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    Border blueprint

    Border blueprint
    Key opportunity at hand to open some eyes

    Jun. 12, 2005 12:00 AM

    It's called a Plenary Session. But stifle that yawn.

    This week's meeting of the Arizona-Mexico Commission is about hot stuff: money and Arizona's efforts to make the most of its geography.

    The geography we're talking about isn't Arizona Highways stuff. advertisement




    It's the international border.

    Too often, Arizona's border with Mexico is painted in dire tones that have to do with smuggling and illegal immigration. Those issues do represent an enormous national crisis and crushing costs for border states like Arizona.

    But there is another side to this.

    There is opportunity.

    The Arizona-Mexico Commission long has been about making the most of the potential represented by the border.

    Arizona governors have worked since the commission began in 1959 to build close ties with their Mexican counterparts. Gov. Janet Napolitano has brought her own brand of enthusiasm and determination to the task.

    The governor is taking it one step farther with a Border Infrastructure Plan that will be discussed at the three-day plenary session, which starts Thursday in Tucson.

    The idea is to prioritize Arizona's border infrastructure needs, such as port improvements, and be ready to make a successful bid for a greater share of the federal dollars available for border improvements.

    Currently, the state gets only a tiny fraction of the federal dollars that are set aside for border improvements, says Marco Lopez, executive director of the Arizona-Mexico Commission. Arizona misses out because the state lacks a blueprint, he says.

    The Border Infrastructure Plan will be that blueprint. It will also put the state in a good position to compete for private sector foundation dollars.

    Eduardo Bours, governor of the Mexican state of Sonora, is scheduled to join Napolitano for discussions that will include the Canamex corridor, which will connect Mexico and Canada with a road that runs through Arizona.

    These are exciting and positive steps toward enhanced trade and economic development that will benefit both states and both countries.

    These efforts see that line in the sand across our southern deserts as an enormous resource.

    There might be a more exciting name than "plenary session." But the opportunities this event represents are real eye-openers.

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    These are exciting and positive steps toward enhanced trade and economic development that will benefit both states and both countries.
    Where is the shovel?
    Trade is great. Illegals are not.
    http://www.alipac.us Enforce immigration laws!

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    Quote Originally Posted by dataman
    These are exciting and positive steps toward enhanced trade and economic development that will benefit both states and both countries.
    Where is the shovel?
    Trade is great. Illegals are not.
    Well Said dataman
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