The Richmond business lobby is indeed very powerful - no argument there. However, is Corey just going to punt and shoot for some symbolic victory? You are also correct about the “one object rule.” Why not start with the “one object” that would have the most impact in making Virginia an illegal-unfriendly state, namely employer sanctions, then move on to the other items.

Arizona did not back down back to and quiver in front of business interests. SB 1070 includes solid provisions to crack down on illegal employment, and the judge did not rule an injunction against any of those sections of the bill. None of those measures are included in Corey’s proposed legislation for Virginia.

To me, Corey’s Virginia Rule of Law campaign is nothing but posturing for upcoming elections and I can’t sign on to something that I know has no chance of solving the illegal alien problem in any meaningful way. Now, if Corey would show some true resolve and backbone, and take on the business interests, including developers, who are the true cause of the illegal immigration problem, I’d be with him one hundred percent.

I know the Dems are expressing concerns that employer sanctions aren’t in this bill, and for that I have a simple solution: Any Democrat who wants to introduce an employer sanctions bill is free to contact me for assistance in getting one of these drafted. I’ll do everything I can to help them. Last year Dick Sasllaw worked really hard to put a stop to a bill that did just this introduced by Dave Albo, and if they’ve suddenly seen the light and want to do something here, I’ll do whatever I can to help.

Absent some sort of indication from Saslaw that he wants a bill like this, or at least won’t move heaven and earth to gut it as he did last year, I don’t take very seriously complaints by Dems that “more important” priorities are being missed. Their record, at least so far, has been distressingly clear.

Nothing in Corey’s Virginia Rule of Law proposal even causes an annoyance for employers of illegal aliens (except maybe the part about driving them around). The Arizona law is explicit and effective on employment of illegal aliens. However, none of those provisions are in Corey’s proposed legislation.

I’m afraid people are listening too much to Corey’s rhetoric and too little to what he is actually doing and proposing. We need action on illegal immigration and that means cracking down on employers.

As for Saslaw - if stupidity could be bottled the label would read “Saslaw”.

I would have hoped that Lingamfelter would have come across more positive in the news article, but I know Corey and our Supervisors are wanting all of the Delgates help in getting some strong Laws on the Books in Virginia. After all we have Laws on the Federal Level and for over 20 years,the Feds have not upheld them. They did start to rounding them up, but there are Millions out there,so the Feds need to get busy.

The large batch they hauled in recently, did you see the ICE people come down Rt. One and one place they stopped was the corner of Rt. One and P.Wm. Parkway.Don’t know if they took anyone from there.The other place was P.Wm. Plaza and Todos!
I guess Todo has choosen his side. Too bad.

As for Supervisor Stirrup, he’s just happy we made some progress. Some politicians are all about taking credit, then there are those who just want to get things done. Stirrup is definitely in the latter group.

So for you Whatever (aka ElephantKiller - now there’s a moniker that denotes reasoning and fairness), how about you enjoy watching your Democrat colleagues try to define publicly defensible stands on the issue. I’d really like to see Dick Saslaw stand up and clearly explain his take on this.

First, it’s blantantly obvious from the article that both Scott and Jackson are royally pissed off. Why? Because they’re our representatives in the HOD, and Corey bypassed them in yet another feeble attempt to bring attention to himself. And make no mistake, this isn’t going to go anywhere at the state level. Both Delegates practically said as much. Scott is already poking holes in it, and Jackson shares the fact that he’s been working on this in Richmond for several years. Corey’s going to make it happen? Please.

Speaking of upset politicians, I have to wonder how John Stirrup’s taking all of this. I mean, this was his baby. He did all of the leg work and heavy lifting on the resolution in PWC. Corey simply saw which way the wind was blowing, hitched his wagon to a new issue and then made it his own right out from under John’s nose. Ouch.

“If we don’t there will not be a Country left for our Grandchildren and all future generations.”

That is the objective of liberals - destroy the country.

The 4 time DWI illegal will not be deported. The Open Border crowd will get his deportation order canceled one way or another and then when he is released from prison they will throw a party for him. It’s a good bet that the Chief will be hosting the party. Compassion, you know! Besides, it is our racist society that drove that poor illegal to drink.

http://virginiavirtucon.wordpress.com/2010/07/30/an-illegal-immigrant-with-4-dwis/

I was again very disappointed in our Chief of Police remarking in the News that he would not enforce or back racism.I can not believe that he feels the people want our Country protected and there are Laws on the Books,that says the illegals do not have the right to sneak across the border.And the Chief refers to it as racism!
This is not the Chief I have know all these years and had alot of respect for him a very long time. This is so sad, and I feel he has forgotten his Oath of Office in serving the citizens of our County and State. Yes Chief the citizens who are here legally and applied and waited their turn to become a citizen.

So as this elderly lady is seeing some hope for America to get back to protecting our Country and Our Citizens. I have the Greatest Hopes for Corey, the Board of Supervisors and our General Assembly to honor America and stand united in getting Laws that will enable us to send the Illegals back to where they came from and start over there to improve their Country.

If we don’t there will not be a Country left for our Grandchildren and all future generations.

Over 40 years later, I’ve got my horse(s). But it took a lot of hard work. No one ever gave one to me.

Corey has shown us his wish list. Maybe with a lot of hard work, he can get some of it. But I doubt anyone is going to give it to him just for writing it down and showing it to us.