A contentious issue, illegal immigration, poses a number of economic, political, and cultural challenges to the country. Often, the debate becomes a partisan-fueled, highly emotional diatribe between the two major parties. This section cover issues from the Dream Act to Arizona’s contentious immigration reforms, as Independent-minded voters are seeking potential solutions that obey the rule of law, stay within the confines of a budget, and maintain a compassionate, but realistic outlook on immigration.
SAN
FRANCISCO — Despite the state’s airwaves being plastered by TV
commercials showing firefighters and teachers predicting further
economic disaster for California should Props. 1A through 1F fail, a
majority of likely voters in a poll say they will vote against at
least five of measures during the upcoming May 19 special election.
Calling them a “rotten deal,” the Green Party of California announced last week that it would formally oppos
Here’s one to keep us occupied during the long hot summer as the countdown drones on of days without a budget:
It’s right there in black and white, in a proclamation issued late last week from the governor of the great state of California:
The
problem with a state of emergency is that it sounds so urgent.
So when
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared
a state of emergency last Tuesday due to swine flu, it immediately bestowed the
outbreak a greater sense of urgency than it had at that point. Or has at this
point, for that matter – there still are only 14 confirmed cases in the state.
As the circus
of delusion surrounding California’s special elections continues, the
unrealistic optimism of those pushing the elections is only becoming
more and more obvious, and more and more self-evidently
counter-productive.
Now not only are politicians asking California’s
people to approve spending caps, tax increases and borrowing against
the lottery, they’re also asking them to publicly admit they were wrong
last November.
Approximately 300,000 Californians are expected to enter their names on the rolls for food stamps next year.
Having finally realized
their exceedingly precarious situation, it appears that many of
California’s counties have finally decided to reject unfunded, unjustified mandates,
even if it tugs at a few of the administrators’ heartstrings.
I’ve been trying to understand where the airlines came up with the cost of $50 per person to pay for the capital improvements proposed under Destination Lindbergh.
A state lawmaker from San Bernardino County and Attorney General Jerry Brown
have teamed to support a bill that newspaper industry officials and First
Amendment lawyers say could damage the state’s Public Records Act.
