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Tag: Standish

Gitmo North

By jenkuz, Section News
Posted on Mon Nov 09, 2009 at 07:27:20 AM EST
Tags: gitmo north, Stupak, Michigan, Obama, Politics, Standish, Jobs (all tags)

While we wait to hear the fate of the prison of Standish, MI, let's put together the facts. The facility is one of a few in the U.S.that may be used to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Stupak, Congressman of the 1st District, is enthusiastic about the idea, and helped suggest his district as a home to the Gitmo prisoners. He first suggested an Upper Peninsula prison, but settled on Standish, which was due to close November 1st, 2009, 150 miles from Dearborn.

The town is divided on the issue, but efforts led by Dave Munson, and Kelly Kimball to oppose the transfer to the small prison town seem effective. Munson has testified in Washington D.C., and Kimball has been involved with protesting the move.

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Transparency?

By Rougman, Section News
Posted on Tue Sep 08, 2009 at 11:14:21 AM EST
Tags: Rep. Pete Hoekstra, Standish (all tags)

The White House has denied local Standish officials the opportunity to fully assess the potential dangers of relocating Islamic terrorists to a soon to be closed maximum security facility in Standish.

In a letter to Rep. Pete Hoekstra who had hoped to lead a delegation of local officials to Guantanamo, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that

"[...] at this stage it may be premature to have local officials visit until a final decision has been made. As you know, the President's task force is seriously reviewing a number of options, including Standish, for relocating detainees in an effort to close Guantanamo. When we have a clear idea of where the detainees will be relocated, we will be sure to engage state and local officials and their representatives in Congress."

In other words, the locals will not be briefed on what the federal government has gotten them into until after the decision has already been made.

This is not the transparency I knew.

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Standish Town Hall-Dealing with Granholm

By jenkuz, Section News
Posted on Thu Aug 20, 2009 at 09:26:50 PM EST
Tags: Gitmo Prisoners, Granholm, jobs, Standish, Stupak, town hall (all tags)

There was a town hall meeting in Standish, Michigan today regarding accepting Guantanamo Prisoners in the maximum security prison there, the area's largest employer. I was not able to be there, but my friend Tim Sumner of 911 Families For a Safe and Strong America has a detailed story about it. Tim and Debra Burlingame head up the aforementioned 911 website, and Deb spoke today at the Standish town hall. Debra Burlingame is the sister of the pilot of the airliner that was flown by terrorists into the pentagon on September 11th, 2001.

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