A meaningless declaration, an worthless affirmation and a non-binding recommendation

It gladdens my heart to see a city council grappling with the nuts-and-bolts decisions necessary to keep their community top-notch... 

So far, public comment at council meetings has been overwhelmingly against Couch's proposals

That stands to reason. People picket stores they don't like, but don't picket stores they do like. Same rationale.

what if they get nervous and go to Fresno?

Most of them live on the west side of 99 in the lousy part of town. I'm moving up there next year to finish getting my degree at CSUF, which is on the east side of 99 in a much nicer area. I'll read about the arrests in the paper.

I say clean up the camps we used in WWII and put all of the ILLEGALS in them until they decide to fill out the proper paper work to become citizens or get on the bus back to Mexico.

The internment camps that remain are national historic sites or national monuments. A relatively inexpensive idea is to build "tent city" jails in the desert like Sheriff Joe Arpaio has in Maricopa County, AZ. Meals cost the county eight cents apiece:

"In 2005, Arizona passed a law making it a felony, punishable by up to 2 years in jail, to smuggle someone across the border. Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas has issued a legal opinion that those being smuggled can be considered co-conspirators to the smuggling and thusly can be charged under the same law. Under this opinion, Arpaio has instructed his deputies and members of his civilian posse to round up and arrest suspected illegal aliens. Arpaio said, 'My message is clear: If you come here and I catch you, you're going straight to jail…I'm not going to turn these people over to federal authorities so they can have a free ride back to Mexico. I'll give them a free ride to my jail.' One of Arpaio's unorthodox practices includes the requirement that these inmates sing 'God Bless America' and the 'Star Spangled Banner.' Judge Thomas O'Toole ruled in June, 2006 that the sheriff's interpretation is correct, and the illegal aliens can be tried as co-conspirators."

Sheriff Joe also makes them work on chain gangs, including the women.

If people want to be angry over lousy working conditions, shrinking benefits, declining wages and deflationary assets in this country they should focus their attention on unregulated unrestrained monopolistic business practices which have decimated the middle class.

I am currently watching the city council meeting on the internet and on tv... First of all I want to say I SUPPORT Mr. Couch. But my point is these public speakers don't deserve to stand up and speak their mind. They can't even follow the rules at the city council. Most of them talk too much even tho the mayor was telling them not to. They extended the time limit and many couldn't speak because of others hogging the time...

what a disappointment in the people that doesn't want it to go thru. Go Couch...

I have seen enough.. the council voted down english as our language... BUT California has it a state language. YeAH!

I have stated many time before.. English is the ONLy language to be seen and heard when doing business.

I was impressed by the lady council, she stated as I have in the past blogs. When you go to someones country, you learn THEIR language and respect their ways.