Posted on 09/16/2014 4:07:40 PM PDT by jazusamo
Immigration: California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a repeal of 1994's overturned Prop. 187, calling it a law that "has no place on the state's books." What do you call a man who claims voters' choices have no place in government?
In most places out there, the name would be "tyrant," even if the word seems a bit fancy for the increasingly unpopular Gov. Brown.
Because the hard fact remains that in 1994, millions of California's voters, by a margin of 59% to 41%, voted in favor of denying "free" welfare, education and other benefits to illegal immigrants on the clear logic that a burglar who breaks into someone else's home doesn't have the right to eat the owner's food.
It was a legitimate decision for a people to make, given that in any democratic system, the participants have the right to control the purse.
But Brown's statements and those of his political allies, including those in the press, suggest an imperial contempt for the will of California's voters. After all, there was no need to sign a bill, given that a single judge had effectively overturned the will of the voters and subsequent governors failed to appeal, letting it die.
Meanwhile, the desire on the left to besmirch the will of the voters as Jim Crow racism has continued.
As the law's sponsor, state Sen. Kevin de Leon, a Democrat from Los Angeles, told the L.A. Times, Brown's signing of state Senate Bill 396 "closes a dark chapter in our state's history and brings dignity and respect to the national immigration debate."
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CA has changed radically. I doubt we could even get enough signatures to qualify anymore. He’ll win in not just a landslide, but a mega-landslide in Nov. I love my little Pasadena enclave but the GOP might as well just pack up and leave here. It’s Moonbat heaven.
To be sure, I think he’s a flaming leftie, but by comparison to the likes of Kamala Harris and Gavin Newsome, he’s downright “centrist.”
Agreed, Harris and Newsome are worse, at least Brown has made a few sane decisions.
Okat, I admit to being a little confused about this change.
Can somebody tell me just how exactly this will effect property taxes for people who are under 187?
I rethink this is merely symbolic. IIRC when the prop was dismissed by the court it was most of the provisions but not all.
The battle is lost in Cal. Find another place to draw the line.
IIRC
Shirley you jest.
As is Arizona.
Prop 13 was the property tax limitation passed by voters in 1978.
Prop 187 was passed by voters in 1994 to deny benefits to illegals.
I have never lived in California. I live a long ways from California.
Hippies and leftist scum from all over the USA took up residence...
Ping
Sorry, I had it confused with prop 13. This had me almost ready to put the house up for sale and move out of state.
lol
I’m surprised Brown hasn’t tried that. The proposition was aimed at him when he was governor first time.
Maybe that will be next month.
Hearing the screeching of liberals was worth it though......
” I think one of our few remaining options to to avoid patronizing companies that promote leftist causes, and buy products made in red states or from companies that don’t promote leftist causes, to the best of our ability, even if it means buying foreign.
If we can agree that our nation’s survival is at stake, then we can agree to avoid patronizing those who are destroying it.”
Go a step farther
Contribute enough to private charities every year to eliminate paying State and Federal income tax.
Cut the money off legally
Feinswine, Boxer, and Pelousy are among the tops in that list. Notheast liberals should have been shut out and refused entry in the 1970's when they started streaming in.
Government of the aliens, by the aliens and for the aliens.
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