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Quartzsite Is Burning…

Quartzsite Is Burning…

By: Barry Hess

Passions and Commitment burned as hot and deep as the Arizona Sun in Quartzsite, Arizona on August 27th, 2011.  And in many ways it was an historic occasion.
The Summer Sun brought the surface temperature to all of 117° (F).  Combined with rising humidity from the approaching storm it was more than any human would willingly endure, but here they came, from every corner of Arizona and states as far as Montana and Alaska.  Ultimately, I’m told the owner of the nearly-deserted RV park collected over 1,100 signatures on his sign in sheet.  I didn’t even know there was a sign in sheet, so I’m not on it.  There are probably more who didn’t know there was one as well.

It was a testament to the convictions of the attendees that as some braved the heat to the limits of human endurance before retiring to their air-conditioned motel rooms in hopes of lowering their core temperatures, others kept a steady stream flowing in.

From my view on the shaded stage area I would guess were 2-300 in attendance at any one time.

Just before the planned events, and speakers took to the stage, it seemed like the ‘Ol Guy upstairs showed us some mercy by bringing in some clouds to turn down the broiler effect"and it was greatly appreciated.

Earlier events included a well-attended demonstration on the steps of Town Hall that featured a short list of speakers and then a 2 ½ mile march to the RV Park. 

Interesting to note is that not even one of the 5 remaining town police officers dared to be seen.  A mysterious black SUV complete with limo-tint windows all the way around seemed to linger on the edge of the crowd, but no one ever got in or out.  Very mysterious indeed.

All of these people came to one of the most insufferable environments in the world to demonstrate their support for the 10 officers and administrators who had refused to be complicit in what they knew to be unethical and criminal acts by their Chief of Police.

The “Q-10” broke their silence in a letter of no confidence in their Chief about hundreds of examples of the Chief’s misuse of databases reserved for criminal investigations being used to squelch dissent, drive people out-of-town and undermine political opposition.

What did the Chief do in response?  He tried to fire them (currently on suspension pending litigation).

At the same time, the Mayor, (Ed Foster) who had won election based on his determination to root out the corruption, theft and assorted evil deeds of the Town Council found himself hampered in his efforts by that very same body acting in cahoots with the errant Chief.

What did the Town Council do?  They voted away pretty much all the authority of the Mayor, just days before he took office, and ever since have undermined his every effort to find out who owns the lands confiscated by the Council under the guise of ‘eminent domain’, why town taxing and zoning authorities are being used to destroy people opposing Council desires, and where all the money’s going from paychecks made out to fictitious ‘employees’.

Secret (illegal) Town Council meetings, Police intimidation, fraud, corruption….it’s all right here in Quartzsite, Arizona, even to the point of a private Citizen (Jennifer Jones), who was recognized to speak by the Mayor himself at the public comment part of a Town meeting, being dragged off by the Police Chief himself and two other officers, in total disregard of any notion or regard for free speech or individual rights.

Who’d a thunk that a simple video posted to www.FreedomsPhoenix.com and Facebook® could reach so many?  That’s what started the rest of the nation watching this tiny town in the middle of nowhere, and what brought a myriad of groups from all over the country in a show of support for both the “Q-10”, and the mayor himself.  Did I mention the members of the Town Council had also set about orchestrating a recall election to remove the upstart Mayor?  That happened, too"complete with the insurance that the vote totals would be, uh, ‘tallied’ to come out the way they wanted.


The rabbit holes just kept getting bigger and deeper the more you looked. We just heard that the videographer of the Jennifer Jones podium arrest was arrested last night (Sept. 1st 2011) for taking pictures in City Hall… “trespassing”. There’s also one of the Goon Squad’s Sgts. whose wife just happens to be the sitting municipal judge.  Conveniently, she presides over her hubby’s revenue-enhancing fine and ticketing operations.  No problem there, huh? You can’t make this stuff up.


Another interesting occurrence was when a private Citizen, (Mr. Roth) referred to a Council member, Joe Winslow (“Crazy Joe”"you’ll see ‘why’) as a “turd”.  This intimidating word usage, led ‘ol Crazy Joe to seek a restraining order against Mr. Roth.  The Court granted the order, and stipulated that Mr. Roth be dispossessed of his firearms.

That was odd, but no more so than Crazy Joe’s (also a firearm owner) reasoning behind seeking the restraining order in the first place.  It seems, he submitted to the Court, that his military stint had left him in a deranged state of mind as a symptom of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder"and he was concerned that he couldn’t control himself if he even saw Mr. Roth.  Therefore, he reasoned, it was imperative that the Court should disarm his potential victim…and the local Court complied.  Yep, that’s what happened.

Then there’s the Town Manager, a former telephone psychic, at the heart of the den of evil…she should have seen what was gonna happen on this hot August day, or maybe she was just lying to callers about her ‘gift and abilities’, either way she sure did take their money for spewing nonsense about their futures.  Imagine that.

There were just too many, um ‘quirky’ and almost amusing incidents to count, and more continue to bubble to the surface as the days pass.  Anyone even slightly intrigued after looking into some of the goings on in Quartzsite can find him or her self immersed in a surreal world swirling with some of the clearest abuses of authority imaginable.  The twists and turns in this real life town rival the imagination of the most accomplished writer of fiction.

Strange arrangements, overt corruption and un-real events are not new to tiny Quartzsite. 

At the support demonstration I got to meet “a dead guy”, well, actually, it was Quartzsite’s first Mayor, Mr. Richard Oldham.  He’s a reasonable, well-spoken and congenial sort, but his successor, the 2nd Mayor, evidently didn’t think so.  The 2nd Mayor decided to put out a “hit” on Mayor Oldham.  His only problem was that he hired a state undercover police officer to carry it out.

The police had Mr. Oldham lay down in the desert, slopped him with ketchup, snapped a ‘proof-of-death’ photo and sent him off to Vegas for a short while, while the police returned to collect payment for the hit.  The 2nd Quartzsite Mayor was convicted and early in his sentence was released for health reasons.

That’s just another in a long list of events that makes Quartzsite so much fun to Google search…ya just don’t know what else will turn up in it’s history.  It can make for a fun day of surfing just to take a look.  For some great commentary and information you will not believe, search the www.FreedomsPhoenix.com site and you’ll find I’ve only scratched the surface. 

It all seems so weird that all of this and much, much, more has been going on for a very long time in a small town of about 3,500 whose winter population swells to as much as 500,000, making Quartzsite the 4th largest community in Arizona for the Winter months.

Quartzsite sits smack dab in the middle of the desert at the crossroads of the only major crossroads for a hundred miles in any direction and nobody at the State or County level has given any notice.  Doesn’t that seem just a little bit ‘hinky’ to you?

Our fellow American Citizen’s property rights and civil liberties are being destroyed, there is blatant corruption and rampant theft afoot"pretty much all of it by the town’s cabalistic and secretive Town Council, or rather the individuals who make up it’s selective membership.  They are open and brazen about their ‘control’ of Quartzsite and don’t make much of an effort to be discrete about their criminality.  It might almost give the impression that they ‘feel safe’ in carrying out their nefarious acts almost as though they believe themselves to be shielded from reprimand of any kind. Quartzsite’s Town Attorney is now the former La Paz County Attorney (that included Quartzsite in its jurisdiction).

Scratch the surface anywhere in this desert outpost and corruption come boiling up like running lava.

The Governor knows (has received numerous pleas for help and/or meetings through every possible medium) but doesn’t even address it.  The attorney General knows (has been asked to investigate) but doesn’t do anything.   The County Sheriff has been asked to step in, but he stays away instead.  FBI, DOJ all the same story. 

Kinda looks like there’s a strong likelihood that “Quartzsite’s got a pushpin in it”, (as phrased by Ernest Hancock) because there’s a flush aquifer under its sandy exterior, and when you live in a desert, control of the water, is control of--everything.  Water is power in the land of the sand.

Ultimately, those stalwart souls who came together on this day realized that ultimately it falls to individual Citizens, to take responsibility to defend their fellow Americans when their rights are being violated and their property laid to waste--by their ‘government’ officials.  They realize that Quartzsite represents every small town and city in America and if they can get away with it here"rampant corruption will bleed into every town and city across this incredible nation.  It’s gotten to the point where as Citizens, if we want to be ‘free’ anywhere in America, it’s gotta be all for one, and one for all.  There’s a war on and it’s right here on our own shores, and between the People and their government.  The People had better hang together, or they’ll be hanged separately.

The important thing is that people of every color, stripe, spirituality and political affiliation came together on a day of record heat, in a place where saying that really means something, to show more than just e-mail support and respect for the “Q-10”, the rights of the individual and against official corruption at any level.



There were patriots, (The Oathkeepers), bikers (The Sons of Liberty), State Legislators (two showed up and vocalized their support), Ron Paul enthusiasts (a lot), military and former military folks, old people, young people, children, the press (including a live, on site radio remote on Ernest Hancock’s, Declare Your Independence Show), world famous liberty balladeer, Jordan Page (Played a full concert-worth of songs and really entertained the crowd), activists (including Jennifer Jones and Mike Roth), retirees, speakers (yours truly, Ernest Hancock, Arizona State Legislators Burgess and Seel, Mike Frye, Stewart Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Jennifer Jones and more) church organizations, and a host of other groups (Campaign For Liberty, gun clubs, unregulated militia members, a bunch of Tea Party organizations & various conservative associations) all came together in support of the “Q-10” and all of the Citizens of Quartzsite.  It was a beautiful thing.

I’ve un-intentionally left people and groups out who should be mentioned, I’m sure of, please accept my apology. 

The speeches were heartfelt and very similar in both tenor and tone.  I happened to sum up the sentiment in my flap session at the microphone"“We have reached the point beyond which we cannot be pushed” followed by a reminder that “The 2nd Amendment was purposely placed"as backup, in case the 1st Amendment didn’t get the job done!” (got the biggest response).

I sure do wish things weren’t going the way they are…but they are, and it is up to us to bring an errant government to heel, or it’ll turn the People in a metaphorical lapdog.

There’s a lot to know about the doings in Quartzsite, Arizona, and believe it or not what goes on here, will affect you there, wherever you are in America.  Do that Google search, and a Youtube search"look around on the Internet for more.  I guarantee what you find will blow your mind.

So, how about it?  You in?

 
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