Battle Lines Drawn: Residents of rural Potrero fight to halt Blackwater #8217;s proposed military training camp By Miriam Raftery, The East County Californian Pa...
Blackwater Notice of Preparation Comments The DPLU prepares a "Notice of Preparation" or "NOP" that is the starting point for the Environmental Impact Report (EIR...
LATEST NEWS * Southwestern College will send its police academy students to the Blackwater Lodge and Training Center in Otay Mesa for weapons training under an...
Blackwater Potrero "Blackwater West" Mercenary Camp BlackwaterWorldwide, part of the PrinceGroup and one of the largest private military contractors in the worl...
BlackwaterVsCityOfSanDiego Calendar Entry at Federal Court in San Diego Their web site: http://www.casd.uscourts.gov/ Calendar of the United States District Cour...
BlackwaterVsCityOfSanDiegoTranscript UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA BLACKWATER LODGE AND ) Case No. 08CV0926 H(WMC) TRAINING CENTE...
BlackwaterWestPromoVideo Some stills captured from the video prepared by Blackwater to promote the Blackwater West project. This video was presented by Brian Bonf...
Lawsuit filed against Potrero group, county By MiriamRaftery The EastCountyCalifornian May 3, 2007 A lawsuit has been filed by Potrero resident Zoe Rosell again...
Filner pledges to help halt Blackwater USA By Miriam Raftery, The East County Californian Congressman Bob Filner pledged to help block Blackwater USA #8217;s pl...
_Potrero Blackwater battle in national spotlight_ By Miriam Raftery The East County Californian April 26, 2007 After The East County Californian published a thre...
FacebookDiscussions We are now using Facebook more and more to discuss news and issues. We will start to gather these here. Later, we will establish a means to co...
HowToOrganizePeople The analysis below was performed a while back and may not represent current thinking on the matter... it needs to be updated. Perhaps the most...
Massive security contractor faces growing protest in rural California town over 824 acre base 04/03/2007 @ 2:09 pm Filed by Miriam Raftery and Muriel Kane Adve...
They say they are not a mercenary outfit, but Blackwater USA has one of the most profitable private armies in the world, with outposts in Iraq and Afghanistan. No...
By J. Harry Jones Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 2:15 a.m. Miles deep into the largest Indian reservation in San Diego County, a company with ties to at least one fo...
Marines, SEALs confirm training on Indian reservation By J. Harry Jones Friday, April 22, 2011 at 5:35 p.m. An image from a three minute marketing video for the E...
A new wildfire rages on the Los Coyotes Reservation and near Warner Springs, currently at more than 10,000 acres burned and costing tax payers $2.5 million to fig...
A huge wildfire recently engulfed the backcountry, apparently started by a disgruntled ex employee of the Eagle Rock Training Center and his friend. The pair admi...
The Los Coyotes Indian tribe has issued an eviction notice to the operators of a paramilitary training center on its 25,000 acre reservation in the northeastern p...
Unfazed by critics, firm keen on backcountry training area By Anne Krueger SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 14, 2007 EAST COUNTY #8211; Blackwater US...
The notorious security contractor has plans for a military style complex near the U.S. Mexico border. Critics worry the firm's "mercenary soldiers" could join the...
By MiriamRaftery and LeonThompson The AlpineSun POTRERO #8212; #8220;Mercenaries are dangerous to American democracy, #8221; Congressman Bob Filner (D San ...
by: MiriamRaftery Thu Oct 25, 2007 at 10:54:43 AM PDT (Welcome Miriam, an award winning journalist to Calitics. More info from on the ground there, following up o...
Posted October 25, 2007 We couldn't make this stuff up. Brian Bonfiglio, vice president of Blackwater West, "I see a tactical operation center for East County fir...
'Working as a team' Blackwater fury shelved as Potrero reacts to Harris fire By Pat Sherman 10/30/2007 Jan Hedlun sat on the front porch of the Potrero General St...
Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen Naomi Klein Posted November 1, 2007 (November 19, 2007 issue) I used to worry that the United States was...
Blackwater keeps its eye on a tiny East County enclave. By Pat Sherman 10/09/2007 Blackwater USA Vice President Brian Bonfiglio flashed a self satisfied smile, ga...
Blackwater USA representative Brian Bonfiglio admits at the Sept. 13th meeting of the Potrero Planning Group that Blackwater intends to use the Round Potrero Vall...
By Noah Shachtman October 26, 2007 3:34:02 PM Blackwater guns for hire famously took over security on some New Orleans streets after Hurricane Katrina. Now, ...
Blackwater's relief effort wins praise of project foe By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 30, 2007 As Potrero planning group member Jan Hedlun trie...
by: Miriam Raftery Thu Oct 25, 2007 at 10:54:43 AM PDT (Welcome Miriam, an award winning journalist to Calitics. More info from on the ground there, following up...
A two day rally was held in Potrero, near the proposed BlackwaterWest site. On day 1, educations sessions were held, with music and poetry in the evening. This vi...
By Liz Neely UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER November 10, 2007 EAST COUNTY #8211; Hundreds of people are picking up supplies at a tent city in Barrett Junction set up...
November 15, 2007 01:30 AM While hundreds of thousands of citizens were fleeing Southern California's wildfires in October, Blackwater USA was charging back in. W...
The Guardian UK Rural community opposes expansion by company at centre of Iraq allegations Dan Glaister in Potrero, California Friday November 30, 2007 Randel Par...
In late 2006, Blackwater USA, now known as Blackwater Worldwide, submitted a proposal to build a training facility called Blackwater West in the rural San Diego C...
POTRERO, Calif. Ron Spinneit dragged the toe of his shoe in a straight line through the chalky dust, summing up the current state of affairs in this arid desert v...
My intention was to mail this to all the voters in Potrero as a response to some of the inaccurate comments in various publications. As I have been under the weat...
By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER December 13, 2007 Strictly speaking, a vote removing five members of the Potrero planning group for their support of a ...
By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 1:12 a.m. December 12, 2007 EAST COUNTY #8211; Five members of the Potrero planning group were voted off the panel Tue...
UNION TRIBUNE EDITORIAL Potrero's anti Blackwater vote sends a message December 13, 2007 The East County community of Potrero has spoken emphatically that it doe...
By ALLISON HOFFMAN POTRERO, Calif. (AP) #8212; A proposal by security contractor Blackwater has divided residents of this sleepy mountain village into two camps:...
By Allison Hoffman Associated Press Writer / December 12, 2007 SAN DIEGO #8212;Government security contractor Blackwater Worldwide reaffirmed plans Wednesday to b...
As I participate in the voiceofsandiego.org blog, it's important to note that as the vice president for Blackwater West my comments will be based on our land use ...
County has prohibited such training on site By Anne Krueger STAFF WRITER January 26, 2008 ALPINE #8211; A proposed shooting range for the military and law enforc...
By Steve Kowit, Potrero Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008 As a long time resident of Potrero, I can only shake my head at Brian Bonfiglio's notion that outside agitators cl...
March 7,2008 Mr. Jarrett Ramaiya County of San Diego Department of Planning and Land Use 5201 Ruffin Road, Suite B San Diego, CA 92123 Re: Application for Major U...
By ALLISON HOFFMAN, Associated Press Writer Friday, March 7, 2008 (03 07) 16:18 PST SAN DIEGO, (AP) Military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide has pulled...
By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 2:33 p.m. March 7, 2008 Blackwater Worldwide officials have announced they are pulling their application to build a tra...
By Miriam Raftery The Alpine Sun POTRERO #8212; Blackwater has backed out of its plan to build a private military and law enforcement training camp on an 82...
By Kevin Martinez 26 March 2008 On March 7, private contractor Blackwater Worldwide announced it was abandoning plans to construct a military and police training ...
By AnneKrueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 1:41 p.m. April 22, 2008 Blackwater Worldwide is planning to open an indoor training facility in Otay Mesa after abandon...
Apr 22, 2008 AnaTintocalis Blackwater USA has resurrected plans to open a military training center in San Diego County. The private security contractor abandoned ...
By Anne Krueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 23, 2008 Although Blackwater Worldwide has given up its plans to build a training center in East County, the gove...
POSTED: 4:00 pm PDT April 22, 2008 UPDATED: 4:58 pm PDT April 22, 2008 SAN DIEGO Military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide is not giving up on a trainin...
By Tanya Mannes SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 7:57 p.m. April 25, 2008 SAN DIEGO #8211; Local officials will challenge Blackwater Worldwide's permit for a...
Blackwater permit faces challenge Public not informed, San Diego officials say By Tanya Mannes SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 26, 2008 OTAY MESA #821...
AMY GOODMAN: We #8217;re on the road in San Diego. The private security company Blackwater USA is being accused of trying to secretly build a military training fa...
Subcontractor conducted training By AnneKrueger UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER April 29, 2008 SAN DIEGO #8211; The owner of a shooting range who trained military per...
How city permits obtained at issue By TanyaMannes UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 6, 2008 San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders wants to know whether Blackwater Worldwide ...
By TanyaMannes UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 15, 2008 OTAY MESA #8211; An activist paid $100 this week to file a formal appeal of Blackwater Worldwide's permits...
Note: This document was provided by BobFilner's office. Click here to view Blackwater_cert_occupancy_05.19.08.pdf OCR'ed version of the document. The following ...
Sanders to obey Blackwater ruling By Tanya Mannes UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER June 5, 2008 OTAY MESA #8211; A federal judge ruled yesterday that Blackwater Worldw...
Blackwater shielded from council review By TanyaMannes UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER June 18, 2008 OTAY MESA #8211; A federal judge ruled yesterday that Blackwater ...
By Tanya Mannes SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 3:27 p.m. June 17, 2008 SAN DIEGO #8211; A federal judge has granted an injunction to Blackwater Worldwide, ...
Regarding Q A with Blackwater's Erik Prince and Brian Bonfiglio (Dialog, July 27): I wonder how much of what these two Blackwater executives say can be believed...
July 27, 2008 Erik Prince, founder and CEO of Blackwater USA, and Brian Bonfiglio, a Blackwater vice president in San Diego, recently met with the Union Tribune's...
Congressman Bob Filner and Assembly candidate Ray Lutz of East County speak out against Blackwater at Otay Mesa Rally Story and photos by Gayle Early Sign fr...
A training camp for members of law enforcement and the military is being proposed in Imperial County that opponents say is disturbingly similar to a facility plan...
Governing board sets deal with Blackwater Filner, faculty rip SWC pact with "mercenaries" By: Esmeralda F. Ramirez Posted: 3/5/09 Southwestern College has ente...
* bw swc mou 1 28 09.pdf: SWC BW MOU January 28, 2009 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Governing Board Southwestern Community College District APPROVED BY: Raj K. Co...
SAN DIEGO A San Diego congressman plans to ask Southwestern College to rescind its plans to partner with the private security company formerly known as Blackwat...
* LetterToSouthwesternCollege_requestingBWCorrespondence.pdf: Letter to Southwestern College Requesting Blackwater Documents. Citizens' Oversight Projects (COPs) ...
* bw swc mou 5 13 2009.pdf: MOU revised for 2009 05 13 Board of Governors Meeting OCR'd version May 13, 2009 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Governing Board Southw...
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Memories of Susan RaymondLutz 2009 11 23 I consider Susan to be one of my favorite friends of the past several years. We met on the battlefield, so to speak, ...
Proposed training camp in Ocotillo area. Name changed to CoyoteWells when Draft EIR submitted for public comment on 2010 01 26. * Web site: http://www.wind zer...