If you google Los Angeles Daily News really fast, there is a reader poll today asking if the people support the city council's position. Scroll down the main page, almost to the bottom, left hand side. Last time I checked it, it was 90% against the CC and supporting AZ. If you get to the poll before 8PM L.A. time, you can "vote" too. A week or two ago, there was a poll asking if we supported AZ and that poll was something like 83% supporting.
FYI - there is a recall campaign going on against our stupid mayor. There's also talk about recalling the entire CC. ________________________________ From: Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> To: politicalforum <PoliticalForum@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thu, May 13, 2010 12:34:45 PM Subject: Los Angeles Approves Arizona Travel Boycott I am just flat out amazed by this. First, I am amazed, because such a boycott by the City of Los Angeles is unconstitutional on its face. Such a boycott is in direct violation of Article 1, Section 10 of the United States Constitution, and the Governor of "Cal-i-forn-i-a" should immediately strike this boycott post haste, as well as the Congress sending a letter of censure to the Mayor and City Counsel of Los Angeles. Note, that none of our liberal, or Libertarian members who purportedly hold the Constitution dear, have chosen to comment or condemn this unconstitutional act!! ======== Los Angeles approves Arizona travel boycott By Alan Duke, CNN May 13, 2010 -- Updated 1646 GMT (0046 HKT) http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/05/13/los.angeles.arizona.boycott/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo (CNN) -- The Los Angeles City Council overwhelmingly approved a boycott of Arizona-based businesses and governments Wednesday unless the state repeals a new law giving police the power to question a detainee's immigration status. Several other California cities, including San Francisco and Oakland, have already adopted resolutions requesting city departments to not sign any new contracts with Arizona companies. The Arizona law requires immigrants to carry their registration documents at all times and allows police to question individuals' immigration status in the process of enforcing any other law or ordinance. The Los Angeles resolution passed Wednesday said Arizona's new immigration law "encourages racial profiling and violates Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of due process and equal protection for U.S. citizens, legal residents and visitors who are detained for suspicion of being in the country unlawfully." The city's legislative analyst reported that Los Angeles currently has $56 million in contracts with companies headquartered in Arizona. The city's Harbor Department, which has $26 million of such contracts, is opposing the resolution, the report said. This includes money for the "Clean Truck Program," it said. "The Harbor does not recommend rescinding this incentive program due to adverse effects this action would have on the environment and public health," the analyst wrote. The resolution also prohibits city employees from traveling to Arizona "unless special circumstances can be demonstrated" that canceling a trip would "harm city interests." The National Council of La Raza announced a boycott last week against Arizona's $18.6 billion tourism industry because of the new law, and called on other groups to join. Nearly 30 organizations have come on board, including the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network, People for the American Way, the Japanese American Citizens League and the Service Employees International Union. Critics of the law say it will lead to racial profiling, while supporters say it involves no racial profiling and is needed to crack down on increasing crime involving illegal immigrants. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
