We don't Play in L.A.!
Yesterday, Los Angeles City Council voted to ban most city travel to Arizona and future contracts with companies in that crazy ass state.
L.A. Times reports:
During a morning-long debate on the resolution, council members compared Arizona's action to those of Nazi Germany and the beginning of the Holocaust, as well as the internment and deportation of Japanese Americans during World War II.They are really feeling the cold shoulder in the dry heat.
"Los Angeles is the second-largest city in this country, an immigrant city, an international city. It needs to have its voice heard," said Councilman Ed Reyes, one of the resolution's sponsors.
"As an American, I cannot go to Arizona today without a passport. If I come across an officer who's having a bad day and feels that the picture on my ID is not me, I can be … deported, no questions asked. That is not American."
The action was approved 13 to 1, with Councilman Greig Smith casting the dissenting vote. Smith did not comment. The council also called on the city attorney's office to review all of the city's $58 million in existing contracts with Arizona companies to determine which can be canceled.
The resolution, which now heads to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, would still allow city officials to travel to Arizona under "special circumstances" that are in the city's interests. Also, existing contracts with Arizona firms would be exempt from the ban if canceling them would lead to "significant additional cost" to the city.
2 comments:
Now that's the kind of action I like.
I won't travel to AZ. Why would I want to be around all those nut cases?
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