Posted on 05/22/2006 7:51:56 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Mexican President Vicente Fox will address a joint session of the California Legislature and meet with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday.
It will be Schwarzenegger's first meeting with Fox since he became governor in 2003, although the two have met before.
Fox and members of his cabinet also will meet in private with Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles, and attend a reception and dinner hosted by Schwarzenegger, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The Mexican president is visiting California to promote trade with Mexico, as part of a four-day trip that starts Tuesday in Utah and includes Washington state.
He arrives in the midst of a heated immigration debate. Schwarzenegger is mulling whether to send National Guard units to the border as part of President Bush's plan to increase security by augmenting the U.S. Border Patrol with 6,000 Guard troops.
On Friday, the Tribune reported, he will travel to Los Angeles for a meeting with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and speak to members of the Mexican community.
I very, very much have that feeling.
Oh no! I was looking at the photo to think of a caption and then I saw it!
Just a few thoughts. Keep in mind, the way our laws are setup, Fox could bounced in the next Mexican election....POOFFFFF, run for California governor! Think about that one for a few...
We would hardly notice the difference, as we are already ruled by a legislature that is more pro-Hispanic than any latin american legislature, and by local governments and school districts that are the same.
Recall the adulation with which Ahnold was initially received, even to the point that some were discussing a change in qualification requirements for the presidency? This is a reason never to change, if ever there was one.
I was having thoughts of retiring for the night and hitting the hay early...
but that thought just gave me heart burn.
Big bro Smarty likes ta skeer us girlz...!!!
Ever seen our (L.A.) mayor ??
For what it's worth, I hope to be somewhere in your general vicinity after 2006.
Hey Vinny what can we trade for the 12+ million illegals you've dumped on us?
The problem with march today, and vote tomorrow,should be sending a CLEAR message to the fools in Sacramento. Tomorrow, the fools will be flipping pancakes, and mowing lawns, and Jose will be doing the job, that wanted to do. The trip will be happening faster than they think!!!
May not be hard, lol!
I'm glad former gov. Gray Davis was recalled and given a pink slip. But Arnold has been a lot of hot air. Lots of one liners and no action. The only reason Arnold isn't huffing and puffing anymore, is because of the extraordinarily high inflated property values, that have generated inflated taxes revenues. In a year or two, California will be fluid financially again.
I wish him success, but I still think, he's way over his head. I fully agree about leaving the U.S. Constitution alone for a qualification presidential change for just him.
At this point the way things are nothing would surprise me.
Immigration reform group plans to protest Fox's visit
The leader of an immigration reform group announced plans today to protest the historic visit of Mexican President Vicente Fox on Wednesday in Yakima.
Bob Baker, a retired Navy fighter pilot from Mercer Island, Wash., and head of Protect Washington NOW, said a protest rally will be staged from a parking lot on South 28th Avenue near the Yakima Air Terminal, in view of Fox's motorcade.
"We just want him to know we think it's outrageous what he's doing to our country, we believe he's exploiting his own people, and we want to send that message loud and clear to him," Baker said.
The rally site was chosen by the U.S. Secret Service, which is in charge of Fox's security detail. Fox is stopping in Yakima on his way from Salt Lake City to Seattle. While here, he is expected to meet with the owners of an orchard in Naches Heights.
http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/310542636689010
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