The election results are now coming in. I will post them as I get them. If someone else here in TX can update results that would be great. This ordinance is unique in that it makes it illegal to rent to illegals. Never been done before.
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Other places have tried. Now they’ll have to get past the ACLU.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1832662/posts?page=1
“American” Jihad, Courtesy of the Open Borders Lobby
[snip]Like many other areas, Cherry Hill (home of the Albanian jihadists0 has experienced an exponential growth in the population of illegal aliens. The tiny, neighboring village of Riverside, New Jersey, (approximately eight miles away) is home to only 8,000 people but has seen an influx of 1,500-3,500 illegal aliens in recent years. Last July, the Republican mayor and council adopted the Illegal Immigrants Relief Act, forbidding townspeople from renting property to or hiring illegal aliens. The motion recognized illegal immigration as a force “jeopardizing the public safety of legal residents.” It imposed up to a $2,000 fine on violators, and businesses employing undocumented workers could lose their licenses for up to five years.
The Open Borders Lobby promptly declared war. The ACLU, People for the American Way, the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, and a coalition of Riverside business leaders (who profit from cheap illegal labor) filed federal lawsuits seeking to block the ordinance – which has never been enforced
Next step National ID cards, then chips. It is the ONLY way to weed out the illegals, and islamokazis.
"He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom.
Scary roads ahead campers!!!!!!!
Those who’d like to see the ordinance survive the inevitable litigation can make a contribution on the city of Farmers Branch website,
http://www.farmersbranch.info/Communication/Legal%20Defense%20Fund%20Donate.html
That's essentially what the Escondido, CA ordinance did. It operated under the theory that committing the federal offense of harboring an alien made you unfit to hold a business license. Farmers Branch is taking pretty much the same approach.
Escondido ran into trouble with one of Barbara Boxer's favorite judges, who put a hold on enforcement and scheduled it for hearing. The ACLU routinely files these things as civil rights actions, because the 'private attorney general' provision of the civil rights act allows them to collect attorneys fees if they win it. They then proceed to run up the bill as fast as they can, with an idea of bankrupting the city and forcing them to settle the action. Farmers Branch is unique in that they're familiar with that tactic, and have volunteered to spend whatever it takes to fight for the ordinance.
An interesting aside, Farmers Branch is currently defending a lawsuit over a city ordinance that makes it illegal to allow large numbers of empty flower pots to accumulate on your front porch. The plaintiff is claiming that restriction is racist.