HUFFINGTON
05.19.13
LOVE AND HATE
residents supported a pathway
to citizenship for undocumented
immigrants, with just 19 percent
supporting deportation.
“Arizonans like to think of
themselves as mavericks. We’re
individualists. We do our own
thing, forge our own way,” says
Gretchen Baer, a local artist and
political activist in Bisbee. (One
of her projects is “Beadazzle the
Border Wall,” in which she brings
art supplies to Mexican children
to paint and decorate the Mexican
side of the barrier.) “But you hear
that from politicians in Phoenix at
the same time they’re putting limits on the decisions people make
in their personal and social lives.”
There initially was some concern that if Horne sued and Bisbee
fought him, state officials might
retaliate by withholding funds for
other projects, like transportation. But back in Doug Stanhope’s
backyard, Conners says he’d like
to see a fight. “I think this is a
battle that needs to be fought. I
don’t want to back down if the
state sues. And we shouldn’t,” he
says. “It isn’t going to cost Bisbee
any money. We have all the legal
help we need.
“It can really only be good fo