Proposition 187, Arizona-style

E-mail | 7 July 2003 | Kathy McKee

[JackelopeBreeder]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kathy McKee JULY 4, 2003 PHONE: 623.225.7122

NEWS RELEASE . NEWS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING BIGGEST POLITICAL NEWS IN ARIZONA FOR 2003 PROPOSITION 187-TYPE INITIATIVE HEADING FOR AZ BALLOT 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, 2003 State Capitol . 1700 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ . House Hearing Room 4-5

The Protect Arizona NOW Committee has filed application with the Arizona Secretary of State to begin collecting signatures for a citizens' initiative similar to California's Proposition 187 for the 2004 ballot in Arizona. The Arizona Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act would ban the use of taxpayer funds for all state and local programs, services, and benefits for illegal aliens, except those mandated by federal law.

Committee Director Kathy McKee states, "The original Prop 187 in California passed with about a 2/3 majority and in all counties except eight in and around San Francisco. State and local officials-especially the current Governor, Phoenix City Council, and Tucson City Council, seem determined to tax citizens to death and run our entire state into perpetual bankruptcy supporting people who legally should be deported.

So we, the citizens of this state, have no other choice but to pursue and pass this initiative. We have been organizing for months and have the early stages of a great network and system in place to anticipate a greater margin of victory here than in California."

Committee Treasurer, local businessman Rusty Childress, adds, "The people of Arizona have heard more than enough of state and local officials' lame excuse that illegal immigration is a federal problem. Clearly, the federal government is endangering the whole country by not putting the military on our own borders-like the vast majority of Americans want done, but a lot of the underlying problem is that state and local governments have created a mammoth welfare state-illegally, with taxpayers' money-that attracts illegals here. These traitorous bureaucrats thumb their noses at their legal constituents and blatantly violate laws, even U.S. Supreme Court decisions. If elected leaders don't have the courage or integrity to stop this nonsense right now, the citizens of this state do have it and will stop it. "

McKee contends, "The real villain in the illegal immigration crisis is every level of 'our' own government (and I use the word "our" very loosely). However, I dare say every person coming across that border illegally knows they are breaking our laws. Even for those who say they are coming here to try to improve their lives, poverty is no excuse to break laws-and we surely can't take in the 4-5 billion people on this planet who are poorer than Central Americans. I love Arizona, and I am furious how government officials are just giving it away-and using taxpayers' money to do it. Why? Why? Why? The average Arizonan has no idea how many hundreds of millions of their tax dollars go to support programs and benefits for illegal aliens."

Senior Advisors to the Committee, Arizona House Majority Whip Randy Graf and House Appropriations Chairman Russell Pearce, will be on the news conference panel to better explain the fiscal impact and irresponsibility of spending public funds on people illegally in this country.

McKee concludes, "Instead of Emailing back and forth and griping to each other, it's truly now or never for the citizens of Arizona to demand accountability and enforcement of our laws by government officials. It's hard to believe America has become a place where citizens have to force their own government to obey laws."

[goldstategop]

I support it. Unfortunately the ACLU is going to get a liberal federal judge to strike it down. Guaranteed and Janet Napolitano just loves them illegals.

[goldstategop]

Liberals believe in democracy but not for the average American riffraff. They must know their place as do as they're told by their betters.

[Boomer2]

hsmomx3: Where can one sign these petitions?

http://www.pan2004.com or write to info@pan2004.com I'm sure it's awash in hate spam; but that will go away quickly as the spam filters get updated....

[Boomer2]

Tucson Daily Star's POLL: Please vote quickly. http://regulus.azstarnet.com/hourlyupdate/story.php?id=52http://regulus.azstarnet.com/hourlyupdate/story.php?id=52

The poll and the article are gone. Guess the liberals must have their pressure tactics on the move.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

I don't think it's that hard to figure out. Both R's and D's favor illegal immigration for the same reason they're now giving tax breaks to people who don't pay taxes to have kids. Without immigration and encouragement to reproduce (especially people at the bottom of the social strata) this country's population would be shrinking.

A shrinking population would expose the Social Security ponzi scheme. It also means that in a society where there is upward mobility, there won't be enough people at the bottom propping things up.

A shrinking population means a shrinking economy, and who wants to be in charge of that?

[Joe Hadenuf]

Oh, so this invasion of *millions* has helped our economy?

[JackelopeBreeder]

That's just one of the Star's temporary links. They usually last only 24 hours as most of the stories are still drafts. If the story is important enough it usually gets a permanent link the following day.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Please don't get me wrong, I'm not in favor of the invasion. I was explaining what I see as our fearless political leaders' reasoning for favoring it.

I suppose from their veiw, yes, it has helped the economy. The invaders are a source of labor and tax revenues. I imagine that if you could get a truthfull statement from anyone in Washington it would be something like, "Well, if the American people won't reproduce in the numbers to support us in the style to which we've become accustomed, we'll import people who will!"

[Marine Inspector]

The poll and the article are gone.

It was only up for an hour, as part of their hourly update page.

I'll try and find out were they archive it.

[MARTIAL MONK]

Yep. By ASU for KAET. The same poll found 67% believed the war in Iraq was justified. That can't be right because we know 138% supported it. If we ignore and discount these polls we will lose more than the Governorship and deservedly so. I'm still waiting for the pop.

[JackelopeBreeder]

It's now on the right side bar at www.azstarnet.com/border.

[lawdude]

"What was it one of Az poster's said the approval rating for Butch was ... something like 68%?"

That vote was taken at "Hamburger Mary's" on 7th Street, just north of C'back. Reminds you of the Blue Oyster Bar in the Police Academy series!

[Marine Inspector]

Thanks

Do you think the movement to limit illegal immigration is motivated by racism?

Yes		14%
No		83%
Not sure		1%
	298 votes

[Kuksool]

{Do you think the movement to limit illegal immigration is motivated by racism?}

Talk about a push poll!

[Marine Inspector]

LOL,yep.

[DLfromthedesert]

LOL!!! So what IS her approval rating? Do we really have a chance at a recall?

I've never enjoyed spitting in the wind.

[lawdude]

I don't think you could get an unbiased poll here in the valley. The pollsters all lean (slant, fall, are obviously) left.

I would guess she is slightly below 50% but not enough to get a recall We will have to suffer until the next election. Hopefully we can find a decent, conservative, honest, thoughtful and presentable candidate.

[MARTIAL MONK]

I live in New Mexico but I have strong ties to Arizona. I probably spend more time in Arizona than NM. I haven't seen anything to contradict these polls. The Rs are carrying a lot of baggage. If Napolitano can run a scandal free administration she will be reelected easily. Jim Pederson bought the election for her last time. He won't need to next time.

McCain is popular and will win any primary and the general easily. He is the titular head of the Republican party and has the highest approval rating.

I don't attribute this to any leadership on the part of the Democrats but the lack of the same by Republicans. Squaw Peak by any other name is still Squaw Peak but Arizona loved her sticking it to the Rs. A Pinto Democrat will always vote Democrat.

[DLfromthedesert]

Excuse me, what baggage? Fighting for people to keep more of their own money?

Absent a scandal? Butch IS a scandal!!

[MARTIAL MONK]

Excuse me, what baggage?

Well, let me see . . . Things like the impeachment and removal of one Governor, Burton Barr buying land in the path of the freeways and sticking it to the state, indictment and conviction of another Governor, alt fuels fiasco, raiding the MLK fund, corruption in the Corporation Commission, the rise and fall of the Phoenix Forty, even Azscam. Yeah, I know some can be argued to death, but they have been deeply etched in the public perception.

Something is very wrong when voters will take a bull dyke over Matt Salmon and we need to fix it now. Remember it was the Rs that made Arizona one of the highest taxed states in the Union even though Fife unwound that a bit. The old Arizona is gone, dead, kapoot, in Boot Hill. We have to work with the new dynamics.

If we can't convince the legions of the underclass that they are better off with a job than a handout, then we deserve to lose. In 25 years the average income in Arizona will be just 60% of the national average. That's 3/5s as in you know what. Some major adjustment is necessary.

Yesterday, after my previous post, I met an old cowboy type spitting venom at Rs in general and Bush in particular. There really is disconnect when he will choose a carpet muncher over the party of Goldwater.