Texarkana Gazette
September 20, 2006

Letters to the Editor

TO THE EDITOR:

The streets surrounding Alamo’s “church” were being shut off. Everyone that had tried to enter had been met by armed guards. They have been stopped, questioned, tag numbers ran, told to leave and intimidated.
When the guards (RG Security) have encountered someone who knows their civil rights and refuses to answer them, they get upset. Not until all the fed-up citizens started really complaining to the mayor were the guards told to back off.

The citizens’ incidents with Alamo followers and the guards have been reported to the county sheriff, unlike Alamo’s rantings & ravings. Alamo said (by phone) that first he had the guards to protect the church, then it was for his black members, then his schoolchildren. What he needs to say is that he’s scared someone will come into his compound and discover what’s really going on in there. Alamo fears for himself and that’s all, as he has for years. His gifts to the city have bought him some time.
That is what Alamo does.

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Texarkana Gazette
Linked from Rick Ross website
September 15, 2006
by Jim Williamson

Fouke Council says issue settled
Alamo alarms account for large turnout

Fouke, Arkansas.—At the end of the Fouke City Council meeting Thursday night, a couple of members of the audience asked if the streets near the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries were closed. A council member said it was “all rumors” and the streets are open.

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Texarkana Gazette
September 14, 2006

Religious group, city come to terms over security of street

Tony Alamo Ministries is, to say the least, a controversial group. They were recently at the center of even more controversy in their adopted hometown of Fouke, Ark.

After a bullet was fired at their church, Alamo Ministries hired a security firm to guard church property.

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Texarkana Gazette
September 13, 2006
By Jim Williamson

Residents suspicious of restriction onto street

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Texarkana Gazette
Linked from Rick Ross website
September 13, 2006
By Jim Williamson

Surrounding the Alamo Ministries –
Residents suspicious of restriction onto street

Fouke, Arkansas.—After a bullet hit one of the church windows, Tony Alamo Ministries hired a security company to watch for possible troublemakers.

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