Posted on 05/02/2006 6:45:49 PM PDT by kristinn
Voters in the town of Herndon, Virginia delivered a stunning rebuke today to elected officials who opened a taxpayer funded day labor center for illegal aliens in the town last year. Incumbent mayor Michael O'Reilly lost to Steven DeBenedittis while five of the six at-large town council seats went to candidates opposing the day labor center.
Town Council winners are Bill Tirrell, incumbent Dennis Husch, Connie Haines-Hutchison, Charlie Waddell and Dave Kirby.
Only one of three incumbents on the council who supported the day labor center won re-election, J. Harlan Reece. The other two who went down in defeat were Carol Bruce and Steven Mitchell. Day labor center supporter Jorge Rochac also lost.
With its proximity to Washington, D.C., Herndon has captured national attention as a focal point of the debate over border security and the millions of illegal aliens lving and working in communities all across the country.
The local election came one day after a nationwide protest and boycott effort in support of legalizing illegal aliens.
Turnout in the election was higher than in past years, at 26%. The margin of defeat for the incumbent mayor was 130 votes out of 2,596 votes cast.
The nearly clean sweep by candidates opposed to coddling illegal aliens with taxpayer funds should serve as a warning to incumbents everywhere.
I don't think they will...they're kinda slow on the uptake, if you know what I mean. : )
"J.D. HAYWORTH" FOR PRESIDENT in 2008! He's our man, tough on the border (only one I've heard talk about fences and Minute Men supporter) and a STRONG CONSERVATIVE with great verbal skills.
Good news is always welcome.
I was thinking the same thing. Since they seem to be ignoring the tens or hundreds of thousands of carefully written and many studied words of their constituents perhaps this will get their attention. Saves time and effort to boot.
by Indy Pendance
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Look down....onyx posted a link.
Great news. Now we need to take it to the Congressional level. The days of Pol's ignoring the wishes of the majority of their constituents is hopefully coming to an end.
What a terrific job you did, there, Indy!
Thanks for the link, onyx.
I just LOVE to send those Bush pesos...they say it all.
She posted....lol.
Thank you! I've been wishing for that. The process simplified. FR is the best!
You're enirely welcome.
I knew a young man in high school who later became a Navy pilot. His plane was shot down, and he was in the Hanoi Hilton for many years during the same time that McLame was there. I would love to hear his story. I don't think he lives in California anymore.
Bill Tirrel's position on the Day Laborer Site;
•'Temp" agencies and not-for-profit organizations must be solicited by the Town government to establish the needed labor/employer ’marketplace’ and to supplement the Commonwealth and Fairfax County in providing services to those eligible for them.
• The current ‘sanctioned’ site comes up for renewal of its conditional use permit in late 2007, the operators should be prepared to move to a private sector site.
• Town funds should NOT have been spent to establish a day labor site in the Town of Herndon. ‘Stories’ of reimbursement don’t affect what should’t have been done.
Looks like Tirrell wants the town to find "Temp" agencies and not-for-profit organizations so these illegal aliens can still have a "needed labor/employer marketplace".
"One Percenters" indeed. Let this be the beginning of something very big.
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