Thread: Collier County, FL Focus Campaign VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

A simmering national debate over immigration has boiled into Collier County law.
County commissioners have revised laws to require legal U.S. residency to get jobs and take part in an affordable housing program bolstered by county tax dollars.

County government now will require that people submit a U.S. passport, birth certificate or naturalization certificate to be eligible for affordable housing savings.

“They can produce easily a Social Security card or green card because 10 other people have the same ones. ... They’re very easy to obtain but they’re not legal,” Fiala said, when discussing additional requirements at this past Tuesday’s commission meeting.


Activist Instructions

Give 'em a little help down there. They're surrounded!
We need ALIPAC Activists to make calls, send letters, faxes, and e-mails to all members of the Collier County Council asking them to please pass the ordinances to prevent illegal aliens from city employment and rental properties. You may want to share with them some articles about what other cities are doing and some of the problems and public attitudes (polls) about illegal immigration.

Examples
Dear Commissioner _________:

I am calling/writing today to ask you to please follow the lead of Hazelton, PA and pass strict immigration enforcement measures in Collier County as soon as possible. The federal government is not adequately securing our border or enforcing our existing immigration laws. I feel it is incumbent upon our states and cities to take action to protect communities from illegal immigration. Illegal immigration has many negative repercussions for our communities including depressed wages, increased health care costs, increased costs to taxpayers, increased crime, infectious diseases, and lost American jobs.

I hope you will stand with the vast majority of Americans that want our laws enforced and our communities and tax dollars protected from illegal aliens.

Please pass these ordinances as soon as possible. A majority of your constituents support this effort.

Thank You,


Contact Information

http://www.colliergov.net/bcc/index.htm

Collier County Government Center
3301 East Tamiami Trail
Naples, FL 34112

Frank Halas
District 2
Email: FrankHalas@colliergov.net
2006 Chairman
Web: http://www.FrankHalas.com

Satellite Office
Headquarters Library
2385 Orange Blossom Drive
Naples, FL 34109
Phone: (239) 774-8097


Jim Coletta
District 5
Email: JimColetta@colliergov.net
2006 Vice Chairman

Satellite Office
Immokalee
310 Aluchua Street
Immokalee, FL 34142
Phone: (239) 774-8097


Fred W. Coyle
District 4
Email: FredCoyle@colliergov.net

Donna Fiala
District 1
Email: DonnaFiala@colliergov.net

Satellite Office
Tax Collector's Office
1040 Winterberry Drive
Marco Island, FL 34145
Phone: (239) 774-8097

Tom Henning
District 3
Email: TomHenning@colliergov.net


News

Collier sheriff: Immigration enforcement part of our job

Collier: Aid for legal U.S. residents only


Focus Campaigns Status

Launched 8/29/2006
ACTIVE
Completed Date:

Sent letters to all on this list.

Emailed all on the list.

Form letter used.

Will post any reply.

Response:
The best way to get your message out is to request that you want to bring this subject up for discussion on a public petition. This can be accomplished by asking the County Manager, Jim Mudd, to schedule time for you on an upcoming agenda. This way you will address the public and my fellow commissioners at the same time. This is a very important issue and we have taken steps here in the county to address some of the concerns. Thank you very much for your correspondence to my office.
Frank

I e-mailed the list.

Please pass ordinances that prevent illegal aliens from rental properties. I have enclosed two articles that you may find helpful in making your decision. Historically, overcrowding has lead to disease outbreaks and other unsavory events, including crime, inferior construction practices, innumerable code violations and sanitation issues. Not to mention the lost tax revenues and the imbalanced ratio of individual social service recipients to taxable residence.

I included a Milford article
http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... ic&t=35626

and an Escondido article
http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... c&p=209231

Dixie

Response:

Thank you for your e-mail regarding immigration and Collier County.

I assure you that I will take your comments under consideration if and when this item comes before the Board of County Commissioners. As you may know, speakers are welcome to attend Board meetings to express their views and concerns on any issue.
Sincerely,

Donna Fiala

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=F ... ic&t=83472

COLLIER COUNTY: A new program merging local and federal powers is supposed to help fight illegal immigration in Collier County. Tuesday 27 deputies graduated from a special training course, which gives them the ability to enforce federal immigration laws.