If they pass this ordinance then the city needs to provide an office for landlords to come to vet their tennants. Otherwise this ordinance shifts an unfair burden on the landlord. Is it really the landlord's duty to enforce the immigration laws?
Exactly.
"If they pass this ordinance then the city needs to provide an office for landlords to come to vet their tennants. Otherwise this ordinance shifts an unfair burden on the landlord. Is it really the landlord's duty to enforce the immigration laws?"
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My sentiments exactly.
The ordinance provides for the city to vet tennants upon request of the landlord. It can be found online by going to:
http://www.ci.escondido.ca.us/government/agendas/PublishedMeetings.htm
Choose the 10/4/2006 meeting, scroll down to the 7pm session, then click on the link for the ordinance. It'll pop up on the right in the form of a large .tif file.
The local 'open borders' crowd have been going all out to defeat the measure, including death threats to Council members, boycotts of Council member's businesses, and imported professional agitators. Council meetings are usually polite affairs, attended by staff and a few interested citizens. That's all changed. This week's routine meeting featured half a dozen plain clothed police officers acting as bodyguards for the Council members. Typical leftist tactics, when your position has no rational merit, threaten those who don't agree.
Those in northern San Diego county who wish to attend the meeting at 7pm on Wednesday night should plan to come early, since the illegals generally try to pack the chambers. The meeting will also be streamed to the net at: http://escondido.12milesout.com/Escondido/Default.aspx
I urge anyone who has the slightest doubt about the need to control our borders to tune in.
Try it now.
L