Phoenix Tucson & Flagstaff to Sue Arizona (driver's license, middle east, illegals)
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Good deal. So now let's talk percentages (I will even add cities considering boycotting). There are 19,355 incorporated cities in America. That number does not reflect the unincorporated cities throughout the country. I count 39 cities total on your end? ok.. now for the hard part: 39/19355= 0.0020149 Gotta say, thats a biiig percentage of cities! now how many people in those boycotting cities actually approve the boycott? Poll: Was the L.A. City Council right to pass a boycott of Arizona? | Opinion L.A. | Los Angeles Times
No. The city should mind its own business. 91% (36,420 votes)
Total Votes: 39,845
Soooo Sur, can you tell me with CERTAINTY these city councils are doing the will of the people? are they not overstepping their bounds? NO ONE voted for the L.A. city council to be involved in restricting interstate commerce, these city councils are out of line and need to be removed!! VIVA SB 1070!!
Good deal. So now let's talk percentages (I will even add cities considering boycotting). There are 19,355 incorporated cities in America. That number does not reflect the unincorporated cities throughout the country. I count 39 cities total on your end? ok.. now for the hard part: 39/19355= 0.0020149 Gotta say, thats a biiig percentage of cities! now how many people in those boycotting cities actually approve the boycott? Poll: Was the L.A. City Council right to pass a boycott of Arizona? | Opinion L.A. | Los Angeles Times
No. The city should mind its own business. 91% (36,420 votes)
Total Votes: 39,845
Soooo Sur, can you tell me with CERTAINTY these city councils are doing the will of the people? are they not overstepping their bounds? NO ONE voted for the L.A. city council to be involved in restricting interstate commerce, these city councils are out of line and need to be removed!! VIVA SB 1070!!
Oh come on! Most of the cities listed are the largest in their states & wield considerable influence. Plus the number of cities joining the boycott grows daily. You guys try your hardest to minimize and rationalize but the hard reality is that a significant boycott is underway that will have considerable impact on Arizona's economy. Arizona is facing serious trouble and will likely back down or wait for the federal courts to step in and hope it doesn't take too long.
Seattle:
"The City Council on Monday unanimously passed a resolution directing departments not to send employees to the Grand Canyon State and to refrain from doing new business with firms in Arizona to protest the new law". Seattle votes to boycott Arizona over immigration law
4 more cities in Massachusetts:
"Elected officials in Worchester, Lawrence, Springfield, and Amherst say they are drafting measures similar to the one Boston's City Council passed last week that asks city officials to identify city contracts and purchasing agreements with Arizona and Arizona-based companies, and end them immediately".
4 More Massachusetts Municipalities Eye Arizona Boycott (http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/immigration/apx_mass_arizona_boycott_05102010 - broken link)
Add the above to theses American cities: Los Angeles, CA San Francisco, CA Madison, WI Austin, TX West Hollywood, CA Boston, MA Oakland, CA El Paso, TX St. Paul, MN Springfield, MA Worcester, MA Washington D.C. Milwaukee, WI Chicago, IL NYC, NY Boulder, CO St. Paul, MN Tacoma, WA Lawrence, MA Amherst, MA Sacramento, CA Baldwin Park, CA South el Monte, CA Santa Cruz, CA
Wow...apparently you didn't even read what I posted for you a few posts back. So, now you've just reinforced for me that you are simply supporting the boycott because you are one of those "joiners" who just needs to join some kind of cause regardless of whether you know anything about it or not. There...I can generalize as well.
Oh come on! Most of the cities listed are the largest in their states & wield considerable influence. Plus the number of cities joining the boycott grows daily. You guys try your hardest to minimize and rationalize but the hard reality is that a significant boycott is underway that will have considerable impact on Arizona's economy. Arizona is facing serious trouble and will likely back down or wait for the federal courts to step in and hope it doesn't take too long.
Are you clueless? Arizona has been waiting for the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to step in to solve this problem for months and months and they still haven't. That is what started this whole mess. Do you keep up with current events at all?
Trust me, by now every politician has read the law. Do you think conservative governors in nearby southwestern states would take such a political risk? The actual law is not the issue. There is a good chance that a hispanic American citizen could be taken into custody based on a cop's hunch. How would you feel if you got arrested because you left your wallet at home [no id]? That is not suppose to happen in America.
Oh come on! Most of the cities listed are the largest in their states & wield considerable influence. Plus the number of cities joining the boycott grows daily. You guys try your hardest to minimize and rationalize but the hard reality is that a significant boycott is underway that will have considerable impact on Arizona's economy. Arizona is facing serious trouble and will likely back down or wait for the federal courts to step in and hope it doesn't take too long.
Ahhh... Even if I wanted to play along.. say "ALL" of the CITY COUNCILS from the biggest cities in America are for Illegal Immigration, It still does not reflect the will of the people, and is out of line. look at the comments with that poll, I dont know who you interact with on a daily basis- but I know of one person that is against the bill. She is a far lefter teacher, and it all boils down to "Feelings" with her, no logic at all. Over 90% of respondents from that poll disagree with the city council! Just take the bitter pill and agree: They are wrong, out of their paygrade, were not elected to meddle in other states affairs, and an overwhelming majority of the constituents think it was wrong!
Sorry about the misspelling. But it seems so easy to brush off anything that doesn't agree with you as "a bunch of . . . blah blah blah." You've attacked Los Angeles and many other California cities yet the largest cities in your state are doing the same thing: condemning the Arizona law. When do you at least admit that there are many people unhappy with your state [both inside and outside Arizona]? It is just too easy to make them sound as fringe. So Flagstaff, Bisbee and San Luis are also a bunch of whatever?
70 percent of Arizonans and 60 percent of the nation as a whole are behind the law in Arizona. Just because you've got some nitwits with an agenda on city councils that don't represent their constituents equals JACK SQUAT. If you illegal alien lovers have so much of an or*y over Mexico taking over this country why don't you just take the shortcut and MOVE THERE.
Wow...apparently you didn't even read what I posted for you a few posts back. So, now you've just reinforced for me that you are simply supporting the boycott because you are one of those "joiners" who just needs to join some kind of cause regardless of whether you know anything about it or not. There...I can generalize as well.
I'm not sure what you are referring to. The topic is how even the large cities in Arizona are trying to stop the new law. And that other cities are joining a boycott of Arizona. I don't join things just for the hell of it. My interests are pretty simple: politics & sports. I support the boycott and wish that Arizona would do the right thing and drop the law.
I'm not sure what you are referring to. The topic is how even the large cities in Arizona are trying to stop the new law. And that other cities are joining a boycott of Arizona. I don't join things just for the hell of it. My interests are pretty simple: politics & sports. I support the boycott and wish that Arizona would do the right thing and drop the law.
You support that bastard calderon (sp?) and his lunatic ideas? Go for it and take the suggestion that I had in an earlier post.
I'm not sure what you are referring to. The topic is how even the large cities in Arizona are trying to stop the new law. And that other cities are joining a boycott of Arizona. I don't join things just for the hell of it. My interests are pretty simple: politics & sports. I support the boycott and wish that Arizona would do the right thing and drop the law.
Oh...I see you simply skimmed over those facts that I posted for you.
BTW, given the facts that were presented to you, WHY do you support the boycott?
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