Posted on 04/11/2005 2:44:31 PM PDT by hsmomx3
(Washington, D.C. - April 8, 2005) Governor Janet Napolitano, a staunch opponent of last year's ballot initiative known as Proposition 200, is apparently not one to accept defeat -- or the will of the people of Arizona easily. Over objections of many political leaders of both parties, the voters overwhelmingly approved Prop. 200 denying illegal aliens access to all but required government services and requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and identification at polling places.
No sooner than voters overwhelmingly approved Prop. 200, the governor and attorney general threw up roadblocks to implementing the ballot measure. Attorney General Terry Goddard attempted to rewrite the definition of "public benefit," even though its meaning is clearly spelled out under federal law. More recently, Gov. Napolitano vetoed legislation to implement the voting requirements of Prop. 200, claiming it would violate the federal Help America Vote Act -- in spite of the fact the U.S. Department of Justice has given approval to the voter identification provisions of the law.
"What we are witnessing in Arizona since passage of Proposition 200 is a clear example of the arrogance of power," charged Dan Stein, president of FAIR. "Having failed to persuade the voters they should go on financing benefits for illegal aliens and leave the voter registration process open to fraud, and having failed to get state and federal courts to declare Prop. 200 unconstitutional, the governor and attorney general are petulantly using the power of their offices to prevent the law from being implemented."
Proposition 200 establishes uniform voter registration and voter identification policies designed to minimize the risk of electoral fraud. All people registering to vote in the state should be required to demonstrate they are U.S. citizens, and voters who show up at the polls on election day should be asked prove that they are who they claim to be.
"Apparently Gov. Napolitano and Attorney General Goddard haven't been paying attention to the public anger and frustration in Arizona and around the country over mass illegal immigration," said Stein. "They've got voters passing initiatives, citizens patrolling the borders, taxpayers up in arms over the billions of dollars being spent on services for illegal aliens, and yet the political establishment still does not get the message."
FAIR, along with the Arizona-based Yes on Proposition 200 Committee, is currently challenging Attorney General Goddard's narrow interpretation of public benefits in state court. "Having won a victory at the polls last November, it seems the voters are now going to have to fight their governor and attorney general in court to have the results of the democratic process honored by the state's leaders," said Stein.
I believe the Arizona Repulsive reported on this last week, I made a comment on the State Board at that time...
I wonder what the Governor is thinking? Or does she owe somebody something, politically? She is handing the Governor's office back to the GOP in '06, is you ask me.
We did it once and we can do it again.
OK, somebody 'fess up, which one of our forum's very own Criminal Alien Lobby is Janet Napolitano?
--Boot Hill
Yes, she can be recalled. She should be - what great comfort for bin Laden and drug dealers to know she is governor.
A governor who openly supports voter fraud. Imagine that?! Illegals must be an important part of Napoleon's base.
BTW...I only voted YES on 200 because there was no HELL YES option...
I didn't vote for her either...
In addition to this mess, I believe she overstepped her powers by ramming through the re-naming of Squaw Peak...that effort was totaly a political move that violated the process...
I wouldn't be at all surprised if R's & D's are sitting down together trying to figure out how to defeat the will of the people on this issue.
Traitorous Janet Napolitano needs to hear from outraged Arizonans. Maybe if she thinks her job is at stake she will back off.
Remind her of Gray Davis who sunk Proposition 187 in California (along with the very liberal federal judge Mariana Pfaelzer), negating the votes of the majority of our citizens.
But no matter. Just make sure that the Repugnant who runs against her whacks her about the head with this issue. She only won by a 0.5% of the vote, Remember? She's rather vulnerable.
This is a big issue in Arizona. And Arizona isn't California, overrun by screaming leftist nutcases. And we still ended up with a recall here, and won.
A reasonable Republican effort in Arizona which hounds Jihad Babee at every turn with this issue will win.
As I sit here typing wearing a Salmon for Governor T-shirt, it is obvious I didn't vote for Butch. It might surprise some here to know that behind the scenes Propane Jane groomed Butch to be her replacement. Another component in Butch's victory was the three Indian Gaming Initiatives on the ballot, voter turn out on the reservations is usually low, there were many busses hauling people to the polls on the reservations that day.
Sounds like this power maniac/taxpayer betrayer would fit in well up here in the United Soviet Socialist Republic of Washington State.
That's something I didn't realize...thanks...
Brother Janet could care less. Try writing her sometime and she'll have some hack write you back telling you to eat cake. Janey Hull was the same way. We only have RINO'S and Dems here. Anybody who will do the people's will, like Symington and Mecham get chased out.
We get what we deserve in this part of the desert. A dark haired bullish Hillary clone. The two should have an ugly contest.
Right you are.
Sounds like the governor and the AG are in need of recalling. They are Dems who, somehow, snuck past the voters in a mostly 'Pubbie state.
So, AZ, what's it going to be? Elected officials who understand the will of the people, or leftist despots?
It's in your hands.
Arizona needs a new governor ~ NOW!
Recall!
Agreed but who will run against her? I'm afraid there will be a lightweight candidate and she'll win. I hope not.
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