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Article #2501Re: Bush's 'Hard Workers' Harass Women, Urinate in Public, Litter and Terrorize motorists
From: arminius
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:49
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:49
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"Moderate Mammal" <BunnERabbit@verizon.hutch.net> wrote in message news:4gate1d15h80kvfaj71splq9bnr77kdonn@4ax.com... > > > "Mr. Nia said the men have destroyed his lawn, embarrassed female > customers with catcalls, flushed muddy boots in his restroom toilet > and rushed his customers as they drove into his lot." > > > As the illegal whores sell their slave wages to American Johns. > Family values of the right. > > BTW, 25% of all births are to 'immigrants'. Who's gonna pay for this > Mr. Republican? > > -- > Keith > > > Herndon eyes laborer shelter > http://www.washingtontimes.com/metro/20050731-100829-5125r.htm > Published: Aug 1, 2005 > Christina Bellantoni and Keyonna Summers > > > > Herndon eyes laborer shelter By Christina Bellantoni and Keyonna > Summers THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published August 1, 2005 > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > Herndon officials, looking to address complaints about day laborers > loitering on city streets, are expected to decide tonight whether > building a shelter for the immigrant workers might solve more problems > than it creates. Neighborhoods in Virginia, Maryland and the District > have problems with day laborers, many of them illegal aliens, who > loiter in parking lots in search of day-to-day work. Residents and > shop owners complain that the men litter, urinate in public and harass > women. "These people are absolute nuisances," said Avis Nia, owner of > a gas station in Herndon where day laborers gather. > > Mr. Nia said the men have destroyed his lawn, embarrassed female > customers with catcalls, flushed muddy boots in his restroom toilet > and rushed his customers as they drove into his lot. Officials and > nonprofit groups in Shirlington, Takoma Park and Silver Spring have > dealt with such complaints by creating centers, some of them funded > with taxpayer money, to get the men off the street. Most of them are > hired for cash to do construction jobs or household manual labor. > Centers are slated to open in Wheaton and Gaithersburg, and Baltimore > City Council has passed a resolution for opening a center. > > Herndon officials are deciding whether to follow suit. > > Virginia Delegate L. Scott Lingamfelter said the federal government is > responsible for fixing the day-labor issue, so no state taxpayer > dollars should be used to address the problem. "Congress must act, and > localities and the state must not worsen the problem by winking at the > problem and throwing money at it," the Prince William County > Republican said. "It is completely unjustified and completely > inappropriate to spend the taxpayers' money on people who, while they > may work hard, are not here playing by the rules." Montgomery County > officials in February approved $130,000 in funding to build a > day-labor center in Wheaton. The center's daily operations will be > contracted through CASA of Maryland Inc., which operates similar > centers in Takoma Park and Silver Spring. The county provides more > than $1 million in support of CASA's programs and services and will > contribute more money to the new center, officials said. > > Kim Propeack, the organizing and advocacy director for CASA, said most > day laborers are in the country legally. She said formal centers allow > workers to establish voluntary codes of conduct and rules for > operation. Each center is run differently, but generally the workers > establish a set wage and create a lottery system that encourages them > to stop swarming cars to be chosen for a job. Formal centers have > improved the day-labor situation in some cases, but the process has > been slow in Shirlington, said Capt. Paul Larson of the Arlington > County Police Department. "It has improved over time since the site > was moved, and the neighbors are complaining less, but the business > community is now complaining," he said. > > Capt. Larson said employees of public television station WETA, which > is next to the public pavilion built for day laborers, often complain > about harassment and traffic problems. Complaints about drinking and > littering have decreased since the site was established, Capt. Larson > said. The center is monitored by Shirlington volunteers. Andres Tobar, > who helped open the Shirlington center, acknowledged the challenges. > > "The problems are not something that will just go away. It's better > organized than it was before," said Mr. Tobar, an immigrant advocate. > "It's not a silver-bullet situation, but it's a good step to bring in > order to a situation where you have folks hanging at a particular > site." Communities across the region are debating whether to spend > taxpayer funds on day-labor centers. > > The Prince William County Board of Supervisors this year unanimously > decided not to use county funds to open a center, and forwarded a > report about day laborers to their congressional representatives. > County police last year conducted a raid and arrested several dozen > day laborers in Manassas on charges of loitering that carried a $100 > fine. The charges were dropped. A survey of police departments in the > region showed that officers receive many complaints about day laborers > but rarely file charges or make arrests. > > In Herndon, a group of community leaders and churches called Project > Hope and Harmony have filed for a conditional-use permit to establish > a day-labor center to replace the site where dozens of men gather at a > 7-Eleven store. The proposal, which the Planning Commission will hear > tonight, calls for opening a day-labor center in a trailer next to the > police station. The police have outgrown the site and will move this > month. "The idea is to get these gentlemen off the street corner and > into an orderly, safe location," said Elizabeth Hagg, the town's > director of neighborhood resources. > > Fairfax County spokeswoman Merni Fitzgerald said the county has set > aside up to $400,000 of its $3 billion annual budget that officials > may grant among several centers for day laborers. It is not known how > much grant money Herndon will receive because the county is still > reviewing grant proposals, she said. Groups in Culmore and Annandale > also have applied for the grant. The day-labor center issue has > divided the 22,000-population town of Herndon. > > Business owner Ray Brar said he thinks a formal center would reduce > the trash and drunken brawls behind his gas station. Others living > near the proposed site worry that such a center would reduce property > values and increase crime. "I understand that these are people who are > trying to do the best for their families, but I wouldn't want 150 > out-of-work men moving anywhere regardless of race, creed or age > because out of the 150, you're going to find crime or those who don't > have the best intentions," said Therese Chesnutt, a registered nurse > and mother of two who lives down the street from the center's proposed > site. > > > ------------------------------------- > > Fed up with illegal immigration? > _____ > > http://www.rescuewithoutborders.org/index.html > http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/listarticles.cgi?117 > http://www.saveourstate.org > http://idexer.com > http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frostyA.htm > http://www.americanpatrol.com/LINKS/LINKS.html > http://www.vdare.com/links.htm > http://www.stoptheinvasion.com/links/ > http://fairus.org/ > http://numbersusa.com/index > > > _____ > > "Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death > of a sparrow in the corner of a barn." -Anouk Aimee, French Actor > _____ > > "Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny", Aeschylus (525BC-456BC), > Agamemnon > _____ > > "I wear no Burka." - Mother Nature > > ---------- > To send mail: remove hutch Three cheers for the Washington DC whores, Congress and the White House! Hank
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