Thursday, February 19, 2009

Help Save Maryland Annapolis a Huge Hit!



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Help Save Maryland Newsletter


Thank you to the over 125+ Help Save Maryland supporters and friends who attended the first annual HSM "Making Maryland Safe for Citizens" Rally Monday Night in Annapolis. It was a cold night, but our speakers and crowd energy was enough to warm up the night! Many HSM members walked the halls of Annapolis earlier in the evening, telling their respective representatives that the safety and economic well-being of our citizens must always comes first.

It was great seeing old and new HSM supporters from around the state. Let there be no doubt. Our multi-ethnic, grass roots organization is growing stronger by the day and we are now a force to be reckoned with. Help Save Maryland!

Special Thanks to our Guest Speakers:

State Delegates - Pat McDonough (Baltimore County), Ron George (Anne Arundel County), Warren Miller (Howard County), Gail Bates (Howard County), Rick Impallaria (Baltimore County)
State Senators - Janet Greenip (Anne Arundel County), Andy Harris (Baltimore/Harford Counties)
Jack Martin, Federation for American Immigration Reform
Susan Payne, Citizens First
Dee Hodges, Maryland Taxpayers Association
Brian Zimmer, Coalition for a Secure Drivers License
Mike Hethmon, Immigration Reform Law Institute
Jerry McLaurin, Coalition for Change - Prince George's County (New HSM Partner Org)

Thanks also to our visiting friends from HelpSave Manassas and the American Council for Immigration Reform. Very Special Thanks to Susan Payne of Citizens First and her family for the sound system, podium and "No CASA" stickers. Her dedication to the citizens of Maryland is second to none.

Brad Botwin, Director, Help Save Maryland
NEXT EVENTS - Our first legislative battles against CASA of Maryland, their illegal alien clientele and lawless supporting politicians begins next week.
Mark The Dates for a return to Annapolis to testify before a number committees, for or against a number of important bills. More detailed messages with instructions will be provided later in the week. If you missed the rally due to the cold weather, this will be your chance to shine.

Tuesday February 24, 1PM

- In-State Tuition for Illegal Alien College Students - NO!
Wednesday February 25, 1PM

- Two-Tiered Drivers Licenses for Illegal Aliens - NO!
- Proof of Legal Presence in Maryland for a License - YES!
Stay tuned for more information.
Other News:Federal E-Verify - Prince William (VA) Supervisors unanimously approved implementation of the federal E-Verify system for all new county employees and county contractors. Jobs for citizens only!
Border Patrol Agents Ramos and Compean are out of jail and home with their families!
Arizona Rancher Roger Barnett cleared of civil rights violation charges. Will appeal the $78K damages claim. A major loss for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) which wanted jail time and $32 million from Barnett for their illegal alien clients. MALDEF is the southern version of CASA of Maryland.
PS- Did anyone lose a pair of men's grey/black winter gloves at the rally?? I have them. Brad

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Washington Times Editorial thanks HSM and Brad Botwin

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Help Save Maryland Newsletter

Sunday, February 15, 2009


EDITORIAL: Nobles and Knaves -

from the Washington Times

Noble:; Brad Botwin of Help Save Maryland, for his Herculean efforts to force local officials in Montgomery County, Md., to take a more serious approach to dealing with criminal behavior by illegal aliens - efforts which have begun to bear fruit.
For years, elected Montgomery County officials have preened about their "progressive" political views, even making the county an official sanctuary for illegal aliens and banning county employees (most prominently police and corrections officials)) from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. But after several recent arrests of illegal aliens in high-profile murder cases of constituents, local politicians and police realized this sanctuary policy was politically (if not morally) indefensible.

So, last week, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett and Police Chief Thomas Manger announced that county police will start providing federal immigration authorities with the names of all suspects they arrest for violent crimes and handgun violations. How darn nice of them.
Other local jurisdictions like neighboring Frederick County, Md. have officers undergo special training on immigration enforcement and turn over the names of illegal immigrants arrested for any crime - violent or otherwise. Mr. Botwin and others ask very sensibly: Why shouldn't illegal aliens arrested for burglary or drug trafficking also be subject to deportation?

And why shouldn't illegal aliens involved in embezzlement, credit-card fraud or receiving stolen goods be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement? And what about hoodlums carrying knives or machetes? (Illegal aliens arrested in the Nov. 1 murder of an honor student on a country transit bus had been arrested on charges linked to carrying a machete and carrying a switchblade.)
The new Montgomery County policy is just a modest step in the right direction, but even this might not have taken place if it weren't for the work of Mr. Botwin, a federal employee who spends much of his free time working to make Montgomery County's policies more sensible.
Last month, his group won a meeting with Mr. Leggett to discuss the county's permissive policies toward illegals - something that would have been unthinkable a year ago. To the extent that the county is making any progress in the right direction, the public can thank Mr. Botwin.
For working to change Montgomery County's absurdly permissive approach toward illegals, Brad Botwin is the Noble of the Week.
Knave:; Mohammed Naji Mohammed, a member of the Iraqi Parliament with the United Iraqi Alliance, who is leading a campaign for a parliamentary resolution requiring the Iraqi Foreign Ministry to seek reparations for Israel's 1981 air strike on Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons facility.
When it comes to arrogance and chutzpah, few politicians anywhere can match Mr. Mohammed, who is demanding billions of dollars in reparations for the June 7, 1981, air strike by Israel against Saddam's Osirik facility - which destroyed the Iraqi dictator's best opportunity to develop nuclear weapons. Israel acted when it did because of reports that the reactor was about to be loaded with nuclear fuel - which would have made it impossible to destroy it without catastrophic nuclear fallout that would have put countless Iraqi civilian lives in danger.
Had Saddam developed nuclear weapons, he would have been in a much stronger position - perhaps strong enough to deter the 1990-91 U.S. military action to liberate Kuwait, and the 2003 invasion that came in response to Saddam's defiance of numerous U.N. Security Council resolutions. If Saddam had nuclear weapons, he might have been able to thwart those U.S. military operations - the very military operations that liberated Mohammed and his Shi'ite friends from the Ba'athist ruler's tyranny.
For his arrogance and ingratitude, Mohammed Naji Mohammed is the Knave of the Week. REAL ID & REAL LAWMAKERS WELCOME
Montgomery County Sentinel 2/13/09 The 2009 Legislative session in Annapolis is off to a predictable start. Democratic "leaders" on the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee for example, are making the usual shrill sounds about how the federal REAL ID Act, which will limit Maryland drivers' licenses to citizens and legal immigrants, just won't work. Committee Chairman Senator Brian Frosh (D-Montgomery) believes that REAL ID is a tremendous financial burden on taxpayers despite the known benefits of deterring terrorism and removing illegal aliens from our roadways. Senator Jennie Forehand (D-Montgomery County) is quoted in the Examiner ("REAL ID plans face challenges" 1/22/09), making the shocking statement "In those 47 states [that require drivers to have legal status], I bet there are a lot of people driving without licenses". What?? Ms. Forehand must have been proud that the 9/11 terrorists had multiple drivers' licenses not only useful to drive cars but to board and fly the friendly skies above New York and Pennsylvania. Frosh and Forehand, joined by the relentless illegal alien cheerleader Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez (D-Montgomery) are somehow pleased that Maryland is one of the last remaining states not to cutoff licenses to illegal aliens. These three elected officials also have no qualms about killing REAL ID outright, even if it means Maryland drivers' license holders will not be able to enter federal buildings or use their licenses to fly on airplanes. Even Governor O'Malley who consistently welcomes illegal aliens to our state is finally getting religion on implementing REAL ID. Gutierrez is now floating a plan in Annapolis to force the Maryland MVA to devise a costly two-tier system of licenses. One for citizens that is REAL ID compliant and one for illegal aliens so they can continue to drive to work, earn tax free wages and conveniently travel to CASA of Maryland taxpayer funded service centers for guidance and assistance. Some unscrupulous illegal aliens will truly praise Gutierrez's plan which will allow them to continue to utilize their lawless skills of burglary and murder while driving from location to location with impunity. When unemployment, crime, home and business forecloses, and state/county budget deficits continue to rise, taxpayers must seriously scrutinize the spending decisions and overall "thinking" coming out of Annapolis. It is not a pretty and clearly change is needed. Help Save Maryland, a number of citizen minded legislators and national organizations are hosting a citizens' rally, "Making Maryland Safe for Citizens" at Lawyers Mall in Annapolis on Monday, February 16, 6-8pm. REAL ID and a number of other pro-Maryland, pro-citizen topics will be raised to help educate Frosh, Forehand, Gutierrez and others on what their legislative priorities should be. Brad Botwin, DirectorHelp Save Maryland

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