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05-29-2005, 08:51 PM #1
Latino Bloc Has Far To Go
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May 29, 2005
Latino Bloc Has Far to Go
For myriad reasons, L.A.'s largest ethnic group hasn't harnessed its full political power.
By Sam Quinones, Times Staff Writer
You might expect city politics to engross Melchor Moreno and his family.
As owners of La Chispa de Oro, a small restaurant on Los Angeles' Eastside, they depend heavily on municipal services: garbage collection; street parking; economic development; graffiti and crime prevention.
And America has given Moreno, who emigrated from Mexico 30 years ago, a middle-class life he probably couldn't have achieved in his homeland. He is impressed with this country's political system and its fairness.
"I tell everyone," said Moreno, 63, "you have to vote."
Yet he hasn't become a naturalized citizen, though he is eligible, nor has his wife. Their son Demetrio, 21, is a citizen but did not go to the polls in this month's mayoral election. Another son, Melchor Jr., 26, and a daughter, Claudia, 22, cast their ballots for winner Antonio Villaraigosa.
In many ways, the Morenos represent the slow, fitful political evolution among Latinos in Los Angeles.
Latinos are a growing political force: Voter registration has risen steadily over the last decade, and turnout in the mayoral runoff election was higher than ever. A Newsweek cover story touted Villaraigosa's victory as proof that "Latinos are making their mark on politics as never before."
But their political punch in Los Angeles is not nearly what it could be.
"There's a silent city out there," said Mike Madrid, public affairs director for the League of California Cities and a former political consultant on Latino voting patterns. "It's enormous."
The 1.8 million Latinos in Los Angeles make up nearly half the city's population. Yet they amount to only a quarter of the city's registered voters.
Villaraigosa, the first Latino mayor in modern L.A. history, received just 100,000 votes from Latino supporters, according to exit polls. He could nearly have unseated Mayor James K. Hahn without them.
Although many Latinos cannot vote because they are here illegally, about half a million â€â€RIP Butterbean! We miss you and hope you are well in heaven.-- Your ALIPAC friends
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05-29-2005, 10:09 PM #2
Correct me if I'm wrong here, but illegals CAN'T VOTE!!
That is election fraud.....
No wonder the city is Silent....they're all illegal.
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05-29-2005, 10:35 PM #3
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ILLEGALS CAN'T VOTE?? Sorrrrrry.........as long as they have a license, they'll be able to VOTE in most places! Who checks?
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05-29-2005, 11:03 PM #4
2ndamendsis--Voila!! You are so right....hey, MAYBE that's why the National Council of La Raza initiated a National Agenda to get them driver's licenses???? So they could:
1) steal our jobs
2) get to the jobs they stole on time
3) AND VOTE ILLEGALLY
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05-29-2005, 11:10 PM #5
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EXACTLY!! Simple, very simple!!
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05-30-2005, 01:32 AM #6Through it all, he always intended to return to Mexico. "All of us think that way," he said of Mexican immigrants, "all of us."Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn
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05-30-2005, 01:55 AM #7
WE don't want them to become citizens. We have enough Citizens. We can't feed and sustain all of our existing American citizens. 1 American Child out of every 4 lives in dire poverty in almost every state in the country. Here in my county it's almost 28% higher than the national average.
25% of American Children live in POVERTY!
And the stupid Catholic Bishops want us to incorporate millions of poor Mexicans into our society??
For what purpose? To increase the 25% to 40%??
There is no understanding proponents of pro-immigration other than to just accept the fact that they are not working in the best of the American People. Therefore, they can not bet trusted and must be treated as irrelevant, which they really are when you get right down to it.
Any politician, any government agency, any not for profit, any lawyer, any corporation wanting to help foreign nationals reach a "better life" is taking the "better life" that belongs to an American and trying to "sell it". Well, these lives aren't for sale. That isn't what American elected them to do' it's not why we buy their products; it's not why we allow tax exempt status for charities and religious organizations.
They have violated both the law and the trust of the American People.
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