Thread: activist calls for boycott of auto dealer over Prop. 200 sup

IF YOU ARE IN ARIZONA AND NEED A CAR THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO.
Mesa Latino activist calls for boycott of auto dealer over Prop. 200 support

Yvonne Wingett
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 8, 2005 12:00 AM

A Mesa activist on Tuesday called for a boycott of a business owned by one of Proposition 200's key champions.

LULAC member Jon Garrido's appeal to withhold patronage of Rusty Childress' auto dealership is the latest in a series of protests, boycotts and marches in response to the Nov. 2 passage of the immigration law, also supported by many Latinos.

Some of the events have drawn thousands onto city streets and the state Capitol and they have been praised as impressive symbolic public demonstrations. But they've also been sporadic and mostly ineffective at influencing public opinion about the measures, experts said. advertisement

Childress markets his auto store to the Hispanic market, but he should be financially spanked for supporting Proposition 200, said Garrido, who is also calling for General Motors Corp. to close the doors of Childress Automall at 22nd Avenue and Camelback Road.

"He says he sells to Hispanic customers, but he's the father of Proposition 200," said Garrido at a downtown Phoenix news conference. "We see the boycott as a laser-guided bomb aimed at Childress Buick. We're not going to be happy until we close the doors of Childress Buick."

"We" is Garrido, the founder and only member of a new organization, the National Hispanic Legal Defense and Education Center, which has not yet been incorporated or established with a board of directors.

Childress scoffed at Garrido's threat to boycott the family-owned dealership. He pointed out that his support of "border security" has won widespread public support for Proposition 200.

"Most people openly support me and tell me they're doing business with me because of my efforts in this area," said Childress, who helped line up money to put Proposition 200 before voters. "They're glad that someone is sticking up for the citizen taxpayer, where their politicians have not."

GM likely will not get involved, an official said. The company is in a legal contract with Childress' dealership and cannot shut him down based on his politics.

Another group led by day labor leader Salvador Reza, plans a statewide boycott on July 1. Hispanic advocate Elias Bermudez has also gathered some support in recent weeks in his quest to protest Proposition 200.

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THIS GROUP SHOULD CHANGE IT'S NAME TO LUNELACS!

Originally Posted by butterbean

THIS GROUP SHOULD CHANGE IT'S NAME TO LUNELACS!

I'll go along with that

We Stand with You, Mr. Childress!

And, anyone who would suggest that GM should even consider shutting a GM Auto Dealer down because he's standing up for what's right in American, should wake up and smell the fumes.

GM is an American Auto Maker who makes great cars and has enjoyed many decades of profitability from American auto purchasers.

GM while having some problems now, will soon recover and be back "on the road again", with our help, when they remember as I'm sure they do, who buys their cars and why.

When was the last time you saw a Yale Law Graduate or a member of their Skull and Bones Secrety Society in a Cavalier!!

These elites aren't supporting GM, they are destroying GM.

These elites are destroying the wage and salary base that's necesary for lower income and middle income AMERICAN families to purchase cars with normal financing and on normal price terms.

GO MR. CHILDRESS GO!!

Your car sales are dependent upon stopping illegal immgration and removing illegal aliens from our society!

When wages and salaries resume normal levels, so will American Car Sales and Many Other Sales!! Until then, things are gonna be.....alittle slow around here!

Americans: Don't Spend, Save!

Adios Aliens!

Vamoose Aliens!

Ole!