Thread: PA:Mayor who targeted illegal immigrants favored to win thir

Mayor who targeted illegal immigrants favored to win third term


- The Associated Press

HAZLETON, Pa. — Mayor Lou Barletta, a Republican who gained national prominence by targeting illegal immigrants living in this small city, was heavily favored to win election Tuesday to a third term.

He was opposed by a Libertarian candidate, John Medashefski, a coffee shop owner who argued the city should drop its effort to push through a law targeting illegal immigrants.

In the primary, Barletta also won the Democratic nomination as a write-in candidate, easily defeating a comeback bid by a former mayor and leaving himself with no Democrat to face in the general election.

Last year, he pushed through a law that targeted landlords who rented to illegal immigrants and businesses that employed them in this city of 30,000. The law, emulated by dozens of towns around the nation, was struck down by a federal judge as unconstitutional. The judge said states and municipalities cannot regulate immigration.

The city has since appealed.

Medashefski has said the city should drop the appeal because it is too costly.

The city's Illegal Immigration Relief Act sought to impose fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and deny business permits to companies that give them jobs. Another measure would have required tenants to register with City Hall and pay for a rental permit.

http://www.centredaily.com/news/politic ... 53971.html

Lou will win handily!

The results are just in on this race.
With 100% precincts reporting, Barletta has 89% of the vote.
Not bad, eh?
Lou's opponent ran on a platform of dropping the Illegal Immigration Relief Act.
Ok, with those results, can anyone firgure out what the people WANT?????

The results are just in on this race.
With 100% precincts reporting, Barletta has 89% of the vote.

Soooooooo..... That means there was a 10% illegal alien vote in the election, we really need to fix this soon.

This was one bet we could of won, ehh!! WAY TO GO LOU!!

Mayor who targeted illegal immigrants easily wins third term
Nov 6, 2007
The Associated Press

HAZLETON, Pa. - Mayor Lou Barletta, a Republican who gained national prominence by targeting illegal immigrants living in this small city, easily won re-election Tuesday to a third term.

He defeated a Libertarian candidate, John Medashefski, a coffee shop owner who argued the city should drop its effort to push through a law targeting illegal immigrants.

With 82 percent of precincts reporting, Barletta had 2,593 votes, or 89 percent, compared with Medashefski's 323 votes, or 11 percent.

In the primary, Barletta also won the Democratic nomination as a write-in candidate, easily defeating a comeback bid by a former mayor and leaving himself with no Democrat to face in the general election.

Last year, Barletta pushed through a law that targeted landlords who rented to illegal immigrants and businesses that employed them in this city of 30,000. The law, emulated by dozens of towns around the nation, was struck down by a federal judge as unconstitutional. The judge said states and municipalities cannot regulate immigration.


The city has since appealed.

Medashefski had said the city should drop the appeal because it is too costly.

The city's Illegal Immigration Relief Act sought to impose fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and deny business permits to companies that give them jobs. Another measure would have required tenants to register with City Hall and pay for a rental permit.


http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/ ... 36604.html

With 100% precincts reporting, Barletta has 89% of the vote.

Damn, that wasn't even close...

Congratulations Mr Mayor.

PA. Sen. Arlen Spector will be 80 years old when his term ends in 2010. I think Barletta would make an equally impressive showing in a run against him for the U.S. Senate. If Spector doesn't run Barletta would probably be even better situated against a non-incumbent.