Thread: Pa. mayor who targeted illegals wins both party nominations

And the reported vote was 411-3

a real close one!

Wow thanks...This calls for a Patsy Cline moment...singing " Sweet Dreams"

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If Congress has any doubts about how the American people feel, then look at Hazelton and Farmer's branch. 94% of the vote is overwhelming. Paul Harvey said today that Congress appears to be on the wrong side of the fence because of Mr. Barletta's landslide victory. [/quote]

Illegals foe wins twice
May 17, 2007


ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, who gained national attention by targeting illegal aliens living in his small northeastern Pennsylvania city, cruised to the Republican nomination for a third term yesterday -- and unexpectedly won the Democratic nomination, too.
Mr. Barletta trounced challenger Dee Deakos with nearly 94 percent of the vote. And he beat former Mayor Michael Marsicano in a bid for the Democratic nomination by staging a last-minute write-in campaign, all but guaranteeing himself another term, unofficial returns showed.
"I think the message is clear," Mr. Barletta said. "The people of Hazleton want me to keep fighting for them."
The Republican mayor said Democrats kept telling him that they wished they could vote for him in the primary. So, about a week ago, he mailed instructions to Democratic voters on how to write in his name.
Mr. Marsicano, a retired airline pilot who was Hazleton's mayor from 1996 to 2000, appeared alone on the Democratic ballot.
Mr. Barletta, a businessman who took office in 2000, proposed the Illegal Immigration Relief Act last year after four illegal aliens were charged with fatally shooting a man.
The measure, on hold because of a legal challenge by Hispanic groups and activists, was approved last summer and emulated by other towns and cities. It would penalize landlords who rent to illegal aliens and businesses that hire them.
Mr. Barletta said he was gratified, particularly given that Democrats hold a 2-1 registration edge over Republicans in the city of about 25,000.
Also yesterday, two Hispanic candidates lost their primary bids for open seats on the Hazleton City Council. One of the candidates, Rudy Espinal, is a plaintiff in the illegal alien lawsuit.

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I am sending this to my mayor! Maybe he will get the hint! Since he can't seem to handle it any other way !

Mayor wins both GOP, Democrat primaries
City leader earns support with launch of war on illegal aliens

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Posted: May 17, 2007
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Hazelton, Pa., Mayor Louis J. Barletta

The Hazleton, Pa., mayor who launched a war on the impact of illegal aliens in his city was warned that his future political career would "haunted" by the decision, but now Louis J. Barletta has won not only the GOP nomination for mayor, which he was seeking, but the Democratic nomination by virtue of 1,200 write-in votes.

According to the Northeastern Pennsylvania Times Leader, Barletta apparently is favored to serve a third term as the town's mayor after the general election results are finalized in November.

Barletta told the newspaper he was "honored and humbled by the amount of support I received."

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According to unofficial returns, Democrats cast more than 1,200 write-in votes for Barletta, while the Democratic contender, Mike Marsicano, captured 739. On the GOP ballot, Barletta got 1,363 votes to 83 for government watchdog Dee Deakos.

Deakos said the popularity Barletta earned while proposing, implementing and defending in court the city's Illegal Immigration Relief Act made a difference. And Marsicano has said he does not plan a write-in campaign in November.

Hazleton's Illegal Immigration Relief Act was written in 2006 by Barletta, and signed into law the same year. An immediate lawsuit prompted its suspension, but the final outcome still is pending.

The ordinance would impose fines of up to $1,000 a day on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and deny business permits for up to five years to companies that employ them.

Several dozen other cities and towns around the country either have followed Hazleton's lead, approving laws ranging from penalizing companies that employ illegal immigrants to making English the official language of local government, or have begun reviewing that possibility.

The Hazleton measures were prompted by a number of high-profile crimes involving illegal immigrants. Two illegal immigrants from the Dominican Republic were charged in May 2006 with shooting and killing a 29-year-old man, and a 14-year-old boy was arrested for firing a gun at a playground.

The law was challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union, along with several Hispanic activist groups. The ultimate outcome could determine a precedent for whether local governments may act on their own to curb illegal immigration allowed by the federal government.

Barletta, who said during the campaign that he feared his opponents would drop the legal battle for the city's ordinance, also expressed concern illegal aliens are destroying the quality of life in his small northeastern Pennsylvania city and costing the local treasury millions.

"I think the people of Hazleton do not want to go backwards … I think the message is clear they want me to keep fighting for them," Barletta told the newspaper.

It was Anna Arias, a member of the Governors Commission on Latino Affairs, who criticized the mayor's work on the ordinance.

During a city council meeting in 2006, she addressed the mayor directly:

"Are you planing to continue your political career?â€

LOU For PREZ

Americans love Lou.

Now what does that tell you? Wasn't Bush's campaign rhetoric about being a uniter not a divider?

Lou gets BOTH party noms, CAN THE IDIOTS IN DC SEE THIS????