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Colorado mayor's sympathy for immigrants costs him his job
Los Angeles Times ^ | 11/27/07 | Nicholas Riccardi

Posted on 11/27/2007 4:13:10 AM PST by Haddit

GREELEY, COLO. -- Tom Selders is still baffled at how quickly the city he served for years turned on him. The two-term mayor of this conservative farm town had been a political fixture for nearly two decades. A businessman who prided himself on bringing efficiency to city government, Selders infuriated his constituents after jumping into the national debate over illegal immigration. In May he spoke at an open forum in Washington about the effects of last year's immigration raid on a meatpacking plant here, which led to the detention of 262 undocumented workers.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: aliens; clueless; duhhhhh; election; greeley; idiot; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; mayor
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To: Graybeard58
The beauty of the ballot box.

It's a wondrous thing! Once in a while we the people get it right.

61 posted on 11/27/2007 3:28:59 PM PST by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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To: Graybeard58
I believe it was the other way around Mr. ex-Mayor.

Very well stated, Graybeard58!

62 posted on 11/27/2007 4:36:02 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: Haddit; jan in Colorado
In May he spoke at an open forum in Washington about the effects of last year's immigration raid on a meatpacking plant here, which led to the detention of 262 undocumented workers criminals.

He should have spoken out against the stupidity of using illegal hiring practices.

63 posted on 11/27/2007 4:37:38 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: moonman
One-third of Greeley is Latino.

Yet, the challenger won the mayoral election by a 3-to-2 margin.

Does this purport to tell us that the only people who voted for the incumbent were Latino?

Or does it tell us that a significant number of the LEGAL Latinos in Greeley -- and there are many -- voted for the challenger, as well? And only the white liberals and a few "activists" voted for the incumbent?

64 posted on 11/27/2007 5:02:04 PM PST by okie01
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To: okie01

Hard to tell, but, my guess remains ... they are taught to pull any lever that has a [D] after the name.


65 posted on 11/27/2007 6:16:42 PM PST by moonman
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To: agrace

Mayor Barletta is probably the ONLY good thing ever to come out of the sh-thole town of Hazleton.


66 posted on 11/27/2007 6:18:59 PM PST by Clemenza (Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
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To: Haddit

The ex-mayor whines he feels betrayed——and he depicts Americans as full of hate.

This loser is wrong, wrong, wrong.

Americans respect the rule of law and they expect others who arrive here to do the same.

Our laws must be enforced or we are no better than the corrupt Third World these invaders emanate from.

CASE IN POINT 12-20 million illegal immigrants invaded our country and routinely use forged documents to get on the US gravy train, to pocket tax-paid freebies they are not entirled to.

Americans are NOT racists that this bothers them.

Americans are patriots who love their country and believe politicans’ failure to enforce the law is corrosive to a free democracy.


67 posted on 11/27/2007 10:01:07 PM PST by Liz (Rooty's not getting my guns or the name of my hairdresser.)
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To: Graybeard58
"I really feel betrayed by my community," said Selders

Every worthless RINO and RAT politician who thinks this way needs to be booted out of office and out of politics, asap. THEY are the ones who are betraying America, trashing our laws, screwing real Americans whose jobs and money are taken by these ILLEGAL invaders.
68 posted on 11/27/2007 10:23:17 PM PST by Enchante (Democrat terror-fighting motto: "BLEAT - CHEAT - RETREAT - DEFEAT")
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To: taxcontrol

this sentiment against illegal immigration has exploded.


69 posted on 11/27/2007 10:24:31 PM PST by television is just wrong (deport all illegal aliens NOW. Put all AMERICANS TO WORK FIRST. END Welfare)
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To: Haddit
When will the liberal press ever learn? They're not "undocumented workers"....they're illegal aliens. Is a burglar an "undocumented house guest"?
70 posted on 11/27/2007 10:36:37 PM PST by DesScorp
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To: twntaipan
Politicians of both parties don’t realize how visceral this issue is for voters.

The issue is not racism or intolerance or bigotry. The issue is upholding the law.

Actually, the issue is bigger and deeper than just upholding the law. The real issue is culture, American culture. At the heart of any culture is a set of values; and one core value of American culture is respect for the rule of law.

71 posted on 11/27/2007 11:19:06 PM PST by Colorado Buckeye (It's the culture stupid!)
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To: Colorado Buckeye

Great observation.


72 posted on 11/28/2007 4:04:41 AM PST by twntaipan (To say someone is a liar and a Democrat is to be redundant.)
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