Efforts to rush parts of President Donald Trump s border wall in his final days in office are doomed and in some places have actually harmed border security, according to campaigners.
Witnesses to the work in Arizona told Insider that mountainous parts of the border were easier to reach now than when Trump took power four years ago, as the process involved building new roads over rough terrain.
This is a small portion of the whole border, hundreds of miles of which have been fortified.
But sources told Insider that they d seen a resulting increase in crossings in these weak spots, which were previously too inhospitable to be much of a security concern.
Mt. Pleasant Community Remembers Long-Time Businessman
December 16, 2020
Ralph ‘Bud’ Fisher passed away on Sunday at 92 years old.
Bud and his brothers took over and grew the family business, Fisher Sand and Gravel before founding Central Concrete Products in 1955.
Bud and his brothers also opened Bucks Run Golf Club in 2000, which grew into one of the most popular golfing destinations in the area.
He was also honored for his work by the Mt. Pleasant Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
“He was a great community leader, the Mt. Pleasant Convention and Visitors Bureau honored him in 2009 with the Mt. Pleasant Convention and Visitors Bureau tourism award, and that’s given to someone who’s made an impact on tourism in Isabella County, and certainly one of his greatest is Bucks Run Golf Club,” said Chris Rowley, Executive Director of the Mt. Pleasant Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Visitation is Wednesday and a funeral service Thursday for Mt. Pleasant entrepreneur Bud Fisher, whose companies have provided the paving materials for businesses and public roads throughout mid-Michigan for decades.
Ralph Bud Fisher, one of three brothers who took over and expanded the businesses their parents Ralph Eugene and Zelda founded in 1925, died at home with his family by his side on Sunday.
He was 92.
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Fisher is perhaps most recently known as the developer of Buck s Run Golf Club, which opened in 2000 northeast of Mt. Pleasant on the site of a defunct gravel pit the Fisher Companies had operated.
national emergency. basically what that would mean is it s billed now, decide on the price of the land later. that s something that landowners texas are upset about. it s land that s been in their family sometimes for hundreds of years. most of the land where they want to build in texas is privately owned. and then as my colleague courtney kube and i just reported in the last couple weeks, they ve begun investigations into the contracts that went out for border wall construction. there s a company called fisher sand and gravel out of north dakota that the president has personally touted for. and officials i spoke to said that they had to sit down with the president, say mr. president, you cannot pick a winner when it comes to the procurement process. we need to look at who is the best qualified for this and there are a lot of questions about whether or not fisher sand anderson gravel is qualified to build this wall and whether or not there was outside influence in the process that led