Melvin wants to resurrect Minutemen on state’s dime

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by David Safier

Minuteman_vsforce Al Melvin proclaimed himself a "proud Minuteman" during his unsuccessful 2006 run for LD-26 Senate, then decided to play the moderate to get elected.

Now that he's in the Senate and the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is history, Melvin has written what the Phoenix New Times calls a "hastily-drafted provision" to set up a militia vigilante volunteer security force using state funds.

Here's the language in HB 2162:

Of the monies appropriated to the department of public safety for the gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission in fiscal year 2010‑2011, the sum of $200,000 shall be distributed to the Cochise county sheriff's office for border security, including the costs of equipment related to a pilot program to dispatch a volunteer security force to the United States‑Mexico border.

No, I'm not making it up. This is for real — in deadly earnest, as the saying goes. Get volunteers out there on the border armed to the teeth with guns and the Cochise sheriff's blessing. What could possibly go wrong?

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1 thought on “Melvin wants to resurrect Minutemen on state’s dime”

  1. Looks like the AZ Daily Star finally caught up to your reporting in its Saturday edition.

    If Al Melvin wants a vigilante force these vigilantes can pay for it out of their own damn pocket.

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