Posted on 05/07/2006 4:07:45 PM PDT by CounterCounterCulture
By John Woolfolk
Mercury News
Two days of noisy, peaceful and star-spangled protests in Santa Clara against illegal immigration didn't muster the horde that rallied for immigrant rights in San Jose recently, but organizers said they succeeded in making their voices heard.
``It's a beginning,'' said Roberta Allen, 62, of San Jose, who organized the demonstrations along Kiely Boulevard at Santa Clara's Central Park that were coordinated with ``National Anti-Illegal Immigrant Protest'' events around the country.
``You have to start somewhere,'' said Allen, waving Old Glory and sporting patriotic stars and stripes on her shirt, fingernails and even contact lenses. ``As the old saying goes, you ain't seen the last of us.''
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Of course it didn't. They have jobs and no one gave them a wink and a free day off.
God bless this group!
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