONAL BORDER PATROL HERE.
BORDER PATROL HERE. >> SHE SAYS WHAT BORDER
>> SHE SAYS WHAT BORDER COMMUNITIES NEED IS FEDERAL
COMMUNITIES NEED IS FEDERAL FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEAR
FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEAR INTERNATIONAL PORTS OF ENTRY.
INTERNATIONAL PORTS OF ENTRY. >> ANOCO IS A COMMUNITY FIVE
>> ANOCO IS A COMMUNITY FIVE MILES FROM DOWNTOWN BISBEE.
MILES FROM DOWNTOWN BISBEE. THE ONE WE FOCUS ON IS THE ONE
THE ONE WE FOCUS ON IS THE ONE IN DOUGLAS.
IN DOUGLAS. THERE HAS BEEN TALK AND WORK TO
THERE HAS BEEN TALK AND WORK TO EXPAND THAT PORT AND PERHAPS
EXPAND THAT PORT AND PERHAPS MOVE IT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
MOVE IT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER.
BORDER. SO IT'S SOMETHING IN IN BUSINESS
SO IT'S SOMETHING IN IN BUSINESS BEST WE FULLY SUPPORT AND THAT
BEST WE FULLY SUPPORT AND THAT AS REGIONAL MAYORS WE WANT TO
AS REGIONAL MAYORS WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.
SEE HAPPEN. >> BORDER MAYORS ARE TALKING
>> BORDER MAYORS ARE TALKING ABOUT FORMING A TOUR IISM GROUP
ABOUT FORMING A TOUR IISM GROUP THAT INCLUDES THE MEXICAN SIDE
THAT INCLUDES THE MEXICAN SIDE AND BISBEE AND TOMB STONE ON THE
AND BISBEE AND TOMB STONE ON THE U.S. SIDE.
U.S. SIDE. >> THE MAYOR LEADING THAT EFFORT
>> THE MAYOR LEADING THAT EFFORT THINKS, AND HE'S RIGHT THAT WE
THINKS, AND HE'S RIGHT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE
HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE COMMON.
COMMON. THAT TOURISTS AND THAT PEOPLE
THAT TOURISTS AND THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS REGION WOULD
WHO LIVE IN THIS REGION WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. >> FRANCISCO IS THE MAYOR IN
>> FRANCISCO IS THE MAYOR IN SONORA SOUTH OF BISBEE.
SONORA SOUTH OF BISBEE. IT'S HOME TO THE LARGEST COPPER
IT'S HOME TO THE LARGEST COPPER MINE IN MEXICO WHICH EMPLOYS
MINE IN MEXICO WHICH EMPLOYS THOUSANDS.
THOUSANDS. HE SAYS ALTHOUGH THE BIGGEST
HE SAYS ALTHOUGH THE BIGGEST INDUSTRY IS MINING, HE WOULD
INDUSTRY IS MINING, HE WOULD LIKE TO SHED LIGHT ON OTHER
LIKE TO SHED LIGHT ON OTHER ASPECTS OF HIS CITY.
ASPECTS OF HIS CITY. >> WE ARE GROWING SOME GRAPES
>> WE ARE GROWING SOME GRAPES FOR WINE.
FOR WINE. SO ARIZONA, COCHISE COUNTY, HAS
SO ARIZONA, COCHISE COUNTY, HAS ALSO SOME WINERIES SO WE'RE
ALSO SOME WINERIES SO WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH THAT
TRYING TO ESTABLISH THAT COMMUNICATION SO WE CAN BUILD
COMMUNICATION SO WE CAN BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP.
THAT RELATIONSHIP. TOURISM FOCUSED ON WINERIES IN
TOURISM FOCUSED ON WINERIES IN THIS REGION.
THIS REGION. >> HE SAYS THE MEXICAN G'S
>> HE SAYS THE MEXICAN G'S INTEREST IN FUNDING
INTEREST IN FUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE NEAR THE BORDER
INFRASTRUCTURE NEAR THE BORDER WILL BENEFIT BY NATIONAL
WILL BENEFIT BY NATIONAL COMMUTERS.
COMMUTERS. >> WE'RING WHEN A FOUR-WAY
>> WE'RING WHEN A FOUR-WAY HIGHWAY COMING INTO DOUGLAS.
HIGHWAY COMING INTO DOUGLAS. AND WE HAVE ALREADY IN PROGRESS
AND WE HAVE ALREADY IN PROGRESS AND WE'RE MAKING -- WAITING FOR
AND WE'RE MAKING -- WAITING FOR THE OTHER COUNTIES TO FINISH THE
THE OTHER COUNTIES TO FINISH THE HIGHWAY.
HIGHWAY. THAT WILL BE THE EASIEST WAY TO
THAT WILL BE THE EASIEST WAY TO ACCESS CANEA FROM ARIZONA.
ACCESS CANEA FROM ARIZONA. >> MAYORS FROM THE U.S./MEXICO
>> MAYORS FROM THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER WANT TO STRENGTHEN
BORDER WANT TO STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS THAT
ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXTEND BEYOND BORDER TOWNS.
EXTEND BEYOND BORDER TOWNS. >> WE WANT SOME JOB FAIRS.
>> WE WANT SOME JOB FAIRS. THERE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL JOB
THERE WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL JOB FAIR IN NOGALES A NUMBER OF
FAIR IN NOGALES A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO.
MONTHS AGO. YOU WOULD LIKE SOME OTHER JOB
YOU WOULD LIKE SOME OTHER JOB FAIRS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE FOR
FAIRS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE FOR EXAMPLE THE WINE INDUSTRY IN
EXAMPLE THE WINE INDUSTRY IN COCHISE COUNTY AND WILCOX, PIMA
COCHISE COUNTY AND WILCOX, PIMA COUNTY IN THE PATAGONIA AREA.
COUNTY IN THE PATAGONIA AREA. THOSE TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL
THOSE TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES REQUIRE WORKERS AND A
ACTIVITIES REQUIRE WORKERS AND A LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT DO
LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT DO WORK THERE NOW ARE FROM MEXICO
WORK THERE NOW ARE FROM MEXICO SO WE WOULD WANT MORE OF THAT.
SO WE WOULD WANT MORE OF THAT. FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB
FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB GROWTH.
GROWTH. >> THE ARIZONA/SONORA BORDER
>> THE ARIZONA/SONORA BORDER MAYORS COALITION MEETS REGULARLY
MAYORS COALITION MEETS REGULARLY IN CITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
IN CITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER.
>>> A TOWN CRIER GAVE THE NEWS OF BABY BOY BORN TO THE DUKE AND
OF BABY BOY BORN TO THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE TODAY,
DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE TODAY, BECOMING THIRD IN LINE TO THE
BECOMING THIRD IN LINE TO THE BRITISH THRONE.
BRITISH THRONE. >> WE GET THE LATEST FROM LONDON
>> WE GET THE LATEST FROM LONDON WHERE CROWDS CELEBRATED THE
WHERE CROWDS CELEBRATED THE BIRTH OF THE ROYAL HEIR.
BIRTH OF THE ROYAL HEIR. >> THEN, WORKERS AND PENSION
>> THEN, WORKERS AND PENSION FUNDS ARE PUSHING TO DERAIL
FUNDS ARE PUSHING TO DERAIL DETROIT'S BANKRUPTCY FILING.
DETROIT'S BANKRUPTCY FILING. WE ASKED WHO WILL BEAR THE BRUNT
WE ASKED WHO WILL BEAR THE BRUNT OF CUTS AND WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR
OF CUTS AND WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR THE MOTOR CITY AND OTHER
THE MOTOR CITY AND OTHER METROPOLITAN AREAS IN FISCAL
METROPOLITAN AREAS IN FISCAL TROUBLE.
TROUBLE. >> IN IRAQ, TWO MILITARY-STYLE
>> IN IRAQ, TWO MILITARY-STYLE ASSAULTS ON PRISONS NEAR BAGHDAD
ASSAULTS ON PRISONS NEAR BAGHDAD FREE HUNDREDS OF INMATES.
FREE HUNDREDS OF INMATES. WE EXAMINE WHAT'S BEHIND
WE EXAMINE WHAT'S BEHIND MOUNTING ATTACKS BY INSURGENTS.
MOUNTING ATTACKS BY INSURGENTS. >>> POLITICAL CARTOONS CAN
>>> POLITICAL CARTOONS CAN PROVOKE ANGER, POKE FUN, EVEN
PROVOKE ANGER, POKE FUN, EVEN INSPIRE.
INSPIRE. THE ART OF CONTROVERSY.
THE ART OF CONTROVERSY. >>> AND A PIONEERING WHITE HOUSE
>>> AND A PIONEERING WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT WHO FIRED
CORRESPONDENT WHO FIRED QUESTIONS AT TEN PRESIDENTS DIED
QUESTIONS AT TEN PRESIDENTS DIED OVER THE WEEKEND.
OVER THE WEEKEND. MARGARET WARNER LOOKS BACK AT
MARGARET WARNER LOOKS BACK AT THE LIFE OF HELEN THOMAS.
THE LIFE OF HELEN THOMAS. THAT'S ALL AHEAD ON TONIGHT'S
THAT'S ALL AHEAD ON TONIGHT'S "NEWS HOUR."
"NEWS HOUR." >>> A NEW BOOK ABOUT TEXAS
>>> A NEW BOOK ABOUT TEXAS BARBECUE RATES SOME FAMOUS
BARBECUE RATES SOME FAMOUS RESTAURANTS BELOW LESSER-KNOWN
RESTAURANTS BELOW LESSER-KNOWN PLACES LIKE THE PECAN LODGE IN
PLACES LIKE THE PECAN LODGE IN DALLAS.
DALLAS. >> IT WAS LIKE WINNING THE
>> IT WAS LIKE WINNING THE LOTTERY, WE WERE SCREAMING, WE
LOTTERY, WE WERE SCREAMING, WE WERE THROWING MONEY AT OUR
WERE THROWING MONEY AT OUR STAFF, GIVING THEM CHAMPAGNE.
STAFF, GIVING THEM CHAMPAGNE. >> THE PROFITS OF SMOKED MEAT ON
>> THE PROFITS OF SMOKED MEAT ON THE NEXT "MORNING EDITION" FROM
THE NEXT "MORNING EDITION" FROM NPR NEWS.
NPR NEWS. >>> A TWO-MILE STRETCH OF
>>> A TWO-MILE STRETCH OF BROADWAY JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN
BROADWAY JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN IS HOME TO BUILDINGS THAT
IS HOME TO BUILDINGS THAT DISPLAY TUCSON'S HISTORY.
DISPLAY TUCSON'S HISTORY. ANDREA KELLY, PRESIDENT OF THE
ANDREA KELLY, PRESIDENT OF THE TUCSON HISTORIC PRESERVATION
TUCSON HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOUNDATION, GIVES US A TOUR OF
FOUNDATION, GIVES US A TOUR OF THE ROADWAY.
THE ROADWAY. THEY BEGAN IN AN ICONIC DINER.
>> BROADWAY WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT CORRIDOR THAT
IMPORTANT CORRIDOR THAT CONNECTED DOWNTOWN TO THE EAST
CONNECTED DOWNTOWN TO THE EAST SIDE.
SIDE. TO ALL OF THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS,
TO ALL OF THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS, POST WORLD WAR II HOUSING,
POST WORLD WAR II HOUSING, CUL-DE-SACS AND RANCH HOUSES.
CUL-DE-SACS AND RANCH HOUSES. ALONG BROADWAY ALL THESE
ALONG BROADWAY ALL THESE WONDERFUL STORES EMERGED THAT
WONDERFUL STORES EMERGED THAT WERE BUILT IN THIS WONDERFUL
WERE BUILT IN THIS WONDERFUL ECLECTIC ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
ECLECTIC ARCHITECTURAL STYLE THAT HOUSED CAR DEALERSHIPS,
THAT HOUSED CAR DEALERSHIPS, CLOTHING STORES, CAMERA SHOPS,
CLOTHING STORES, CAMERA SHOPS, ALL A REFLECTION OF THE AMERICAN
ALL A REFLECTION OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.
DREAM. >> THAT QUARTER IS EUCLID TO
>> THAT QUARTER IS EUCLID TO COUNTRY CLUB.
COUNTRY CLUB. WE'RE ON THE WESTERN END.
WE'RE ON THE WESTERN END. >> THE DINER USED TO BE THE
>> THE DINER USED TO BE THE PANCAKE HOUSE BUILT IN 1964,
PANCAKE HOUSE BUILT IN 1964, DESIGNED BY A CALIFORNIA
DESIGNED BY A CALIFORNIA ARCHITECT, WILLIAM BURRQUIST.
ARCHITECT, WILLIAM BURRQUIST. HE DESIGNED DINERS LIKE THIS IN
HE DESIGNED DINERS LIKE THIS IN A SPACE AGE STYLE ALL OVER
A SPACE AGE STYLE ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. A FEW IN ARIZONA.
A FEW IN ARIZONA. THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY EXAMPLES
THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY EXAMPLES OF HIS ARCHITECTURE IN TUCSON
OF HIS ARCHITECTURE IN TUCSON AND IT'S A REAL RARE SURVIVING
AND IT'S A REAL RARE SURVIVING TYPE.
TYPE. GEOMETRIC DESIGNS AND SIGNAGE
GEOMETRIC DESIGNS AND SIGNAGE CREATED THIS NEW VISION OF
CREATED THIS NEW VISION OF TUCSON AS A MODERN MET DROP
TUCSON AS A MODERN MET DROP BUSINESS.
BUSINESS. 1953 A CONTEST WAS SPONSORED AND
1953 A CONTEST WAS SPONSORED AND OVER 5,000 ENTRIES SUBMITTED.
OVER 5,000 ENTRIES SUBMITTED. THE WINNING ENTRY WAS THE
THE WINNING ENTRY WAS THE SUNSHINE MILE.
SUNSHINE MILE. THERE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY
THERE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF MID-CENTURY MODERN
COLLECTION OF MID-CENTURY MODERN BUILDINGS DESIGNED BY TUCSON'S
BUILDINGS DESIGNED BY TUCSON'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ARCHITECTS OF
MOST INFLUENTIAL ARCHITECTS OF THE ERA THAT SHAPED THE
THE ERA THAT SHAPED THE BOULEVARD.
BOULEVARD. ALL CONTRIBUTED TO REALLY UNIQUE
ALL CONTRIBUTED TO REALLY UNIQUE AND ECLECTIC CHARACTER OF THE
AND ECLECTIC CHARACTER OF THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. BUILDINGS OF THE DISTRICT ARE
BUILDINGS OF THE DISTRICT ARE ICONIC MID-CENTURY AMERICA.
ICONIC MID-CENTURY AMERICA. THE BOULEVARD SHOPS DESIGNED BY
THE BOULEVARD SHOPS DESIGNED BY NICHOLAS DE KELLNER 1953
NICHOLAS DE KELLNER 1953 FEATURES HORIZONTAL CAN TIE
FEATURES HORIZONTAL CAN TIE LEVERED, EXTENDED PANELS WITH
LEVERED, EXTENDED PANELS WITH INTEGRATED DISPLAY BOXES THAT
INTEGRATED DISPLAY BOXES THAT INVITE THE SHOPPER TO VIEW
INVITE THE SHOPPER TO VIEW MERCHANDISE UP CLOSE BEFORE THEY
MERCHANDISE UP CLOSE BEFORE THEY EVEN ENTER THE STORE.
EVEN ENTER THE STORE. DECORATIVE EXTERIOR COLUMNS WERE
DECORATIVE EXTERIOR COLUMNS WERE DESIGNED IN A MESOAMERICAN
DESIGNED IN A MESOAMERICAN INSPIRED CONCRETE FRIEZE BY
INSPIRED CONCRETE FRIEZE BY JAMES SAVAGE.
JAMES SAVAGE. INTENDED FOR A SERIES OF
INTENDED FOR A SERIES OF HIGH-END SHOPS EACH STOREFRONT
HIGH-END SHOPS EACH STOREFRONT WAS GIVEN A UNIQUE BUT
WAS GIVEN A UNIQUE BUT CONTEMPORARY IDENTITY.
CONTEMPORARY IDENTITY. FOR DECADES BROADWAY AS A
FOR DECADES BROADWAY AS A HIGH-END SHOPPING DISTRICT.
HIGH-END SHOPPING DISTRICT. >> TELL US ABOUT THIS BUILDING.
>> TELL US ABOUT THIS BUILDING. >> THIS IS THE HIRSCH SHOE STORE
>> THIS IS THE HIRSCH SHOE STORE DESIGNED BY BERNIE FRIEDMAN IN
DESIGNED BY BERNIE FRIEDMAN IN 1964 AND STILL OWNED BY THE
1964 AND STILL OWNED BY THE HIRSCH FAMILY, A BEAUTIFUL ECOF
HIRSCH FAMILY, A BEAUTIFUL ECOF AN OPEN STOREFRONT.
AN OPEN STOREFRONT. IT HAS THE ANTCAN TIE LEVERED
IT HAS THE ANTCAN TIE LEVERED FEELING THAT INVITES THE
FEELING THAT INVITES THE CUSTOMER TO WALK INTO THE STORE
CUSTOMER TO WALK INTO THE STORE BEFORE YOU WALK THROUGH THE
BEFORE YOU WALK THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS.
FRONT DOORS. YOU WALK INTO THIS OPEN LOBBY
YOU WALK INTO THIS OPEN LOBBY WITH BEAUTIFUL CANTI LEVERED
WITH BEAUTIFUL CANTI LEVERED STOREFRONTS AND CURVING WALLS
STOREFRONTS AND CURVING WALLS AND IT'S A VERY INVITING
AND IT'S A VERY INVITING EXPRESSION.
EXPRESSION. ONE OF THE LAST STOREFRONTS OF
ONE OF THE LAST STOREFRONTS OF THIS TYPE IN EXISTENCE IN
THIS TYPE IN EXISTENCE IN TUCSON.
TUCSON. >> WAS THE SHOPPING CENTER BUILT
>> WAS THE SHOPPING CENTER BUILT ALL AT THE SAME TIME?
ALL AT THE SAME TIME? >> THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT
>> THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT INDIVIDUALLY, IT WAS DESIGNED TO
INDIVIDUALLY, IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE STANDALONE.
BE STANDALONE. OVER TIME OTHER ARCHITECTS WERE
OVER TIME OTHER ARCHITECTS WERE COMMISSIONED TO DESIGN THE OTHER
COMMISSIONED TO DESIGN THE OTHER BUILDINGS AROUND IT, CREATING
BUILDINGS AROUND IT, CREATING THIS REALLY ORGANIC, DISTINCTIVE
THIS REALLY ORGANIC, DISTINCTIVE FLAVOR AND UNIQUENESS TO THE
FLAVOR AND UNIQUENESS TO THE SHOPPING CENTER DESIGN.
SHOPPING CENTER DESIGN. >> WE'RE ACROSS THE STREET FROM
>> WE'RE ACROSS THE STREET FROM CHASE BANK.
CHASE BANK. >> LET GO TAKE A LOOK.
>> LET GO TAKE A LOOK. >> TELL US ABOUT THIS BANK
>> TELL US ABOUT THIS BANK BUILDING.
BUILDING. >> THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED IN
>> THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED IN 1971 BY FRIEDMAN AND JOE BUSH.
1971 BY FRIEDMAN AND JOE BUSH. BERNIE FRIEDMAN WAS ONE OF THE
BERNIE FRIEDMAN WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS WHO DESIGNED HIRSCH'S
PRINCIPALS WHO DESIGNED HIRSCH'S STORE TWO DECADES BEFORE.
STORE TWO DECADES BEFORE. THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED TO BE
THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED TO BE MONUMENTAL BANK ARCHITECTURE.
MONUMENTAL BANK ARCHITECTURE. IT'S RAISED UP ON THIS BEAUTIFUL
IT'S RAISED UP ON THIS BEAUTIFUL SET OF STAIRS AND HAS INCREDIBLE
SET OF STAIRS AND HAS INCREDIBLE COLUMNS AND THEY HIRED
COLUMNS AND THEY HIRED SANDERSON, AN ARTIST IN ARIZONA,
SANDERSON, AN ARTIST IN ARIZONA, TO DESIGN SCULPTURAL FRIEZES.
TO DESIGN SCULPTURAL FRIEZES. THIS IS A CITY LANDMARK.
THIS IS A CITY LANDMARK. >> SO WE'RE STANDING ALONG
>> SO WE'RE STANDING ALONG BROADWAY WHICH HAS ITS OWN
BROADWAY WHICH HAS ITS OWN STORY.
STORY. >> IN THE 1980s A PLAN WAS
>> IN THE 1980s A PLAN WAS PASSED TO WIDEN BROADWAY TO
PASSED TO WIDEN BROADWAY TO EIGHT LANES WHICH WOULD IMPACT
EIGHT LANES WHICH WOULD IMPACT HUNDREDS OF HISTORIC MID-CENTURY
HUNDREDS OF HISTORIC MID-CENTURY MODERN BUILDINGS ALONG THIS
MODERN BUILDINGS ALONG THIS IMPORTANT CORRIDOR.
IMPORTANT CORRIDOR. THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH RTA.
THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH RTA. NOW THERE IS A COMMUNITY
NOW THERE IS A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THIS STREET WILL BE
FUTURE OF THIS STREET WILL BE AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL LOSE
AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL LOSE THIS INCREDIBLE ARCHITECTURAL
THIS INCREDIBLE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE.
HERITAGE. THIS IS A UNIQUE PLACE IN OUR
THIS IS A UNIQUE PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. IT REPRESENTS THE MID-CENTURY
IT REPRESENTS THE MID-CENTURY MODERN OPTIMISM FOLLOWING WORLD
MODERN OPTIMISM FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II.
WAR II. IT REPRESENTS OUR COMMERCIAL
IT REPRESENTS OUR COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE.
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE. THIS PLACE IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT
THIS PLACE IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT TO TUCSON BUT TO ARIZONA.
TO TUCSON BUT TO ARIZONA. IN 2012 THE ARIZONA PRESERVATION
IN 2012 THE ARIZONA PRESERVATION FOUNDATION NAMED IT ONE OF THE
FOUNDATION NAMED IT ONE OF THE MOST ENDANGERED PLACES IN
MOST ENDANGERED PLACES IN ARIZONA.
ARIZONA. WHAT THAT SAYS, IT'S NOT JUST
WHAT THAT SAYS, IT'S NOT JUST IMPORTANT TO TUCSON, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO TUCSON, IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR STATE.
IMPORTANT TO OUR STATE. IT'S PART OF THE AMERICAN
IT'S PART OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN UNDERSTANDING
EXPERIENCE IN UNDERSTANDING POST-WORLD WAR II DESIGN AND
POST-WORLD WAR II DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE AND STYLE.
ARCHITECTURE AND STYLE. >> THANKS FOR TELLING US MORE
>> THANKS FOR TELLING US MORE ABOUT IT.
ABOUT IT. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>>> AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF CONTROVERSY AND TURBULENCE IN
CONTROVERSY AND TURBULENCE IN ITS LEADERSHIP, PIMA COMMUNITY
ITS LEADERSHIP, PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS A NEW CHANCELLOR,
COLLEGE HAS A NEW CHANCELLOR, LEE LAMBERT.
LEE LAMBERT. HE'S LEADING THE COLLEGE WHICH
HE'S LEADING THE COLLEGE WHICH IS ON PROBATION AND HAS HAD TWO
IS ON PROBATION AND HAS HAD TWO INTERIM CHANCELLORS THIS YEAR.
INTERIM CHANCELLORS THIS YEAR. LAMBERT SPOKE WITH MICHAEL
LAMBERT SPOKE WITH MICHAEL CHIHAK ABOUT PIMA'S REPUTATION
CHIHAK ABOUT PIMA'S REPUTATION AND HIS PLANS TO REBUILD IT.
AND HIS PLANS TO REBUILD IT. >> WHEN A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS
>> WHEN A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS CARE SO MUCH ABOUT ITS COMMUNITY
CARE SO MUCH ABOUT ITS COMMUNITY COLLEGE THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO
COLLEGE THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO GO TO THE VERY BODY THAT COULD
GO TO THE VERY BODY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY DECIDE ITS FATE, IN
POTENTIALLY DECIDE ITS FATE, IN THIS STATE HIGHER LEARNING
THIS STATE HIGHER LEARNING COMMISSION, AND TO SAY, THERE'S
COMMISSION, AND TO SAY, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG AT AN
SOMETHING WRONG AT AN INSTITUTION, SOMETHING REALLY
INSTITUTION, SOMETHING REALLY NOT WORKING.
NOT WORKING. I WANT TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY
I WANT TO BE PART OF A COMMUNITY THAT CARES THAT DEEPLY.
THAT CARES THAT DEEPLY. THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT AT
THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT AT RISK THE VERY INSTITUTION THAT
RISK THE VERY INSTITUTION THAT THEY LOVE.
THEY LOVE. NOW, THAT TELLS ME SOMETHING,
NOW, THAT TELLS ME SOMETHING, THAT WE HAVE A CARING GROUP OF
THAT WE HAVE A CARING GROUP OF FOLKS, RIGHT?
FOLKS, RIGHT? AND I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT
AND I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT TEAM BECAUSE I BELIEVE I BRING
TEAM BECAUSE I BELIEVE I BRING THE LEADERSHIP TO REALLY PUT IT
THE LEADERSHIP TO REALLY PUT IT ON -- PUT THE WHEELS BACK ON THE
ON -- PUT THE WHEELS BACK ON THE BUS, IF YOU WILL.
BUS, IF YOU WILL. KEEP IT MOVING IN THE RIGHT
KEEP IT MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
DIRECTION. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CARING
BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CARING GROUP OF FOLKS.
GROUP OF FOLKS. SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT IN ORDER
SUPPORTING THAT EFFORT IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
FOR THAT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. AND THAT I BELIEVE IS HERE.
AND THAT I BELIEVE IS HERE. PROBATION IS NOT A DEATH KNELL.
PROBATION IS NOT A DEATH KNELL. PROBATION IS A GOOD WAY TO STEP
PROBATION IS A GOOD WAY TO STEP BACK, RE-EXAMINE, REASSESS.
BACK, RE-EXAMINE, REASSESS. WHAT ARE WE DOING?
WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW ARE WE DOING IT?
HOW ARE WE DOING IT? I THINK THIS IS A GREAT
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
OPPORTUNITY. IF WE -- IF WE USE IT FOR WHAT
IF WE -- IF WE USE IT FOR WHAT IT IS.
IT IS. A SELF-ASSESSMENT.
A SELF-ASSESSMENT. ABILITY TO HACK AT HOW WE CAN
ABILITY TO HACK AT HOW WE CAN GET BETTER AT WHAT WE DO.
GET BETTER AT WHAT WE DO. ARE WE FULFILLING OUR MISSION?
ARE WE FULFILLING OUR MISSION? ARE WE CLEAR ON WHAT THAT MEANS
ARE WE CLEAR ON WHAT THAT MEANS TO DO THAT?
TO DO THAT? SO I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY A
SO I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY. BASED ON AN INTERNAL PIMA
BASED ON AN INTERNAL PIMA COUNTY, THE MORNING NEWSPAPER IN
COUNTY, THE MORNING NEWSPAPER IN TUCSON HAD A HEADLINE THE OTHER
TUCSON HAD A HEADLINE THE OTHER DAY THAT BASICALLY PIMA
DAY THAT BASICALLY PIMA APOLOGIZES TO COMMUNITY.
APOLOGIZES TO COMMUNITY. WHAT KIND OF REACTION ARE YOU
WHAT KIND OF REACTION ARE YOU GETTING TO THAT?
GETTING TO THAT? >> I THINK THE OVERALL REACTION
>> I THINK THE OVERALL REACTION HAS BEEN POSITIVE.
HAS BEEN POSITIVE. PEOPLE REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AN INSTITUTION, THAT THE
THEY'RE AN INSTITUTION, THAT THE LEADERSHIP IS WILLING TO SAY,
LEADERSHIP IS WILLING TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DROPPED THE
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DROPPED THE BALL.
BALL. AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE WILLING
AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MEANS THAT
TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MEANS THAT NOW WE'RE IN A POSITION TO
NOW WE'RE IN A POSITION TO ADDRESS IT.
ADDRESS IT. UNTIL YOU KNOW YOU HAVE WORK TO
UNTIL YOU KNOW YOU HAVE WORK TO DO, THEN IT'S HARD TO DO THE
DO, THEN IT'S HARD TO DO THE WORK, RIGHT?
WORK, RIGHT? SO JUST BEING ABLE TO COME OUT
SO JUST BEING ABLE TO COME OUT AND SAY, HEY, WE DIDN'T STEP UP
AND SAY, HEY, WE DIDN'T STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND KEEP GOOD OUR
TO THE PLATE AND KEEP GOOD OUR PROMISES TO THE COMMUNITY AND
PROMISES TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR
THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. NOW BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO SAY
NOW BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO
THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO CHANGE AND NOT ONLY BRING IT
CHANGE AND NOT ONLY BRING IT BACK TO WHERE IT OUGHT TO BE BUT
BACK TO WHERE IT OUGHT TO BE BUT TO REALLY TAKE IT TO ANOTHER
TO REALLY TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
LEVEL. >> WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO TO
>> WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO TO REBUILD THAT TRUST?
REBUILD THAT TRUST? >> I THINK ONE OF THE KEYS IS TO
>> I THINK ONE OF THE KEYS IS TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND
REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESS AND
REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIES THAT MAKE UP TUCSON,
INDUSTRIES THAT MAKE UP TUCSON, THE GREATER PIMA AREA, AND THE
THE GREATER PIMA AREA, AND THE STATE OF ARIZONA, AND START TO
STATE OF ARIZONA, AND START TO SAY WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, HOW
SAY WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE
CAN WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NEEDS ARE BEING
SURE THAT YOUR NEEDS ARE BEING MET THAT YOUR INVESTMENT HAS A
MET THAT YOUR INVESTMENT HAS A TAXPAYER IN BEING UTILIZED
TAXPAYER IN BEING UTILIZED EFFECTIVELY FOR THE BETTERMENT
EFFECTIVELY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY.
OF THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S THE APPROACH.
SO THAT'S THE APPROACH. THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS MAKING
THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS MAKING SURE THAT I REACH OUT TO ALL OF
SURE THAT I REACH OUT TO ALL OF OUR STAFF, OUR ADMINISTRATORS,
OUR STAFF, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, TO HEAR THEM AS WELL.
TO HEAR THEM AS WELL. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AN
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING COMPONENT OF MY STRATEGY
ONGOING COMPONENT OF MY STRATEGY GOING FORWARD AS WELL.
GOING FORWARD AS WELL. BECAUSE WE'RE A COMMUNITY
BECAUSE WE'RE A COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. >> THE COLLEGE'S BOARD OF
>> THE COLLEGE'S BOARD OF GOVERNORS WAS IN PLACE DURING A
GOVERNORS WAS IN PLACE DURING A LOT OF THIS.
LOT OF THIS. WHAT THE COLLEGE HAS MENTIONED
WHAT THE COLLEGE HAS MENTIONED AS BREACH OF INTEGRITY.
AS BREACH OF INTEGRITY. THAT BOARD OF GOVERNORS HIRED
THAT BOARD OF GOVERNORS HIRED YOU, IS PERHAPS CULPABLE IN SOME
YOU, IS PERHAPS CULPABLE IN SOME OF THIS, AND THAT BOARD OF
OF THIS, AND THAT BOARD OF GOVERNORS COLLECTIVELY IS YOUR
GOVERNORS COLLECTIVELY IS YOUR BOSS.
BOSS. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING TO THE
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS ABOUT?
GOVERNORS ABOUT? >> LET ME FIRST START BY SAYING
>> LET ME FIRST START BY SAYING THIS.
THIS. THINGS BEGIN AND END WITH THE
THINGS BEGIN AND END WITH THE CHAN
CHAN CHANCELLOR.
CHANCELLOR. PUTTING IN A SYSTEM OF
PUTTING IN A SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY, MAKING SURE WE
ACCOUNTABILITY, MAKING SURE WE FULFILL OUR MISSION, BEGINS AND
FULFILL OUR MISSION, BEGINS AND THE ENDS WITH ME.
THE ENDS WITH ME. THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS ARE VERY
THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS ARE VERY DEPENDENT ON MY EXPERTISE, MY
DEPENDENT ON MY EXPERTISE, MY ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM
ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM ABOUT THE STRENGTHS, THE
ABOUT THE STRENGTHS, THE WEAKNESSES, THE OPPORTUNITIES.
WEAKNESSES, THE OPPORTUNITIES. PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THEY'RE VERY DEPEND ANT ON ME.
THEY'RE VERY DEPEND ANT ON ME. THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONAL COMMUNE
THEY'RE NOT PROFESSIONAL COMMUNE COLLEGE EDUCATORS AS A GENERAL
COLLEGE EDUCATORS AS A GENERAL RULE.
RULE. THAT CAN CHANGE OVER TIME
THAT CAN CHANGE OVER TIME DEPENDING ON WHO RUNS FOR A
DEPENDING ON WHO RUNS FOR A DIFFERENT SEAT IN THE DIFFERENT
DIFFERENT SEAT IN THE DIFFERENT WARDS.
WARDS. FOUR OF THE FIVE BOARD PRESIDENT
FOUR OF THE FIVE BOARD PRESIDENT BUSH, THEY DON'T COME FROM THE
BUSH, THEY DON'T COME FROM THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORLD.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORLD. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S EVEN MORE
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S EVEN MORE INCUMBENT UPON THE CHANCE WHO
INCUMBENT UPON THE CHANCE WHO ARE TO HELP OR ASK THEM TO HELP
ARE TO HELP OR ASK THEM TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMS AND THE
UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEMS AND THE COMPLEXITY OF HOW WE OPERATE.
COMPLEXITY OF HOW WE OPERATE. THEY'RE THERE LOOKING AT THE
THEY'RE THERE LOOKING AT THE INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC.
INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC. BUT THEY REALLY DEPEND ON ME TO
BUT THEY REALLY DEPEND ON ME TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT
HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
MEANS. SO I HAVE TO OWN THAT AS
SO I HAVE TO OWN THAT AS CHANCELLOR, THAT THE BREAKDOWN
CHANCELLOR, THAT THE BREAKDOWN WAS ALSO A BREAKDOWN BECAUSE OF
WAS ALSO A BREAKDOWN BECAUSE OF THE CHANCELLOR'S BREAKDOWN.
THE CHANCELLOR'S BREAKDOWN. AND I OWN THAT IN THIS ROLE AND
AND I OWN THAT IN THIS ROLE AND I'M GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO
I'M GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEM TO GROW AND UNDERSTAND
HELP THEM TO GROW AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
WHAT WE DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. >> WHAT ONE THING WOULD YOU SAY
>> WHAT ONE THING WOULD YOU SAY TO THE TUCSON AND PIMA COUNTY
TO THE TUCSON AND PIMA COUNTY COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
COMMUNITIES ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
GOING TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COLLEGE?
THE COLLEGE? >> THAT I'M OPEN TO EVERY SINGLE
>> THAT I'M OPEN TO EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL IN THIS COMMUNITY
INDIVIDUAL IN THIS COMMUNITY