by David Safier Last time I counted, 1 MILLION Strong AGAINST the Arizona Immigration Law SB1070 had topped half a million. Now it's closing in on a million and a half. 1,443,658 to be exact, at 10:36AM Sunday (That's 41 more than when I wrote the headline about a minute ago). Join in. Tell your … Read more
by David Safier The Accidental Guv will get a chance to put her "ideology over economy" stand ("Gov. Jan Brewer emphasized Wednesday that Arizona won't back away from its tough new law aimed at illegal immigrants even if boycotts take business from the state") into practice as the worldwide reaction to SB1070 grows. I can't … Read more
by David Safier SB1070 updates are going to be a regular feature here. Armed with Google Alerts, I get articles from across the country and around the world. I'll highlight some of the important issues that come up. The LA Times picked up the story about our anti-Ethnic Studies bill and tied it back to … Read more
We are renaming Blog For Arizona, El Blog For Arizona in protest of SB1070. The name will remain until this hateful law is repealed or, more likely, struck down as unconstitutional. We at El Blog For Arizona are going to be standing firm against SB1070 and the prejudice and hatred it embodies. It's the wrong … Read more
by David Safier I received a very interesting comment to my post, Mormons split on SB 1070, from Ken Smith, who refers to himself as "a Branch President in the LDS Church for a Spanish speaking congregation in Mesa." You can read the whole comment below. The earlier post was about Mormons who object to … Read more