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Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta (R) is likely this week to announce his third bid against Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.), according to a Republican source with knowledge of his impending campaign. Barletta’s entrance into the race likely makes this a top-tier contest for Republicans, who are hoping to pick up a couple of House seats in the Keystone State next year. Kanjorski defeated Barletta in 2008, 52 percent to 48 percent, even though public polls showed the popular small-town mayor in the lead for several months leading up to Election Day. National Republicans see Barletta as their best candidate to defeat...

HAZLETON – Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, whose campaign committee is still $153,670 in debt from his 2008 losing effort to unseat U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, said he may challenge Kanjorski again next year. “I’m considering it,” said the Republican. “But I haven’t made any decisions.” Barletta said losses to Kanjorski in 2002 and 2008 are not enough to sway him from sitting out this next election cycle. He said he’s been urged by members of his party to challenge Kanjorski, D-Nanticoke, yet again. Tory Mazzola, the Northeastern U.S. spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), said, “We’re hopeful...

If Republican Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta decides to seek his party's nomination to Congress again, he'll have competition. Chris Paige, 38, of Barrett Twp. in Monroe County, said Tuesday he will seek the Republican nomination for the seat currently occupied by U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-11, Nanticoke. "I was outraged by the (Wall Street and automobile) bailouts, which I think are unconstitutional, and terrible economic policy," said Mr. Paige, a lawyer and the co-owner of a hedge fund, Paige Capital Management LLC. "I'm worried about the state of our economy and our unemployment situation." Mr. Paige claimed the bailouts...

Conservative is the new liberal, Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta told a crowd of Allegheny Republicans on Wednesday night. Just as Democratic politicians once distanced themselves from the liberal label, many Republicans now are worried about being called conservatives, Barletta said, speaking to about 350 party members at Green Tree Radisson. The annual Spirit of Lincoln Dinner raised more than $15,000 for the county party. "Now, 'conservative' has become the new 'liberal' in the American political lexicon," Barletta said. Coming off two punishing election cycles in which Republicans lost control of the U.S. House, Senate and White House, the party must...

U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski spent more than $2 million to win his 13th term, including $10,000 in payments to a videographer who followed political opponent Lou Barletta throughout the campaign. Kanjorski, a Democrat, defeated Barletta in the Nov. 4 election by nearly 10,000 votes to retain his 11th Congressional District seat. The videographer, identified as Joe Van Wie of Agapic Films of Scranton, was observed taping Barletta at campaign rallies and fundraisers. He also caught the mayor at Hazleton City Hall before and after council meetings, said Shawn Kelly, who served as Barletta’s campaign spokesman. Van Wie may have...

PITTSTON TWP. -- Paul Kanjorski and Lou Barletta met for their only debate Wednesday night in a race where millions of dollars have been spent and exchanges have been heated. Kanjorski, the 12-term Democratic incumbent, and Barletta, the Republican mayor of Hazleton, are running for the seat in the 11th Congressional District. The debate was held in at WVIA-TV in its new high definition studios. Barletta repeatedly attacked Kanjorski on his 24 years in Congress, saying the Nanticoke congressman has not done enough for his district and has become part of the problem in Washington where elected officials have earned...

Democratic U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski believes the best way to jump-start the economy is to restore confidence in its financial institutions. Republican Lou Barletta favors instituting a flat tax of less than 20 percent on individuals and corporations to replace the current tax system. The two candidates for the 11th Congressional District seat Mr. Kanjorski has held for almost 24 years have divergent views when it comes to economic and tax policy. The nation is facing its greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression as major lending institutions have collapsed and loans have became harder to come by, freezing...

U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski is fighting for his political life in his re-election campaign against Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta. Kanjorski, a Nanticoke Democrat, has been spending much of his more than $2.1 million war chest on political advertising. Barletta raised nearly $1 million. Kanjorski has tried to link Barletta to President Bush and the current Republican machine. Barletta has fought back, going after Kanjorski on issues such as his involvement with Cornerstone Technologies, the bankrupt research company that received more than $9 million in federal grants and contracts. The company was operated by Kanjorski’s daughter and four of his...

HAZLETON (PA) – Vince Galko, manager for U.S. Congressional candidate Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, issued the following statement: Today, Congressman Kanjorski’s campaign manager sent an e-mail to me stating that Congressman Kanjorski would like to clear the air about the scandals surrounding his financial dealings. I think that is a great idea. Releasing his tax records is a good first start. However, if Congressman Kanjorski really wants to come clean with the citizens of northeastern Pennsylvania, he needs to do more than just release his tax records. Mr. Kanjorski needs to address all of his unethical behavior done at taxpayers’...

James Pindell, the managing editor of Politicker.com and its 15 state political news sites, says 12-term Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski has “lost his image” and will lose to Republican challenger Lou Barletta in the 11th Congressional District race. Pindell said Kanjorski’s defeat will go against the national tide. He predicted Democrats will pick up more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate to give them a majority in both houses of Congress. “We are seeing a large Democratic wave that will leave Paul Kanjorski behind,” Pindell said. “Dogged down in controversy, this race has become...

EAST STROUDSBURG — Congressman Paul Kanjorski, D-11, was a no-show Wednesday night. The Kanjorski re-election campaign sent word 10 minutes before his scheduled forum with Republican challenger Lou Barletta that he wouldn't participate in the event at East Stroudsburg University. The reason why depends on who you ask. A campaign spokesman said Kanjorski had a scheduling conflict. But an event organizer said she was told Kanjorski objected to a Barletta press release earlier Wednesday charging Kanjorski is "afraid" to debate Barletta. The result was that Barletta, the mayor of Hazleton, was the lone candidate to discuss his views and take...

The economy is more important than an election, Rep. Paul Kanjorski said Wednesday, defending his support of the more than $700 billion economic bailout package that passed in the Senate last Wednesday and the House of Representatives last Friday. “I made the commitment to support it knowing full well that it could have a very significant negative effect on my re-election,” Kanjorski said after meeting with constituents at his campaign office on South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre. “But look, I’m elected to Congress to do the right thing, not to get re-elected.” Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, who is challenging Kanjorski,...

Susquehanna Polling and Research poll conducted for Barletta shows him ahead by 8 percentage points. An internal poll conducted for the Lou Barletta for Congress campaign shows the Republican challenger stretching his lead over 12-term incumbent Democrat Paul E. Kanjorski. The poll, conducted by Susquehanna Polling and Research, shows Kanjorski’s negatives reaching all-time highs while his “re-elect” numbers reach new depths. The poll had a sample size of 400 likely voters and was conducted on Oct. 2. The ballot matchup had Barletta leading, 47 percent to 39 percent, an increase over the 45-percent-to-41-percent margin in the two previous polls Susquehanna...

U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski’s vote in favor of the federal bailout of Wall Street and other financial institutions is a politically risky move because of the bailout’s unpopularity with voters, local political scientists said Monday. “The safe (vote) in this area would be voting no,” said David Sosar, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science at King’s College. Across the country, congressional consideration of the $700 billion bailout brought swift opposition from constituents who flooded congressional offices with phone calls and e-mails in opposition. Rep. Chris Carney, D-10, who voted against the bailout bill, said his offices received more than...

With embattled House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel scheduled to host a fundraiser for him today, U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski is sticking by his longtime friend. He won’t cancel the fundraiser or return $21,000 in campaign contributions from political action committees controlled by the Democratic New York City congressman. Mr. Rangel is facing questions about whether he violated state and federal laws by failing to report rental income on a Dominican Republic villa on state and federal tax returns. “I go with the people that brung me, and Charlie’s a friend of mine, and Charlie’s done nothing...

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SCRANTON, Pa. -- During the Republican primaries, John McCain delicately balanced his record of pushing for immigration reform with satisfying his party's new appetite for harsher restrictions. Now in a general election against an opponent who broadly shares his views on the issue, McCain is showing greater ease asserting his distance from the anti-immigration right.

Republican congressional candidate Lou Barletta has opened a substantial lead over U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski in their battle to represent Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and other local municipalities in Congress, according to a Franklin & Marshall College/Times-Shamrock Newspapers poll. In a survey of 547 registered voters, Mr. Barletta had the support of 44 percent to 35 percent for Mr. Kanjorski, a Democrat, in their 11th Congressional District race. Another 21 percent were undecided. The poll is the clearest independent confirmation that Mr. Kanjorski’s re-election is seriously at risk in a year most political experts expect Democrats to do most of...

Lou Barletta is George Bush. In a nutshell, portraying the Republican Hazleton mayor as the local version of President Bush is the main Democratic strategy so far in the 11th Congressional District race between Barletta and U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, the incumbent Democrat. And this isn’t the only place where Democrats are betting on the wildly unpopular Republican president to lead them to victory. As the Republican National Convention gets under way, Democrats all over the country are doing their best to play up ties between the president and Republican congressional candidates, especially incumbents, in hopes of increasing Democratic...

Paul Kanjorski’s re-election campaign could be in trouble, according to a Washington, D.C., political handicapper. The non-partisan Rothenberg Political Report has changed its analysis of the 11th Congressional District race between Kanjorski and Republican challenger Lou Barletta to “Toss-up/Tilt Democratic.” The contest previously was described as leaning Democratic. Kanjorski, a 12-term Democrat from Nanticoke, is airing early ads to “try to boost his standing,” according to the latest Rothenberg report. Barletta, the Hazleton mayor, challenged Kanjorski in 2002. Kanjorski won by 22,000 votes in the heavily Democratic district. A Republican has not held the seat since Jim Nelligan rode Ronald...

Honest Conservative welcomes our distinguished guest Mayor Lou Barletta, the Republican candidate for the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. His Honor has been a campion of citizens rights to a secure environment and fair government. We will discuss his campaign, its progress and the changing environment as it relates to illegal immigration, energy exploration and the failure of the democrat leaders to do their duty to protect the people they are sworn to protect. The importance of electing dyed in the wool conservatives to the House can not be overstated!

ABC News’ Karen Travers Reports: The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has purchased ad time in Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District targeting Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, the Republican challenger who is looking to unseat Democratic Rep. Paul Kanjorski. This is the first ad of the general election cycle from the DCCC, which has already reserved advertising time in 31 congressional districts at the cost of about $35-million. Those ad buys are scheduled to begin airing on television between early September and early October and run through Election Day. The DCCC ad in Pennsylvania ties Barletta to President George W. Bush, stating that...

WILKES-BARRE – U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski on Monday blasted members of OPEC and the U.S. petroleum industry and asked the public to “dump the pump” and refrain from pumping gas and driving on Thursday unless absolutely necessary. Kanjorski said that by cutting down the consumption of petroleum products by a few percentage points, Americans would send a message that “we’re aware of the fact that we’re being taken advantage of, and that this $135-a-barrel oil and $4-plus gasoline has to cease.” Joined by Luzerne County Transportation Authority Director Stan Strelish at a press conference on Public Square, Kanjorski promoted public...

Join Honest and eeevil as we speak tonight at 8 pm est, with the Honorable Lou Barletta of Hazelton, Pa., now running for U.S. House of Representatives. See http://loubarletta.com . Listen as Mayor Barletta fills us in on his perspective on the latest attempts to shove Amnesty on the unwilling citizens of the U.S. Hear the Mayor's live response to the incredible admissions his opponent made relative to Demrat plans and the War. Go to http://honestconservative-cookiedough.blogspot.com and you will see a list of links related to tonights show. Our borders are still open folks! WE will also be talking to...

Folks, join us on Freedom Radio and welcome to Blog Talk Radio, Mayor Lou Barletta of Hazelton, PA, now running for the US House of Representatives in PA. We need folks like Lou Barletta folks: "We need him on that wall, we want him on that wall" Drop everything Sunday night and help us make history! http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freedom 8 pm est. Sunday May 18, 2008 ____________________________________________ The way to breath life into the conservative movement is to rebuild it from the bottom up, To that end visit: http;//www.loubarletta.com and donate to a man of courage. Donate if you are so lead....

Republican congressional challenger Lou Barletta took exception Tuesday to his opponent’s motives in announcing his proposal to tax windfall profits of oil companies. Republican congressional challenger Lou Barletta took exception Tuesday to his opponent’s motives in announcing his proposal to tax windfall profits of oil companies. Barletta says it’s a meaningless move and won’t lower gas prices. He also wonders why U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski – a 23-year incumbent – couldn’t muster any co-sponsors for House Resolution 5800. “On Monday, U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski touted a bill he readily admits will do nothing to reduce the price of gasoline for...

Arizona Sen. John McCain, who blamed illegal immigration Monday for Republican losses in major congressional races, has rejected Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta’s invitation to discuss the issue. “Sen. McCain truly appreciates your invitation and the valuable opportunity it represents,” Jo Black, a scheduling official in the presumptive Republican nominee’s presidential campaign, wrote in a letter to Barletta’s congressional campaign Wednesday. The letter cited “tremendous demands” on McCain’s time and a “large volume of similar requests.” Efforts to reach McCain’s campaign were unsuccessful. Last week, Barletta invited McCain and the Democratic presidential candidates, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, to come...

Arizona Sen. John McCain has rejected Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta's invitation to come to the southern Luzerne County city and discuss illegal immigration. "Senator McCain truly appreciates your invitation and the valuable opportunity it represents," a scheduling official, Jo Black, in the presumptive Republican nominee's presidential campaign wrote in a letter. Barletta's congressional campaign released the letter today. "Unfortunately, I must pass along his regrets as I do not foresee an opportunity to add this event to the calendar." Black said McCain has "tremendous demands on his time" and because of "the large volume of similar requests, events such as...

The U.S. representative says he is committed to immigration reform as well. U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, D-Nanticoke, sent a letter to political opponent Lou Barletta on Friday and said he meant no offense to his Republican challenger and is sorry if it appeared that way. Kanjorski wrote: “Over the next eight months, we will be talking to the press and to the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania about issues that we passionately care about. Inevitably, there will be occasions in which we misspeak or our words are misconstrued. “One such occasion occurred this week when I spoke to a reporter...

AFTER A CAREER as a newspaperman in a number of different states and cities I’ve become accustomed to readers’ telling me their town is different than others. Keep that in mind as you edit our newspaper, they say, because “we really are different here.” Most often than not they aren’t and neither is the town where they reside. Not different, that is. But, there is nothing wrong with being parochial and proud of where a person lives. Feeling special and unique, even if it is just one person in a population of tens of thousands, carries its own sense of...

Mayor Lou Barletta, whose local crackdown on illegal immigration made him a national hero among those seeking tighter borders, said Thursday he will try to parlay that celebrity into a seat in Congress. Barletta announced that he will seek the Republican nomination to challenge 12-term Democratic Rep. Paul Kanjorski. He lost to Kanjorski by more than 13 percentage points in 2002, but the mayor's illegal-immigration stance has raised his profile significantly since then. "I've done as much as I can fighting illegal immigration as the mayor of a city," he told The Associated Press. "I need to take this fight...

NOTE: there are now 100 cities across the country proposing laws similar to Hazelton. I’m Lou Barletta, the proud Mayor of the City of Hazleton, Pennsylvania. I believe the United States of America is the greatest nation on Earth. People who are in this country have an incredible amount of opportunities and blessings. But some people have taken advantage of America’s openness and tolerance. Some come to this country and refuse to learn English, creating a language barrier for city employees. Others enter the country illegally and use government services by not paying taxes or by committing crime on our...

Republican captures third straight term, knocking off Libertarian John Medashefski. HAZLETON – Mayor Lou Barletta creamed his opponent, John Medashefski, by a 9-to-1 margin on Tuesday, according to unofficial election results. Not surprisingly, the 51-year-old Republican won his third consecutive term by a landslide, given that Barletta captured both the GOP nomination and the Democratic nod as well in the May primary with a last-minute write-in campaign. Medashefski, a 52-year-old coffee shop owner and artist, ran on the Libertarian ticket in a terribly under-funded campaign with no TV advertising. “Myself, as a newcomer, I guess expected what I got. But...

HAZLETON, Pa. - Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta easily won re-election Tuesday to a third term, and in his victory party he talked about fighting drugs and violence in the city. He also talked about the issue of illegal immigrants. He said, "We've seen what illegal immigration has done to our small town quality of life and we have said, 'No! We will not let this happen."' He said, "We will fight!" Barletta, a Republican, gained national prominence by targeting illegal immigrants living in his Luzerne County city. Yesterday, he defeated Libertarian candidate John Medashefski, a coffee shop owner who had...

Barletta, who spoke in Berks County Tuesday, backs laws penalizing landlords and businesses that exploit illegal immigrants. Senior citizens in Hazleton are afraid to sit on their front porches for fear they will become crime victims. Parents, including those who speak Spanish, refuse to allow their children to visit playgrounds for fear the youngsters will be approached by drug dealers or recruited into gangs. Those conditions were described by Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, who said they have caused him to be labeled a racist and led him into a legal quagmire over illegal immigration. Barletta said he actually is just...

Popular with voters in Hazleton, Louis Barletta eyes campaign against Democratic Congressman: Hazleton, Pa., Mayor Louis Barletta, whose visibility is unusually high because of his campaign against undocumented workers and their families says he will decide by January whether to run for Congress in 2008. "I'm giving it serious consideration," said Mr. Barletta, a Republican. "I like being mayor, but everybody knows I've been disappointed by Washington's inaction on immigration reform."

A telling irony shines through last week's ruling by a federal judge that found only Congress can set immigration law. The judge knew full well that half the plaintiffs in the case were in the US illegally. But he let them challenge a city ordinance on immigration anyway – and anonymously. And so it's been in America for too long: Turn a blind eye to the massive lawbreaking of an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. Imagine if a scofflaw wanted by the FBI had sued a city for enacting a criminal law tougher than a federal law. Would that person...

WASHINGTON - National Republicans continue to court the mayor of Hazleton, the city where a much-copied anti-illegal immigration law was struck down last week by a federal judge. Rep. Tom Cole, the chairman of National Republican Congressional Committee, told reporters on Monday that he recently had dinner with Mayor Lou Barletta and is hopeful he'll run for a seat in the U.S. House. If Barletta runs, it would be one of the party's top priority House races, Cole said during a conference call. "I think he would be a tremendous candidate," said Cole. "I think he's got a couple unique...

Interview with Mayor Barletta of Hazleton, Pennsylvania JULY 27, 2007 GLENN BECK PROGRAM BEGIN TRANSCRIPT GLENN: With talent on loan from Johnny Sutton. Hello, you sick twisted freak. Welcome to the program. I'm glad you're here. My name is Glenn Beck. Saw a disturbing story today from Hazleton, Pennsylvania. U.S. judge last night struck down as unconstitutional a local law designed to crack down on illegal immigration, dealing a blow to similar laws passed by dozens of towns and cities across the country. This is from U.S. District Judge James Munley. He says the City of Hazleton, 100 miles north...

Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta is cutting a family vacation short and planning a press conference in anticipation that a federal judge will issue a ruling on Hazleton's illegal immigration ordinance tomorrow afternoon, the mayor said.Hazleton has been at the heart of a national debate ever since July 2006 when it passed an ordinance punishing landlords and employers for doing business with illegal immigrants. A separate ordinance makes English the official language. Hundreds of municipalities around the country - and at least two dozen in Northeastern Pennsylvania - passed or considered copycat laws. The American Civil Liberties Union and several other...

So, what happens after the decision comes down? With U.S. District Judge James Munley expected to issue a decision in the suit against Hazleton’s Illegal Immigration Relief Act today, the city is making plans – for both the long and short terms. The immediate short-term plans are to discuss the decision, whatever it may be. While the plaintiffs will discuss the decision at the federal courthouse in Scranton, Mayor Lou Barletta will hold a press conference at City Hall about 4 p.m. He said he wanted to react to the decision here rather than in Scranton so the national media...

Sometimes a small story can tell much more than it intends to. A story sent out by the Associated Press on Friday, 6 June, is apparently about crime and punishment in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. It is actually about journalistic crime and punishment at the AP. The title, as printed online by the Philadelphia Daily News, is, “Hazleton mayor loses key argument for illegal immigrant crackdown.” This title is the exact opposite of the truth. Why that is so, is the real story here. To provide the back story, Hazleton is one of the first towns to pass ordinances which restrict the...

The mayor of Hazleton has long cited the May 2006 shooting death of a 29-year-old city man as the impetus for his widely emulated crackdown on illegal immigrants. But on Friday, prosecutors dropped homicide charges against the two illegal immigrants accused of shooting Derek Kichline , depriving Mayor Lou Barletta of one of his key arguments for kicking illegal immigrants out of Hazleton. Luzerne County prosecutors said they abandoned the case against Joan Romero and Pedro Cabrera because key witnesses were either unavailable or unreliable, not because they were convinced of Romero's and Cabrera's innocence. ---snip--- He said the district...

SCRANTON – The crowd attending an immigration reform rally Friday outside the federal building wasn’t quite as large as the crowd that attended a similar rally nearly two weeks earlier at Hazleton City Hall. But it was just as enthusiastic. There were, however, quite a bit more people at the rally at the William J. Nealon Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse who were sympathetic to illegal immigrants. And tension between the two factions grew thick during one of the final speeches of the evening. Rally organizer Frank Scavo said the rally was a result of a promise he made during...

HAZLETON – Hundreds of people packed Church Street in front of City Hall on Sunday afternoon at a rally to support Mayor Lou Barletta, the city’s illegal immigration ordinance and national immigration reform. Organized by members of the Voice of the People movement, the 2 p.m. rally included speeches from a dozen local and nationally recognized supporters of immigration reform, as well as musical entertainment by the political rock band Poker Face. Local entertainer Tony Angelo got the crowd psyched up for the event, singing patriotic songs such as Lee Greenwood’s “Proud to be an American” starting at 1:30 p.m.,...

That's right, from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. And I would suggest that my senator, Jon Kyl, check this article before he continues his sell-out to Teddy Kennedy. The subject of the story is the mayor of Hazelton, PA who got a local ordinance passed that would penalize landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and businesses that hire them. By MICHAEL RUBINKAM - Associated Press Writer ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, who gained national prominence by targeting illegal immigrants living in his small northeastern Pennsylvania city, cruised to the Republican nomination for a third term on Tuesday - and...

Lou Barletta won a third term as mayor of Hazleton by thumping all comers in an historic election Tuesday. Barletta hammered Republican challenger Dee Deakos 1,343 votes to 80 in what appears to be the biggest landslide in city history. By percentage, Barletta got 94.4 percent of the vote, while Deakos got 5.6 percent.The shocker was Barletta’s winning the Democratic nomination through his write-in campaign. He beat Mike Marsicano by a near 2-1 margin, 1,211 votes to 699, according to unofficial results. Again by percentage, Barletta got 63.4 percent of the vote to Marsicano’s 36.6 percent.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, who gained national prominence by targeting illegal immigrants living in his small northeastern Pennsylvania city, cruised to the Republican nomination for a third term on Tuesday — and unexpectedly won the Democratic nomination, too. Barletta trounced GOP challenger Dee Deakos with nearly 94 percent of the vote. And he beat former Mayor Michael Marsicano for the Democratic nomination by staging a last-minute write-in campaign, all but guaranteeing himself another term, unofficial returns showed. "I think the message is clear," Barletta said. "The people of Hazleton want me to keep fighting for them."...

The town of Hazleton, PA is getting low on money for its defense fund against the ACLU. Please support Hazleton in its brave fight against illegal immigration. Send them whatever you can afford at the Hazleton, PA website. http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18081397&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6

SCRANTON (PA) – The plaintiffs in the Illegal Immigration Relief Act trial that began Monday claimed a partial victory after a lawyer for the city of Hazleton announced council would remove language the plaintiffs consider discriminatory. During opening arguments, attorney Kris W. Kobach said city council would vote Thursday to delete the words “solely or primarily” from a section of the Relief Act ordinance that spells out how members of the public can register complaints about someone they believe is an illegal immigrant living in the city. The plaintiffs have argued that the wording left room for people to base...