16-07-2009, 03:16 PM
Thanks Magda... your a "doer" and a fine asset to this forum and to the truth. Thanks for being a positive instrument in the fight.
The following is others who put their efforts and time and money into this matter of the Border Drug wars: God knows the mainstream media does not want this can of worms on their plate. Duck and Run, mentality. My Thanks go out to 'Carlos" a fine journalist and investigative reporter from the El Paso area for keeping me up to date on events in and around Juarez.
From El Paso July 15,2009
"...Philadelphia radio staffers visit on border security tour
Dom Giordano, a veteran radio talk show host for The Big Talker 1210, WPHT, CBS Radio in Philadelphia spoke to his listeners from within sight of the border fence on the 17th floor of the Doubletree Hotel in downtown El Paso Wednesday. (Rudy Gutierrez / El Paso Times)
EL PASO -- Members of a Philadelphia radio show have traveled 2,500 miles in an RV to get a firsthand look at immigration and border-security issues in El Paso.
"While you see these issues discussed in the news all the time, it's different once you get down to the area itself and see how the situation really is," said talk-show host Dom Giordano, of radio station WPHT.
Sponsors helped Giordano and his crew make the trip. Joey Vento, owner of Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia, contributed $30,000.
Known for the controversial sign asking his restaurant customers to order in English, Vento is on tour with the show. He will be on the air today.
"I think we should get rid of all the illegals and let the people in that have paid their dues," Vento said in an interview. "You have people trying to get into this country by the rules, and they have to wait 15 to 20 years or more."
Other guests will include artist Abel Saucedo, Juárez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz, Border Patrol agents and ranchers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Former U.S. attorney Johnny Sutton, known for prosecuting U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Campeon, who shot a drug smuggler in 2007, will also be on the show.
Giordano said he would like to speak with U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas.
"The congressman says things aren't as bad as we in the media report or make it seem," Giordano said. "We are open to hear what he has to say and what his perception of the El Paso-Juárez area is so that
we can know whether or not the media is part of the problem or part of the solution."
The Philadelphia crew is broadcasting from the Doubletree Hotel in Downtown El Paso.
It has already visited Charlotte, N.C., and Dallas. After the El Paso broadcasts end today, Giordano and his crew will head to Phoenix before driving back to Philadelphia....'.
Alex Hinojosa may be reached at ahinojosa@elpasotimes.com
The following is others who put their efforts and time and money into this matter of the Border Drug wars: God knows the mainstream media does not want this can of worms on their plate. Duck and Run, mentality. My Thanks go out to 'Carlos" a fine journalist and investigative reporter from the El Paso area for keeping me up to date on events in and around Juarez.
From El Paso July 15,2009
"...Philadelphia radio staffers visit on border security tour
Dom Giordano, a veteran radio talk show host for The Big Talker 1210, WPHT, CBS Radio in Philadelphia spoke to his listeners from within sight of the border fence on the 17th floor of the Doubletree Hotel in downtown El Paso Wednesday. (Rudy Gutierrez / El Paso Times)
EL PASO -- Members of a Philadelphia radio show have traveled 2,500 miles in an RV to get a firsthand look at immigration and border-security issues in El Paso.
"While you see these issues discussed in the news all the time, it's different once you get down to the area itself and see how the situation really is," said talk-show host Dom Giordano, of radio station WPHT.
Sponsors helped Giordano and his crew make the trip. Joey Vento, owner of Geno's Steaks in Philadelphia, contributed $30,000.
Known for the controversial sign asking his restaurant customers to order in English, Vento is on tour with the show. He will be on the air today.
"I think we should get rid of all the illegals and let the people in that have paid their dues," Vento said in an interview. "You have people trying to get into this country by the rules, and they have to wait 15 to 20 years or more."
Other guests will include artist Abel Saucedo, Juárez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz, Border Patrol agents and ranchers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Former U.S. attorney Johnny Sutton, known for prosecuting U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Campeon, who shot a drug smuggler in 2007, will also be on the show.
Giordano said he would like to speak with U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas.
"The congressman says things aren't as bad as we in the media report or make it seem," Giordano said. "We are open to hear what he has to say and what his perception of the El Paso-Juárez area is so that
we can know whether or not the media is part of the problem or part of the solution."
The Philadelphia crew is broadcasting from the Doubletree Hotel in Downtown El Paso.
It has already visited Charlotte, N.C., and Dallas. After the El Paso broadcasts end today, Giordano and his crew will head to Phoenix before driving back to Philadelphia....'.
Alex Hinojosa may be reached at ahinojosa@elpasotimes.com