Bylaw sought covering (illegal) immigrants

The Springfield Republican ^ | 03/09/08 | Diane Lederman

[vrwc54]

AMHERST - In the fall, Select Board Chairman Gerald S. Weiss read a story about an Amherst restaurant worker who was deported to her native El Salvador after being involved in a Northampton accident.

He doesn't want that to happen here and wants the town to adopt a bylaw that would protect non-U.S. citizens.

Weiss presented the proposal to the Select Board Monday night and the board will discuss whether to support it at a future meeting. Town Meeting would ultimately decide whether to adopt the change.

The bylaw proposal follows a Town Meeting resolution adopted in 2002 that asked town employees, including police, to refrain from helping or cooperating "with investigations, interrogations or arrest procedures that are judged to be in violation of individuals' civil rights or civil liberties" as specified in the U.S. Constitution.

Residents presented the resolution after the USA Patriot Act allowed the FBI and CIA more authority to engage in wiretapping, e-mail monitoring and other surveillance methods in the agencies' mission to capture terrorists.

[vrwc54]

Select Board Chair Gerry Weiss' Car

So is anyone surprised this is the billboard—I mean (foreign) car, that Amherst Select board Chair Gerry Weiss drives? Businesses in town center have to pay Amherst $350 annually for sandwich board sign permits.

But not Mr. Weiss for this rolling sign: Enlarged Photo

[Spktyr]

FYI, that Camry was made in Tennessee.

And it’s “American” enough to be allowed to race in NASCAR.

[vrwc54]

I’m not Larry Kelly. Yell at him ;-)

[buccaneer81]

Hey, I worked in and ran a business in Amherst from 1988-1991. Yeah, they are libs. But knock it off on the auto industry. I own a 2005 Camry, built by the good folks of Georgetown , KY. And it’s a hell of a better car than anything Detroit spits out.

[vrwc54]

Once Again. I'm not Larry Kelly who is "Only in Amherst".

Yell at him.

[Liberty2007]

how do you know that is his car? I think Gerald S. Weiss needs to look for a new job

[vrwc54]

Read the article, folks. It's not about the car!

[buccaneer81]

Yell at him.

For his poor choice of stickers, yes. You're the one who said "foreign" car.

But yes, I hate Amherst, Northampton and the entire Pioneer Valley as much as any real American.

[buccaneer81]

He said Zavala was one of many working downtown who are part of the restaurant economy. He said "they're helping restaurants stay open."

LOL! This in a college town with 25,000 students!

[vrwc54]

Larry Kelly knows its Weiss' car.

I'm not Larry Kelly.

He lives in Amherst.

It's not a city. It's a smallish town.

Larry goes to all the Select Board meetings!

Gee, has F.P. gone downhill?

It's not about the car!!!!!

[vrwc54]

You're the one who said "foreign" car.

Are you typying while tipsy?

Why are you fixated on the word foreign car which I didn't mention.

I linked to Larry Kelly. For the 1000th time I'm not Larry Kelly. I'm a female seasoned citizen!

[vrwc54]

I copy and pasted Larry Kelly's comments.

I aplogize for my curt remarks. No one is actually reading the article. I thought it would be funny to post Larry Kelly's photo of the car and his comments which I now regret.

http://www.onlyintherepublicofamherst.blogspot.com/erst.blogspot.com/

[SatinDoll]

These people flaunt laws they don’t like. But when they’re mugged or robbed or their child is killed by an illegal alien, their perspective changes radically.

[Crim]

“FYI, that Camry was made in Tennessee.

And it’s “American” enough to be allowed to race in NASCAR”

Still a rice burner pal..designed in Japan....right where the dollar goes...and true race fans like me gave up NASCAR when they let toyota in...might as well let KIA run next year..

They will never see another dime from me...

Loving foreign cars must be a metrosexual type thing...

[matthew fuller]

This is Larry Kelly- Do I have any messages?

[vrwc54]

I wish what you wrote were true, but sadly, they’ll have to be mugged a few more times before they wake up.

[vrwc54]

Keep up the good work, Larry! ;-)

Too bad everyone in Amherst thinks you're crazy.

[buccaneer81]

Loving foreign cars must be a metrosexual type thing...

Aren't you just precious? I drive a Toyota because it does the job for the money. And employs American workers. And because I own stock in the company.

Your way of thinking died in the '90s.

[buccaneer81]

I aplogize for my curt remarks

No need. I understand where you're coming from.

[LostInBayport]

But yes, I hate Amherst, Northampton and the entire Pioneer Valley as much as any real American.

There are some normal people out in the Pioneer Valley. They just aren't heard from as loudly. The moonbats are heard from in stories like this one because they have hack jobs that barely require attendance or they subsist on trust funds. They have nothing else to occupy their time so they decide to get in everyone else's business. The joker who's car is shown above is typical of that type.

Drive through Amherst or Northampton or Greenfield...cars plastered with that left-wing insanity are as common as pepperoni on pizza. But the trust funders don't care about resale value.

Massachusetts is heading toward a fiscal crisis that is going to be quite painful for the average citizen. Yet the moonbattery is more concerned with protecting the rights of illegal aliens. It is my fervent wish that the upcoming financial distress gets the average citizen to wake up and move the state at least back to the center. Hey, I can dream.