Barwood disavows UFO believers -- or does she?
From: Stig_Agermose@online.pol.dk (Stig Agermose)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 18:58:58 -0800
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[2 messages below. One is a news article in which Barwood is said
to distance herself from UFO believers. It is followed by Barwood's
own denial. -- Moderator]
Source: The Arizona Daily Star
http://www.azstarnet.com/public/dnews/126-6089.html
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Saturday, 5 September 1998
Bayless, Barwood view secretary of state role differently
By Jill Jorden Spitz
The Arizona Daily Star
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Betsey Bayless and Frances Emma Barwood are both Republicans.
They both have held public office.
They're both 54.
They're both seeking the Republican nomination to be secretary of
state.
And that's where the similarities end.
Bayless, who was appointed secretary of state last September, is warm
and understated. Barwood, a former Phoenix City Council member and vice
mayor, is high-spirited and outspoken.
Bayless prides herself on her efficiency, integrity and leadership.
Barwood takes pride in her take-no-prisoners sensibility and
willingness to take on whomever and whatever is in her way.
Bayless is buttoned-down and businesslike. Barwood appeared at her
campaign kickoff with UFO researchers who vowed the candidate would
bring unexplained, extraterrestrial visitations to the forefront.
After unexplained lights appeared over Phoenix in March 1997, Barwood -
then a city councilwoman - demanded an investigation. She now says she
still wants to know the source of the mysterious V-shaped light
formation reported by hundreds of Phoenix-area residents, but she
maintains she has no particular interest - or belief - in UFOs.
She says she no longer is affiliated with the UFO believers who
attended her kickoff press conference.
But perhaps the biggest difference between the candidates is in their
ideas for cleaning up the voter rolls. During her year in office,
Bayless has worked to purge the names of voters who have died, moved
out of the state or been convicted of a felony.
Barwood says that's not enough. She believes voter fraud is rampant -
particularly among illegal aliens and people voting under false names.
The only way to combat that, she contends, is to require voters to show
proof of identification and U.S. citizenship at the polls.
"There is absolutely nothing to check the validity of voters," Barwood
said. "We found people voting under criminal aliases, bogus names. Even
animals were registered to vote."
Although the U.S. Justice Department has ruled it illegal to ask for
proof of citizenship, Barwood said that's a ruling she's prepared to
challenge.
"We need to have somebody in that office who's not afraid to deal with
the hard stuff," she said. "If that means taking on the federal
government and saying, 'This is our state and this is the way we're
going to do it,' so be it."
In Bayless' view, her job is to uphold the law - not to fight it.
"Whatever I do from this office will be done according to the law,
because that's the oath I took." she said. "I am unwilling to put tax
dollars at risk and our elections at risk by undertaking elections that
could be illegal in the eyes of the federal government."
Beyond cleaning up the voter rolls, Bayless wants to increase voter
turnout. Her office mails birthday cards and voter registration forms
to 18-year-olds, and plans extensive research and community forums to
determine why people don't vote.
Barwood said she would push for greater Election Day accountability,
with large windows that allow the public to watch as ballots are
counted. She also would like all counting videotaped, and favors
keeping ballots for the term of each office.
Considering the office's relatively unexciting role overseeing
elections and processing paperwork, differences between the candidates
may seem inconsequential.
But consider this: The secretary of state steps into the governor's
office should it be vacated. And consider this: In the past two
decades, three secretaries of state have ascended to Arizona's highest
office.
Last fall, Jane Hull was sworn in after former Gov. Fife Symington was
convicted of federal bank fraud. In 1988, Rose Mofford became governor
after Evan Mecham was impeached.
Wesley Bolin moved into the governor's office in 1977, after Raul
Castro resigned to become U.S. ambassador to Argentina.
The winner of Tuesday's primary will face House Minority Leader Art
Hamilton, who is the sole Democrat seeking the post.
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Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 18:45:09 -0700
From: Frances Emma Barwood <fbarwood@primenet.com>
To: UFO UpDates - Toronto <updates@globalserve.net>
Subject: ARTICLE WAS WRONG!
>>From: Stig Agermose <Stig_Agermose@online.pol.dk>
>>To: updates@globalserve.net
>>Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 01:05:58 +0200
>>Subject: Barwood No Longer Affiliated With UFO Believers
<snip>
>>After unexplained lights appeared over Phoenix in March 1997,
>>Barwood - then a city councilwoman - demanded an investigation.
>>She now says she still wants to know the source of the
>>mysterious V-shaped light formation reported by hundreds of
>>Phoenix-area residents, but she maintains she has no particular
>>interest - or belief - in UFOs.
>>She says she no longer is affiliated with the UFO believers who
>>attended her kickoff press conference.
Dear People,
This article was emailed to me by Jim Hickman and several
others. It was the first I saw it and I never interviewed with
that reporter. I did interview with the editor, Mike. He asked
me if Steve Bassett was still with the campaign and I said no
and that I didn't even know what he was doing now. That was all
that was said.
I still have all the friends I started with regarding the
Phoenix Lights and have not nor will I ever distance myself from
them. There are some really neat people that I met due to
whatever it was over Arizona.
It seems so interesting that first they blasted me for asking
the question and now they are trying to cause disension within
the ranks. The Tucson paper has never been known for their
accuracy and is known as the Red Star even by Tucsonians. Wonder
why?
If you have any doubt that I will stop pushing for answers
regarding March 13, please put it to rest.
Most of the UFO community have been invited over to my house
election night. I would not be writing this now if I shyed away
from questioning the govt. or if I reacted to pressure to change
my thinking.
Remember all the people that have been attacked from within and
don't fall for the last minute minipulations of the news media
who are afraid to ask the govt the tough questions. They only
know how to create gossip. Feel free to visit my website. I wish
that I was asked about this before it was assumed the article
was correct.
Thank you and please feel free to call, email or write.
Frances Emma Barwood
Candidate for Arizona Secretary of State
Sept. 8 PRIMARY Nov. 3
GENERAL
http://www.barwood.com
P.O.Box 86189,
Phoenix,
AZ 85080-6189
602-780-7650
602-780-9125 fax
"People can lie, cheat, steal and murder in this world, and they may get
away with it, But we are all going to judgement and that is all that
matters."----John Leissner Koch 1955
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