Do Not Allow Blackwater to Bully the
City of San Diego

On May 20 2008 in response to the City of San Diego denying the Blackwater mercenary company occupancy of their proposed new training center in Otay Mesa, Blackwater told the San Diego City Council "If we do not hear from you by close of business Friday, we will be forced to consider taking other steps to enforce and protect Blackwater’s rights" after stating that it was their right to train people in counter insurgency operations whether the city and the people want them here or not.

Now we know, on May 27 Blackwater filed suit against the City of San Diego.

No one wants Blackwater here, just as we didn't want them in Potrero. In Potrero people were able to oust their elected representatives and put in new ones who do not want Blackwater to train mercenaries in their community. In San Diego we can't do that yet, some city and other elected officials have come out against Blackwater, others have not. People who have come out against Blackwater deserve our support and those that haven't need to hear our voices so that they know where we stand on the subject of mercenary companies operating in our community.

Below are some e-mail addresses for some of our elected representatives, let them know what we think.

 

The following letter was written by Raymond Lutz and could be used to support people who have already come out against Blackwater. Write anything you want. If you would rather urge people to take a stand against Mercenary training in San Diego write that sort of letter.

Dear REPRESENTATIVE :

I am writing to support you in standing up to Blackwater and their secret facility in Otay Mesa.

Don't be intimidated by their scare tactics! The public has the right to review their plans and approve or disprove this sort of facility, and public hearings are in order. We need your help to make sure the project is adequately reviewed. Please stand firm against this facility.

Blackwater is trying to sneak into our county and install a training facility, extracting profits from our tax dollars and then send them to North Carolina. There are other options in this area to provide similar training. We don't need a company that has its eyes set on hiring our men and women in uniform to have the opportunity to advertise their private army during the entire training process.

Regardless of what Blackwater may say, they have their eyes on border security contracts and have admitted as much when they were working on the Potrero facility. If this facility is installed, if Blackwater can get their foot in the door in this region, it will only be a matter of time before they have those contracts.

We must stop Blackwater now, nip it in the bud before it grows to become a hideous monster.

Please continue to take a stand against Blackwater!

YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, ETC.

 
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