When did “I” demonize immigrants, Hugh? 

But yes, I do see Baja Arizona as a haven for the hackysack and si se puede crowd.  They’ll be drawn to it, Hugh.  How do you plan to keep them out?

What you are missing in all this is that our area has a very long history of a more libertarian view of stuff. Remember we’re cowboy country where what your neighbor does is of no matter as long as it doesn’t impact you. Thus what you would probably call “liberal” in that a Baja Arizona would probably not have laws about banning gay marriage is not “liberal” but in fact libertarian…. government has no business messing with private stuff.

 And if you are a staunch private property person… try and impose Anglo zoning codes on Hispanics. 

You have a whole lot of people…cowboys and Hispanics around here who don’t trust the “wisdom” of government any more than the Tea Party.

Where the GOP has made a vast mistake is making the immigration issue racist and fear driven when in fact they very people you all demonized actually support a whole lot of “conservative” ideas and don’t trust government at all.

You’ve left the Huertas et al as the only voice in the political process for many people who would not otherwise have gone there.

Something worth your time is get some background in the time period 1900 to 1920 when Mexico came unglued and many folks left that country..and the similarily to what is going on now…. 

You see Baja Arizona as a left wing liberal haven and I see Baja Arizona as a third way where what seem to you as opposing views actually merge into something really positive about protection of individual liberty and allowing maximum expression of the human potential we are blessed with here.  The Phoenix agenda diminishes us.

Oh, BTW, Leftfield just cautioned Fraser and I about getting worked up in a lather over this whole Baja Arizona thing.  Perhaps he should caution you, too?