by David Safier Originally the resolution by the San Diego school board was going to include a travel warning. After all, "About 44 percent [of the students] are Hispanic and 75 percent are ethnic minorities." Those foolish kids sometimes forget to carry their papers when they go out, and without papers, who can tell a … Read more
by David Safier The anti-Ethnic Studies bill just signed by the Accidental Guv would have gotten little more than passing notice in the national press if it didn't come on the heels of SB1070. But the bill is getting plenty of negative attention (Arizona did it again!) and TUSD is getting positive attention for its … Read more
by David Safier I've read every word of SB1070 as well as HB2162, which amends SB1070, putting sheep's clothing on the wolf-like original bill. Legal minds have said they can't quite decide on the meaning of every section of the law, which tells me it's either poorly written, or it purposely gives wiggle room for … Read more
by David Safier Here are excerpts from a Republic article saying Phoenix could lose $90 million due to SB1070. Metropolitan Phoenix, which already has suffered convention cancellations because of Arizona's new immigration law, risks losing as much as $90 million in hotel and convention business over the next five years because of the controversy, according … Read more
by David Safier Six Republican legislators went to Cochise County on a "border fact-finding mission." But during a town hall, there was one fact they didn't want to deal with: SB1070. [T]here was one thing the state senators and representatives would not talk about — the bill recently signed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer allowing … Read more