Has Pima County lost its way? While I am a believer in America First, I have to step back for a minute and think PIMA FIRST. Our bureaucrats in Pima County are directing applicants to receive COVID-19 vaccinations as a condition of employment in Pima County while they are flooding our community with asylum seekers (AKA illegal aliens) who are COVID positive. And if your pockets are not empty enough, Pima County is contracting with Jot Properties, LLC, headquartered in Northridge, CA, for Hotel Shelter Services for COVID Positive Asylum Seekers at a contract award amount of $2,008,000. Money aside, the bigger issue is that the contract is for 4 months with four 6 month renewal options. Not concerned enough yet? It also has a clause that includes “the authority for the Procurement Director to issue an Amendment to this contract to add additional hotel locations.” So we have one entire hotel dedicated to COVID positive illegals for at least 4 months, possibly 2.5 years; an option to seek other hotels to add more COVID positive illegals by our Board of Supervisors without a vote of the public; and this also includes all the medical expenses necessary for the COVID positive asylum seekers. It is estimated that 25% of those crossing our borders illegally are COVID positive.
Republicans believe in following the rule of law, and that may be where it gets difficult for us to align with our democrat leaders in Tucson and Pima County. While we support LEGAL immigration, we recognize the challenges to our systems that the illegal immigration is creating. While we fight against crime in our streets and cities, they “defund the police.” We see what homeless and destitute people of our city are experiencing, and we volunteer and work to bring hope to our community. While we demand our freedoms, we see the democrat bureaucrats and elected officials using power grabs to deny freedom and to control people. We are witnessing the disregard for the Governor’s Executive Orders that our elected officials are exhibiting in our school boards, our City Council, and our Board of Supervisors. September 29 is coming soon. Are the democrat electeds and bureaucrats going to continue this lawlessness and disregard for the rule of law? Are they going to continue to divide the country and destroy our businesses?
On September 11, 2001, I lived just outside Washington D.C. We all remember where we were on that day. But September 12 was the day that we saw all Americans, all races, all religions, all ages, all genders, all political parties come together for the United States. Twenty years later we have been so divided you can only believe it is intentional. As the democrats have removed the United States flag from many of their meetings, conferences, and events, we can only wonder what they will stand for on September 11, 2021. Or will they take a knee? I choose to stand with the United States of America, so I will stand with my Republican brothers and sisters and continue to fight for freedom and liberty. We won’t stop, we won’t quit, we won’t fear. And WE will not be divided.