Members of the Maryland National Guard, sent to AZ to support the Border Patrol are staying at Tucson's Loews Ventana Canyon Resort.
How are our guys in Iraq doing? Still sending pleas for basic supplies to families and friends?
What the hell are the 'leaders of the free world' thinking?
One hundred members of the Maryland National Guard arrived in Tucson Aug 1.
They got checked into the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort through no choice of their own. It is a few miles from the border. I am wondering why they could not have been housed at the historic and scenic Ft. Huachuca. Lots of the troops from there were sent to Iraq. Any Zonies know if they are all home or are some still deployed?
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/141672.php "We were told we would be here two to three days, tops," he said.
Nearly two weeks later, Zdunowski, who is second in command, said the soldiers are booked through Sept. 26 when their 60-day tour ends.
Luxury living in the Foothills isn't exactly the first image that comes to mind when you think of border duty. However, the soldiers are staying at the resort for a government rate of $76 a night, which equals their per diem and is less than the advertised summer special of $129.
They had no say in the booking of their rooms, which for the most part they share. The rooms were arranged via the Arizona National Guard and meet safety, cost and location requirements, officials said.
Moreover, hotel officials say they are happy to help the soldiers, and noted that during the summer season the rooms would have been empty.
One hundred members of the Maryland National Guard arrived in Tucson Aug 1.
They got checked into the Ventana Canyon Resort through no choice of there own. Rooms that normally would be empty this time of year got rented (for 60 days!)
Glad they at least got a discount, down to what their per diem was. No money left for food though, that comes out of their own pockets, and there is nothing up there besides the restort for chow. Without cars, the Guards are captive, forced to pay resort prices for food. :grr:
Hmmm, Loews, isn't that part of ... Carlyle Group? NOW we know why the border became so damned important to bushco!