Monday, April 04, 2005
Tammany Hall Comes to Glendale, CA
The liberal factions who have no respect for the concept of American nationality and cohesiveness are at it again in the City of Glendale as they attempt to make it easier for immigrants to feed at the government trough. Tammany Hall and the other old-time politcal machines come to mind when reading Proposed Charter Amendment 16 on tomorrow's ballot. the proposed amendment changes the current law of Glendale, specifically Article XXIII, Section 9.
Below is the text of Charter Amendment 16. The words in it that have been italicized below are the ones to be struck should the charter amendment pass:
Sec. 9 Officers, etc., to be United States citizens. All officers, clerks and assistants of the city and departments thereof, except such as may be employed for special purposes,and such persons as specified by local, state or federal law must be citizens of the United States during their period of employment. (bold in the original)
Mayor Bob Yousefian, and council members Rafi Manoukian, Frank Quintero and Dave Weaver filed the following official argument in favor of the charter:
While city officers are required to be United States citizens per the Charter, the same requirement of clerks and assistants of the city is inconsistent with state and federal law. The amendment proposes to maintain the requirement that all officers be citizens of the United States, but removes the requirement regarding clerks and assistants.
The City of Glendale does not need to be consistent with state and federal laws. There is no argument that the current law of the city is unconstitutional on either a state or federal level. Thus, consitency is irrelevant.
The only thing that the current federal and state laws accompolish is that they provide easy access for non-citizens to get government jobs in the United States. Instead of changing the law in the city, the aforementioned elected leaders should be arguing that government jobs be given to citizens given that unemployment for citizens has not been eradicated.
Below is the text of Charter Amendment 16. The words in it that have been italicized below are the ones to be struck should the charter amendment pass:
Sec. 9 Officers, etc., to be United States citizens. All officers, clerks and assistants of the city and departments thereof, except such as may be employed for special purposes,and such persons as specified by local, state or federal law must be citizens of the United States during their period of employment. (bold in the original)
Mayor Bob Yousefian, and council members Rafi Manoukian, Frank Quintero and Dave Weaver filed the following official argument in favor of the charter:
While city officers are required to be United States citizens per the Charter, the same requirement of clerks and assistants of the city is inconsistent with state and federal law. The amendment proposes to maintain the requirement that all officers be citizens of the United States, but removes the requirement regarding clerks and assistants.
The City of Glendale does not need to be consistent with state and federal laws. There is no argument that the current law of the city is unconstitutional on either a state or federal level. Thus, consitency is irrelevant.
The only thing that the current federal and state laws accompolish is that they provide easy access for non-citizens to get government jobs in the United States. Instead of changing the law in the city, the aforementioned elected leaders should be arguing that government jobs be given to citizens given that unemployment for citizens has not been eradicated.
