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August 17, 2007 By 5 Comments

Laura Pastor

An astute reader found this on the Mexican Consulate website – a photo of Laura Pastor, daughter of Congressman Ed Pastor, at a meeting with the Mexican Consulate on March 27th this year.

Laura Pastor is also a candidate for the Phoenix City Council, which of course begs the question, “Why is Laura Pastor meeting with the Mexican Consulate and why are they touting it on their website?” Is she already cutting deals for the City of Phoenix?

While my Spanish is all right, I’d appreciate a quick translation of this posting on Sonoran Alliance in our comments section.

La Sra. Laura Pastor, hija del Congresista Ed Pastor, visitó las instalaciones de este Consulado General. El motivo de su visita fue conocer, de primera mano, los procesos que siguen los connacionales para la obtención de documentos, así como los servicios que reciben del Consulado. En la actualidad, la Sra. Pastor aspira a obtener un asiento en el Consejo Municipal de la ciudad de Phoenix. En reunión con el Cónsul General, la Sra. Pastor habló del apoyo que nuestros connacionales requieren, especialmente en temas de educación, así como distintos planes que ella propone para su ayuda.

Filed Under: Campaigns & Elections, Illegal Immigration, Political Parties

Pancakes anyone?

August 17, 2007 By 1 Comment

The CD-5 race is starting to heat up with the first official announcement scheduled for this Saturday. Coverage at East Valley Trib and profile page starting on Arizona Politics.

Filed Under: Campaigns & Elections

Does Mike Sunnucks hate McCain?

August 17, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Some in the blobosphere have claimed that this site hates McCain because we cover the news as it happens. I wonder if the criticism also applies to Sunnucks at The Business Journal of Phoenix given today’s article.

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/08/13/daily52.html

Filed Under: Campaigns & Elections, Media

Selective coverage.

August 17, 2007 By Leave a Comment

     Recently the Southern Arizona press fell over themselves to cover the story that the Sahuarita Town Council is considering a resolution opposing a permanent Border Patrol checkpoint. The news was covered in print and on radio.

     Right at the same time the Nogales City Council voted unanimously in support of the checkpoint. It was hard to find any coverage of this outside of the local paper.

     Let’s go over that rule again. Local town considering opposing law enforcement – lots of coverage. Border town wants something done about illegal aliens – little to no coverage. Do they teach this in journalism school or does it just come naturally?

(Thanks to Wake up Arizona for noting this news item on their site.)

Filed Under: Border, Illegal Immigration

RNC to the left of Giuliani and Romney

August 17, 2007 By 5 Comments

Amnesty Mel The Washington Times ran a front page story yesterday on how Republican National Committee chair Mel Martinez is criticizing Giuliani and Romney for being too tough on illegal immigration. That’s right, Martinez was not criticizing presidential candidates Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo, or Duncan Hunter for their more conservative stances on illegal immigration. He was attacking two of the more liberal Republican candidates for being too conservative. Giuliani or Romney may very likely be the Republican Party’s only chance at keeping the presidency in 2008. The RNC leadership is hopelessly out of touch with Republicans if they are tearing down our two most viable candidates. What happened to attacking Democrats? The RNC has moved considerably to the left under the current leadership with Martinez as chair. If Hillary is elected, no doubt there will be some housecleaning done at the RNC. If they have become so liberal they can’t even get a liberal Republican to win, they’ve become irrelevant.

Filed Under: Border, Campaigns & Elections, Illegal Immigration

The politics of distortion.

August 17, 2007 By 1 Comment

What kind of a person demonizes his political opponents instead of just advocating for his point of view? Read all about Elias Bermudez in this 2006 from the Yuma Sun.

Filed Under: Illegal Immigration