Thread: TRAVESTY - TYRANNY IN TOMBALL!

The patriots fighting the tax funded day labor site in Tomball lost a major
battle last night. The city council voted three to on in continuing to support
the day labor site. The voices of the patriots in attendance were
outnumbered by open border, illegal alien huggers and the communists.

I was unable to attend as I was working late. But I plan on being there
Saturday.

God bless Bulldog for keeping the heat on this issue and keeping up the fight.

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Okay, folks, here it is. Tomball City Council met last night, 09/07/10, at 7:00 p.m. Public speakers were given three minutes each, to begin the meeting. Communists from the Houston Communist Party had driven up to 80 miles to support Progressive (R - ?) Mayor Gretchen Fagan in her passion for the Tax Payer funded Day Labor Site, for Illegal Aliens. The Communist, Marxist, Illegal Invasion Syndicate, and Progressive (R & D) machine's speakers outnumbered us Christian Patriots, about thirty to ten. Many of them could hardly speak English. Tomball Voters on our side voiced their concern in having their tax dollars spent to help employ Illegal Aliens, a felonious crime, even for a "City," by Federal Code. The end result, though was, under the direction of Mayor Fagan, a Council vote of three to one for the city tax payers to continue to fund the illegal operation. Lawyer & Interum Councilman Preston Dodson led the charge on the Constitutional Attack. He will be up for re-election in May of 2011. Others supporting passage were Councilmen Mark Stohl and Rick Brown. Councilman David Quinn, as usual, was absent for such a controversial issue. Quinn, also, will be up for re-election in May, 2011. Councilman Derek Townsend provided the only vote against continuation of the illegal practice, at Tomball Tax Payers' expense.. The meeting ended with a thunderous standing ovation from the Communist Section.


All caring Tomball Area Citizens, who are willing to stand up for what's right for America, Texas, and Tomball are invited to join like minded Citizens Saturday, September 11, 2010 (09/11/10), 9:00 a.m., at Four Corners. We will, once again have a petition for caring Tomball Voters & Area Residents to sign.


God Save Tomball,

Texas Bulldog

http://www.resistnet.com/profiles/blogs ... uld-not-be

Def

There are some days when I feel so deflated and feel like we're losing
no matter what we do....


Def

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Tomball votes down housing ban on illegal immigrants
By PEGGY O'HARE
HOUSTON CHRONICLE

The Tomball City Council late Tuesday defeated a proposal to make English the city's official language and voted down another measure seeking to prohibit illegal immigrants from renting or owning property or owning or operating a business there.

The council also voted to keep the city's day laborer site open and operating, despite vociferous protests from some in the audience.

And officials delayed taking action on a proposal to award city contracts strictly to companies and subcontractors that hire and use only legal U.S. citizens as employees.

Most council members agreed that making English the city's official language was an unnecessary move that would not enhance Tomball's image or interests. And most of the city's elected officials appeared leery of the idea seeking to limit undocumented immigrants' property rights, noting it could bring an avalanche of lawsuits challenging its constitutionality, which could cost the city millions.

"I'd sure hate to take our people down that route," said City Councilman Rick Brown. "It's lawsuit after lawsuit."

Councilman Preston Dodson agreed, saying such a move could have "huge constitutionality issues."

All of the controversial measures, which drew both strong support and heated opposition from citizens and activists Tuesday night, were proposed by first-term Tomball City Councilman Derek Townsend Sr. His move to place the items on Tuesday's agenda was seconded by Councilman Mark Stoll, who said he did not support the proposals but wanted to give Townsend a venue for discussion.

Residents representing several Texas Tea Party groups recently requested the day laborer site be shut down because they said it provides shelter and access to employment for illegal immigrants, which they argued is against the law. Some critics have called Tomball a "sanctuary city" because of the site's operation. But City Attorney Scott Bounds said he has researched the issue and found that allowing the site to operate does not violate federal law.

Townsend did not seek to close the site, but proposed only legal U.S. citizens permitted by the city be allowed to seek work at the property off East Main Street. That idea received a cold shoulder from the rest of council Tuesday.

Townsend told the audience his proposals were not about racism, but about standing up for the U.S. Constitution.

Townsend, before Tuesday's meeting, said he proposed the measures to show that "small-town America is fed up with the federal government" not enforcing the laws.

"For 10 years I've been trying to do something about the illegal immigration — it's getting way out of hand," Townsend said. "People have been working all their lives and paying Social Security, and by the time I retire, I might not have Social Security. So it's a concern."

Council chambers filled to capacity, with 140 people packing the room, the maximum allowed by fire code. As some speakers would leave, others waiting outside city hall would enter. More than 30 people spoke publicly to council about Townsend's proposals Tuesday. Mayor Gretchen Fagan denied requests to limit the number of speakers or to allow comments only by Tomball residents because, she said “I believe speaking is important.â€

Tomball migrant foe isn't done yet
He says people 'need to rise up' if the feds won't act
By SUSAN CARROLL
Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle
Sept. 8, 2010, 11:01PM


Derek Townsend Sr. sat at a table in a diner with his wife Wednesday afternoon, sipping contentedly on a big mug of sweetened coffee without the slightest air of defeat.

About 14 hours earlier, the first-term Tomball city councilman and traffic signal salesman saw all of the anti-illegal immigration measures he'd proposed voted down by fellow City Council members. The council voted against making English the official language and defeated another measure that would have prohibited illegal immigrants from renting or owning property or a business there.

The council also voted to keep the city's day laborer center open, rejecting Townsend's idea of allowing only legal workers to gather at the center off dMain Street.

Despite the defeat, Townsend, whose personal slogan is "P.C. (political correctness) and me don't agree," seemed satisfied with the outcome of the previous night's meeting.

"I knew they wouldn't pass, some of them," the 53-year-old said. "But it gave the voting public an opportunity to see where their elected officials stand.

"I feel like the illegal immigration issue needs to be addressed, and if federal officials are not willing to enforce their own laws and uphold the Constitution, citizens need to rise up," Townsend said.

'I think it's getting worse'
But some in this town of about 10,000 to 12,500 northwest of Houston said the controversy over the day labor site and Townsend's anti-illegal immigration proposals had created an uncomfortable climate for many Latinos, including U.S. citizens.

The 9.2-square-mile city of Tomball, like many other suburbs on Houston's flanks, has seen significant growth in its Hispanic population over the past two decades. At the 1990 census, Tomball had 487 residents of Hispanic descent. By 2000, that number grew to 1,080. The Tomball Economic Development Corporation now estimates that as of 2007, Tomball had an estimated 10,298 white residents and 2,300 residents of Hispanic origin.

In a column in the local newspaper, Mayor Gretchen Fagan wrote that City Hall employees have fielded more than 200 calls from people outside Tomball over the day labor site, which became an issue earlier this summer when the lease renewal came up on the agenda. Fagan wrote in her column that one city employee "ended up in tears" and was afraid to go to the parking lot after work because she is Hispanic.

Angela Mendoza, an instructor at a Tomball beauty academy off FM 249, said she has started carrying her U.S. passport in her purse since the controversy started brewing earlier this summer. Mendoza, a naturalized citizen from Honduras, said she was talking with co-workers Wednesday morning about feeling uncomfortable in Tomball just because of "the color of my skin."

She said she senses stares when she walks through the local H-E-B, particularly if she's speaking Spanish.

"I think it's getting worse," she said. "I don't understand. I don't know if it's just the way people have been raised here. It's hard. It's really hard."

Rogelio Najera, a 52-year-old illegal immigrant from Guerrero, Mexico, said the push to shut down the day labor center has resulted in fewer employers coming to look for workers there. Najera, one of 11 men at the center Wednesday afternoon, said he's noticed that some white men who park near the center are jotting down the license plates of people who hire them.

On Wednesday morning, he said only three trucks pulled up looking for workers.

"Some of the men here haven't had any work for months," he said, attributing the drop in work opportunities to the poor economy and to the efforts of "racists" working locally to shut the center down.

Fears of 'Little Mexico'
Pastor Richard Brown, a newly elected City Council member, said most constituents he heard from on the day labor issue wanted the center to remain open. The site, near Sycamore and Main streets, was opened about a decade ago to give the workers a place to gather off the town's main drag.

"That may not be a perfect solution, but it's been a good one for Tomball," Brown said.

Brown said he researched a housing ban for illegal immigrants that was passed in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch in 2006, and saw that the legal fees ran to millions of dollars. "They are spending a lot of time and a lot of money and not getting anywhere with that," he said. "For us to go down that path, I think, is ill-advised."

Some locals have suggested that much of the fervor over the day labor site and the related illegal immigration ordinances was stirred up by people who live outside Tomball, although Townsend insisted he acted on his own.

Townsend said his concerns about the impact of illegal immigration span from the school system to the economy to rumblings among constituents that the city's Main Street has become "a Little Mexico" because of the prevalence of Mexican butcher shops and taco trucks.

"I've been called a racist and a Nazi," he said. "It has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with what's legal and what's illegal."

susan.carroll@chron.com



http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/met ... 92210.html

Victory in Tomball!
Here is a quote from the organizers of the rally supporting immigrant’s rights:

We are glad to report that last night the Tomball City Council overwhelmingly rejected proposals to close the day laborer site, make English the City’s official language, and prohibit undocumented workers from working or renting or owning businesses there. Racists from the Border Watch, Minute Men, and Tea Party suffered a huge defeat last night, and this is a historic victory for workers and democratic-minded people of all backgrounds. As you may know, the rejection of these anti-immigrant proposals was widely publicized in the Houston area media. The Houston Chronicle’s article on the meeting can be found at

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hea ... 90647.html.

Scroll down towards the end of the page for reference:
http://houstoncommunistparty.com/

Bulldog wrote:

Immediately after providing the Mayor and City Council with a "Thunderous Standing Ovation," the Communists proudly marched outside to fly their Mexican Flag above the front door of Tomball City Hall! We assume they forgot to bring their "Hammer & Sickle" Flag. Hold your heads high, Tomball Voters, your City is now adored by Communists! Maybe the Mayor and City Council can provide a Communist Sanctuary, on your Tax Dollar, too!

Def