Posted on 06/28/2010 7:48:59 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Boycotting Arizona is harder than it sounds.
Though the passage of the state's immigration law was met in late April with immediate threats to cut ties with Arizona in protest, a number of cities have either scaled back or created exemptions to their own boycotts.
The resolutions also have demanded a mountain of work by officials at the city level tasked with reviewing hundreds of internal contracts for any trace of Arizona to see whether it's prudent to cut ties. As the review process gets underway, the result may be a patchwork of targeted boycotts rather a blanket ban on all things Arizona.
The Los Angeles City Council was the latest to amend its boycott last Wednesday, when lawmakers voted to make an exemption so that an Arizona-based company that operates enforcement cameras at Los Angeles intersections can continue to do business there.
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Ping!
Their hands are tied, but many circumstances are beyond their control.
This is why it is so important for us to ensure that EVERY candidate for political office is smarter than belly button lint. These elected morons live off the public dime and haven’t got the brains that God gave a goat, much less enough sense to participate in running a government.
Frankly, I’m sick of all of them . . . . . . . . . or could you tell?
The one thing that SHOULD be boycotted everywhere they make an exception for. [facepalm] "If you're helping us grind the average Joe-with-a-job under our boots, you're OK. Exemption for you!"
This law is so foul that even a product NAMED after Arizona should suffer. < /liberal mode>
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