Tucson Weekly (AZ)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
I have very recently hiked with several others in the area in question in Leo W. Banks' article without fear of the illegal activity he dwells on in his alarmist story.
It is beautiful country, and we are grateful we can hike it. We support the wilderness designation, and see it as an issue of land use rather than about criminal activity.
At the end of Banks' article, Edith Lowell sums it up best when she says we need border security. Instead of fighting against the designation, my opinion is that all of us should focus on demanding secure borders now.
Don Gfroerer
