TUCSON, ARIZONA QUIETLY PLACED
UNDER MARTIAL LAW?
By Darren
Weeks
March 8, 2013
NewsWithViews.com
March 8, 2013
NewsWithViews.com
Mayoral resolution
approved by council gives power to military
Martial Law is
defined by Random House dictionary as:
1. the law temporarily imposed upon an area by state or national military forces when civil authority has broken down or during wartime military operations.2. the law imposed upon a defeated country or occupied territory by the military forces of the occupying power.
In my last article, I explored the Martial
Law declaration that was issued in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and its
devastation. I made the statement that I believe we are beginning to see the
unfolding of a new norm. A trend seems to be evolving where local, state, or
regional officials are using states of emergency or outright Martial Law
declarations to deal with small-scale problems.
Since that
time, we have seen three states — Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts —
all issue emergency declarations, restricting travel, due to an anticipated
snowstorm. One might ask how could it be that northern states might be so
ill-prepared for a major snowstorm so as to warrant the suspension of thousands
of individuals’ right to travel? Imagine... snow in the north! In the winter!
Who would have thunk it?
Massachusetts
Governor Deval Patrick issued an executive order on February 8th, banning all civilian travel
with certain very specific exceptions — mainly emergency services, the media,
and those contributing to critical infrastructure and resources. Numerous media
sources reported that violation of the Deval’s order would carry with it a
potential $1,000 fine and up to a year in jail! What if your wife was
pregnant and you needed to get her to the hospital? Guess you’re out of luck,
huh? What if you have some other emergency? Too bad for you! Your exception to
the rule wasn’t mentioned in Dictator Deval’s order.
Aside from the
fact that there are countless legitimate reasons for people to be on the
roadways during a major snowstorm — many of which couldn’t possibly be foreseen
by an executive decree — this “Deval” governor has no business restricting the
people’s right to travel. Yet, that is exactly what he did, which is completely
unnecessary and should be considered unacceptable to the populace. He should be
immediately recalled, and state legislative guidelines should be put into place,
making it a criminal offense to use executive orders for purposes such as this.
Encouraging people to stay off the roads is fine. Mandating it under threat of
massive fines and imprisonment? Not in a free society.
On the heels
of that outrage, we now learn that on February 20th, Tucson, Arizona Mayor Jonathan
Rothschild — yes, that’s really his name — issued Resolution #22006 (pdf) which declares a state of emergency in
the city of Tucson.
Section 1
“recognizes” the leadership of the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base “to make the
appropriate decisions when balancing National Security and community needs when
it comes to their existing and future military mission and
assignments.”
What “future
military mission and assignments” might warrant the need for the military to
make decisions and address community needs? What “National Security” crisis
could be foreseen as to warrant a military base to operate independently of
duly-elected government representatives? The resolution doesn’t say.
Section 2
specifies, “The various city officers are authorized and directed to perform all
acts necessary or desirable to give effect to this Resolution.”
Presumably,
this would mean that all city officers, including the local police chief and
city police officers would now be under the ultimate authority of the military,
who in turn answer to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces — the Oval
Office usurper.
The Resolution
further states in Section 3: “WHEREAS, it is necessary for the preservation of
the peace, health and safety of the City of Tucson that this Resolution become
immediately effective, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this
Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.” It
then states that it was adopted by the mayor and council on February 20,
2013.
Prior to
writing this article, this writer telephoned the Tucson mayor’s office to seek
comment for this story. A lady answered the phone who said her name was
Kimberly. When I questioned her about the purpose and intent of the resolution,
she stated that she was “not at liberty to discuss” the matter.
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Further
pressing her on the fact that the resolution actually declares a state of
emergency for the city of Tucson, I inquired as to what the nature of the
emergency was that would warrant such a declaration. She indicated that there
was no real emergency and that she “had been told” that the language was
“standard language” used in all of their resolutions.
I then asked,
“you mean every time the mayor signs a resolution, he declares a state of
emergency?”
She then
replied, “no” and proceeded to offer to take my name and contact information
down, so that her communications director could call me back to
explain.
As we send
this article to be published, we are still awaiting that call.
I guess Mr. Weeks did not see the memo (code pink ) ~~~~>The resolution allows more Iron eagles in the sky.
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