re: #268 Unakite

I know the whole state hasn’t stopped working, but it is a big problem. My point, for some that may have missed the story, was that even with their problems the city of San Francisco is boycotting travel to Arizona. It’s just stupid. They should worry about their own problems and not what’s going on somewhere else.

No, it’s not a big problem. It’s political grandstanding.

Now, my annoyance here is that I grew up in California, I’m originally from East LA, I’ve worked as a teacher with the children of illegal immigrants, and my dad and a lot of cousins are in law enforcement. I have some strong opinions about how this will work, or rather won’t. I am open to hearing rational, reasoned explanations of why it will work, but I’m not hearing much of that.

And I am sick of hearing about how the people of Arizona did this out of desperation—the Feds ‘forced their hand’, but when I discuss my knowledge of the situation, coming out of California, getting brushed off with references to San Francisco City Hall, or ‘sanctuary cities’, hee hee.

No one on this board has ever had any trouble bitching and moaning about California’s immigration policy, or anything else about California for that matter, so I’m not planning to shut up and say that this is just what Arizona’s gotta do, and no outsider has any business criticizing it.

This is not an attack on you. This is me building up a head of steam.