Smuggler's Gulch-fill dirt and a fence will surely solve the problem (Pics & VIDEO)

[underpants]

LBN thread here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3671319


http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-gulch4-2009jan04,0,5108507.story


A U.S. construction crew fills the Smuggler's Gulch canyon near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego, Calif., Friday, Aug. 15, 2008. Scrapers and bulldozers began filling a deep canyon Friday to make way for a border fence in the southwestern corner of the continental United States after 12 years of planning, environmental reviews and legal challenges (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/463/gallery/131016.html

The border fence runs parallel the white line here on the left. They filled it in so the fence makes it "impassable" (we'll see)




Fence descends into the sea, Playas de Tijuana. 3 July 2008. Photo by: Jill Holslin

Duncan Hunter seems to like it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvHdL7gjfwU

[underpants]

1. *------------ $48.6.... MILLION ---------------* of a $60 Million project

The federal government is spending $60 million to complete approximately 3½ miles of secondary fencing that had yet to be built across the canyon, in Border Field State Park and in surrounding areas.

At a cost of $48.6 million, Smuggler's Gulch is by far the most expensive, and controversial, part of the project. Plans for the massive fill-in led to a February 2004 lawsuit against the federal government by environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club and the San Diego Audubon Society.

That same month, the California Coastal Commission stalled construction after concluding it would cause environmental damage to the estuary, which had cost millions in state and federal tax dollars to restore.

The next year, however, Congress passed legislation that enabled the Department of Homeland Security to waive all laws standing in the way of building the fence. The environmental lawsuit was dismissed in December 2005.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/tijuana/20081127-9999-1m27gulch.html

[sasquatch]

2. I hate neo-con baby boomers

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[baldguy]

3. Ever look at the border in Google Earth?

The Tijuana side has large, prosperous homes right up against the border.

The San Diego side is a desert wasteland - intentionally maintained that way by the US govt.

Its like the difference between South & North Korea, or West & East Berlin before the wall was removed.

[underpants]

4. No I haven't. Thanks for the info

$48.6 Million in government contracts when at best an ICE post would do.

How much did Blago want for the Senate seat again? seems paltry in comparison