Nov 21 2007
The People Speak
Letters to the editors. At one time a letter to the editor was one of the few ways an average citizen could hope to voice their opinion. Of course now the same citizen can start a blog. But newspapers do remain, circulation somehow keeps them afloat, and now, all of us can read what one woman in Maryland, in a letter to the editor, thinks of sanctuary cities.
Yes indeed, millions might read it, but my guess is that those she wants to read it have stopped caring what their constituents think a long time ago. In city after city, state after state, citizens are ignored and quite frankly, I’m thinking everyone is getting a tad ticked off, to put it mildly.
Sphere: Related ContentIt is time now to address our issues of being a ‘‘sanctuary city.” Who decides this? I don’t recall seeing a referendum on a ballot or anything else. It makes my blood boil every time I see Lou Dobbs (CNN) put the map up regarding cities that give sanctuary and licenses to illegal immigrants. Now the nonprofit organizations are moving out of the district into Maryland (we have more tax dollars here) to provide more services to, you guessed it, illegal immigrants.
Wake up [Prince George’s] and Montgomery County, we are in for the ride and fight of our lives. Our legislators are not listening or reading the paper so perhaps they can see it at the polls. Gov. [Eliot] Spitzer has withdrawn giving licenses to illegals in New York; we need to do the same in Maryland. Gov. [Martin] O’Malley, are you paying attention?
Maryland residents are seeking sanctuary in not only Maryland, but in America. Is there someplace we can go to get the same protection that is being poured on illegal immigrants who broke our laws just by coming here?
I want a vote on the ballot for this in 2008. I want to be able to vote no to being a sanctuary city, no to giving licenses to illegal immigrants and no to illegal immigration!
