Note: the AZ Republic staff edited these out of a longer discussion with their editorial board.
Opening Remarks


Barry Hess' top priority


Barry Hess on Immigration


Barry Hess on Dropouts


Barry Hess on AIMS testing


Barry Hess on Transportation

Barry Hess on Taxes

Closing Remarks

Whew, I'm still running around doing interview after interview, debate after debate... and that isn't counting the hours of planning and hard work behind the scenes.
Here are a few of the many radio interviews that were done recently:

Joe Crummey of KFYI - visit him for more!

Todd Hartley of PHXNews - visit them for more!

Clearing Up Misconceptions on AZLP Candidate Barry Hess’ Position on “The Wall” 

Press Release 09-29-06 For Immediate Release 

In response to questions from voters on the campaign trail, Barry Hess today released the following statement.

 

Immigration

We are predominantly a nation of immigrants. Even the poem at the base of the Statue of Liberty proclaims, “Bring us your poor, your weak, your downtrodden…”

The real problem with immigration is the supposed association with: 1) Crime, 2) Welfare abuse and, 3) Displacement of our domestic Citizen workforce.

The first of these can be addressed by demanding of other nations a more complete record of just who is coming over. Based on this information, it Constitutionally falls to Congress to establish the criteria for coming to America—and to enforce such regulation.

I've always found that most problems and arguments can easily be avoided if the participants would first define their terms-just to make sure the parties are even talking about the same things. For there to be meaningful dialog it is important to try to carefully consider that our choice of words often leads to needless confusion and frustration. I'll do my best to make very plain exactly what I intend.

After having read all-to-many typical candidate position papers only to find I was still a little confused as to where they actually stood on an issue, I became convinced that there had to be a better way. Hopefully, I'll be demonstrating a more effective format to clearly state a position, why, and if it falls within the legitimate purview of government notice.