California: Gray vetoes illegal immigrant tuition bill

Dan Weintraub Weblog ^ | October 13, 2003 | Dan Weintraub

[John Jorsett]

In one of his final decisions on legislation as governor, Gray Davis late last night vetoed SB 328, which would have allowed low-income illegal immigrants to have their fees waived at California Community Colleges.Here is a PDF file of the governor's veto message. More on this and other last-minute vetoes and signings as the dust settles on about 200 bills Davis acted on over the weekend.

[John Jorsett]

Davis doing the right thing? I'm stunned. If he'd tried this earlier, maybe he'd have survived the recall.

[truthkeeper]

Since he didn't need to pander for any more votes, sanity FINALLY prevailed.

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[Hodar]

Davis doing the right thing? I'm stunned. If he'd tried this earlier, maybe he'd have survived the recall.

My thoughts exactly...

[jpl]

Nothing like getting your sorry ass thrown out of office to drive the message home, huh? At least he had the decency to spare Calfiornians from having to institute yet another ballot initiative.

[BibChr]

Gee... maybe we shouldn't have recalled him!

BWAAAHHHHH HAHAHAHA! Just kidding!

Dan

[FITZ]

He's probably a little hacked off with Bustamante for jumping in and trying to become governor. How many of the "yes" on recall, "yes" on Bustamante votes were there?

[funkywbr]

That'll TEACH those damn Hispanics for voting for Arnie!~}

[Carry_Okie]

I'd bet that he's pissed at Cruz and the 47% of the Latino community that voted for the recall. Ol' Gray doesn't have a forgiving bone in his body.

[Grampa Dave]

Yep, 47% of the Hispanic community voted for the recall, and what was the % of Hispanic voters voting for Arnold?

I remember that it was surprisingly high.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

ping

[Pa' fuera]

Yep, 47% of the Hispanic community voted for the recall, and what was the % of Hispanic voters voting for Arnold?

I believe it was 34%. The Mexicans, it would appear, are getting tired of tax and spend. They're also tired of the Mexican system of tax and deposit (in Swiss bank accounts).

[socal_parrot]

He also vetoed a needle exchange program expansion over the weekend.


Who'd a thunk it?

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks. I heard that it was high.

Some of the most conservative people we have met in California are Mexican/American citizens. Like so many of us when they buy a home, pay taxes and try to better their lives for their children, they become very conservative.

[Grampa Dave]

"He also vetoed a needle exchange program expansion over the weekend."

Did hell freeze over in Sacramento this past weekend?

[engrpat]

My thought, it was nothing more than payback.

[Tacis]

I believe Davis had paid for and was counting on at least 500,000 "No Recall" votes from about 250,000 Mexicans and other illegal aliens living in and near California. He didn't get that many and is just getting even.

[gubamyster]

ping

[ampat]

He must be trying to resurrect his legacy a la bill clinton.

[goldstategop]

He did the right thing again. Illegal aliens don't deserve a break native Californians don't get. Its the principle, stupid.