The Quartzsite Coup

[mrjarrell]

Wow, talk about screwed up. Here we have a small town where the corrupt town council and the head of the local PD have overthrown the mayor (who came in on an anti-corruption platform) and declared a state of emergency. All because of a reporter who called them out on their corruption at a town council meeting (and found herself arrested for exercising her 1st Amendment rights). Can't help but wonder when the state or feds will come in. Sad thing is that this could happen in any town in this country. Wake up one day and there's been a coup.

The Quartzsite Affair | Strike-The-Root: A Journal Of Liberty

 

[Bunnykid68]

Everyone there except the mayor should have been arrested.

 

[mrjarrell]

Everyone there except the mayor should have been arrested.

Who's going to arrest them? The cops were part of the coup. Hopefully, the state will send someone down to do the arresting, but I wouldn't count on it.

 

[Bunnykid68]

State boys, feds, county ?????? If I were the mayor there I would have been in contact with the State Police long ago.

 

[IndySSD]

In most places, the only person who can arrest the CLEO is actually the coroner (an elected official).

Also, the link isn't working for me.

 

[mrjarrell]

In most places, the only person who can arrest the CLEO is actually the coroner (an elected official).

Also, the link isn't working for me.

Link's working here.

 

[HandK]

State boys, feds, county ?????? If I were the mayor there I would have been in contact with the State Police long ago.

This! ^^^^^^ +1

 

[Bunnykid68]

In most places, the only person who can arrest the CLEO is actually the coroner (an elected official).

Also, the link isn't working for me.

Put www. in front of this and try it

strike-the-root.com/quartzsite-affair

 

[Bunnykid68]

Has the Revolution Began, Quartzsite, Arizona State of Emergency | Terry W. Bettis

Mayor Claims Quartzsite, Arizona Under Martial Law After State Of Emergency Declared During Secret Meeting : Deadline Live With Jack Blood

 

[gunowner930]

I heard about this last night. I guess the mayor was elected to clean up that dirty town, and now the city council has thrown him out. I'm curious to see how this plays out

 

[Stschil]

I have friends that camp in the desert near there every winter. They've always thought it was a quaint little town. Go figure.

 

[mrjarrell]

Ran across another story on the matter that mentions that the mayor has been to the state a number of times, asking for aid. Of course, he's received absolutely none and now the people he's accused of corruption are firmly in control. Looks like there's only one solution left to the mayor and citizens, at this point, since no outside help is forthcoming.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap...mPjYZA?docId=037c14c2c0fd4aab8d84a27c45b2d803

 

[cosermann]

I see that the Quartzsite web site is down.

http://www.ci.quartzsite.az.us/

Coincidence? I think not.

 

[RockofStrength]

I see that the Quartzsite web site is down.

http://www.ci.quartzsite.az.us/

Coincidence? I think not.

Says it's exceeded its bandwidth. I wager a goodly number of folks have visited all at once and crashed the host server.

I sincerely hope the people of Quartzite deal with this if the state remains as apathetic as it appears that they have been. Perhaps that would humble those putzes.

 

[jdhaines]

I think they should have a Battle of Athens part Deux. That one ended well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946)

 

[RockofStrength]

I think they should have a Battle of Athens part Deux. That one ended well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946)

Never heard of that one, awesome story, particularly the last bit, "The rifles borrowed from the armory were cleaned and returned before sunup."

I am not aware of how many people might own firearms in Arizona, but I'll wager they could muster up more than those GI's did.

 

[jdhaines]

Never heard of that one, awesome story, particularly the last bit, "The rifles borrowed from the armory were cleaned and returned before sunup."

I am not aware of how many people might own firearms in Arizona, but I'll wager they could muster up more than those GI's did.

I hadn't heard about it either. It was discussed in Unintended Consequences which can be found online. Great book. Another one I hadn't heard about was the MOVE incident in Philadelphia. You can wikipedia that one as well. Great story, and one that should be quoted more to show the value of the 2nd amendment.

 

[rambone]

Same town responsible for arresting a woman for speaking out at a Town Council meeting, 2 weeks ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPY3BIsVQq8

 

[mrjarrell]

Same town responsible for arresting a woman for speaking out at a Town Council meeting, 2 weeks ago.

That's what set the whole thing off, apparently. She must have been a real desperado.

 

[Expat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NKEjGFwjTs&feature=share

Another interesting video. It is hard to believe nothing can be done.