Battle Lines Drawn: Residents of rural Potrero fight to halt Blackwater #8217;s proposed military training camp By Miriam Raftery, The East County Californian Pa...
Blackwater Potrero "Blackwater West" Mercenary Camp BlackwaterWorldwide, part of the PrinceGroup and one of the largest private military contractors in the worl...
Filner pledges to help halt Blackwater USA By Miriam Raftery, The East County Californian Congressman Bob Filner pledged to help block Blackwater USA #8217;s pl...
County won #8217;t release all Blackwater docs Deadline for public comment looms Editor #8217;s note: Freelance writer Miriam Raftery contacted county spokesper...
_Potrero Blackwater battle in national spotlight_ By Miriam Raftery The East County Californian April 26, 2007 After The East County Californian published a thre...
EventsArchive EventsArchive2009 Calendar events for 2009 2006 Paste in events that are deleted from the Calendar Page. * 30 Sep 2006 Hanson Fundraiser, R...
Massive security contractor faces growing protest in rural California town over 824 acre base 04/03/2007 @ 2:09 pm Filed by Miriam Raftery and Muriel Kane Adve...
By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER July 31, 2007 EAST COUNTY #8211; Anger over the proposed Blackwater USA training facility in Potrero has led to the co...
Should Blackwater USA be allowed to convert a valley bordering national forest lands into a private military and law enforcement training base? No way, says a ...
http://www.kpbs.org/radio/these_days;id=9288 Maureen Cavanaugh (Guest Host): A small town about 45 miles east of San Diego is divided. Today, we talk to two leade...
Blackwater is all wrong for Potrero By Jan N. Hedlun April 19, 2007 I am the newest and the only Potrero Planning Group member against the proposed Blackwater ...
Panel in hot water over Blackwater vote Recall petition, lawsuit under way By Anne Krueger STAFF WRITER May 12, 2007 The planning group for the backcountry com...
September 27, 2007 If ever there were a case history on the importance of voting, even for a panel so obscure most media outlets are unaware of it, it is the situ...
The notorious security contractor has plans for a military style complex near the U.S. Mexico border. Critics worry the firm's "mercenary soldiers" could join the...
By MiriamRaftery and LeonThompson The AlpineSun POTRERO #8212; #8220;Mercenaries are dangerous to American democracy, #8221; Congressman Bob Filner (D San ...
During rescue effort that turned tragic, an act of heroism By Tony Manolatos UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 23, 2007 Hours after the Harris fire started on ...
by: MiriamRaftery Thu Oct 25, 2007 at 10:54:43 AM PDT (Welcome Miriam, an award winning journalist to Calitics. More info from on the ground there, following up o...
By MiriamRaftery The AlpineSun #8220;It #8217;s like Armageddon, #8221; Potrero resident Jill Michaels said of the devastating Harris and Witch fires that h...
'Working as a team' Blackwater fury shelved as Potrero reacts to Harris fire By Pat Sherman 10/30/2007 Jan Hedlun sat on the front porch of the Potrero General St...
Blackwater keeps its eye on a tiny East County enclave. By Pat Sherman 10/09/2007 Blackwater USA Vice President Brian Bonfiglio flashed a self satisfied smile, ga...
Blackwater's relief effort wins praise of project foe By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 30, 2007 As Potrero planning group member Jan Hedlun trie...
by: Miriam Raftery Thu Oct 25, 2007 at 10:54:43 AM PDT (Welcome Miriam, an award winning journalist to Calitics. More info from on the ground there, following up...
A two day rally was held in Potrero, near the proposed BlackwaterWest site. On day 1, educations sessions were held, with music and poetry in the evening. This vi...
Rick Jacobs October 24, 2007 @ 10:39 AM As I write this, massive fires are raging across Southern California. While it is quiet and normal at my house in Los Ange...
The Guardian UK Rural community opposes expansion by company at centre of Iraq allegations Dan Glaister in Potrero, California Friday November 30, 2007 Randel Par...
Election proceeds despite fires By Miriam Raftery The Alpine Sun POTRERO #8212; #8220;You can #8217;t burden a community devastated by fire and add merce...
In late 2006, Blackwater USA, now known as Blackwater Worldwide, submitted a proposal to build a training facility called Blackwater West in the rural San Diego C...
POTRERO, Calif. Ron Spinneit dragged the toe of his shoe in a straight line through the chalky dust, summing up the current state of affairs in this arid desert v...
By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER December 13, 2007 Strictly speaking, a vote removing five members of the Potrero planning group for their support of a ...
By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 1:12 a.m. December 12, 2007 EAST COUNTY #8211; Five members of the Potrero planning group were voted off the panel Tue...
UNION TRIBUNE EDITORIAL Potrero's anti Blackwater vote sends a message December 13, 2007 The East County community of Potrero has spoken emphatically that it doe...
By Miriam Raftery The East County Californian May 17, 2007 A coalition of concerned citizens launched a movement to recall all but one member of the nine person ...
Most inhabitants of idyllic Potrero like the place just the way it is. Thanks anyway, Blackwater. By Pat Sherman 02/12/2008 Though a controversial military contra...
Security training camp won't be built in Potrero By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER March 8, 2008 Blackwater Worldwide dropped its plans yesterday to buil...
By ALLISON HOFFMAN, Associated Press Writer Friday, March 7, 2008 (03 07) 16:18 PST SAN DIEGO, (AP) Military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide has pulled...
By Miriam Raftery The Alpine Sun POTRERO #8212; Blackwater has backed out of its plan to build a private military and law enforcement training camp on an 82...
At a contentious Potrero Planning Group Meeting, held last Thursday, July 12, it was ''obvious that the recent controversial Blackwater project has caused a rift ...
PRELIMINARY UNAPPROVED POTRERO PLANNING GROUP Minutes: July 12, 2007 Potrero Community Center 25771 Potrero Valley Rd. The Meeting of the Potrero Community Pl...
PotreroPlanningGroupMeeting20070710 The meeting in the crowded and exceptionally uncomfortable room, due to heat, at the Kiwanis Club, mostly provided for the ex...
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