Stomp the people but leave the businesses alone

Posted on February 17th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

MySA.com: Lawmaker pulls bill for employer sanctions
AUSTIN — A state lawmaker has withdrawn legislation to impose sanctions on employers who hire undocumented immigrants, saying he wanted to thank the state’s largest business organization for joining a Hispanic coalition in fighting what they call “anti-immigrant” bills in the Legislature.The Texas Association of Business joined […]

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Primary in February instead of March

Posted on February 17th, 2007 by Dig ad veritas

Abilene Reporter News: State
AUSTIN - A state as huge as Texas shouldn’t have a paltry primary that’s irrelevant in the presidential sweepstakes, say supporters of legislation that would move up the date of the primary to February 2008.Republicans and Democrats alike are pushing to move the primary election from the first Tuesday in March to […]

Filed under: 2008 election, Elections, Primaries, texas | 1 Comment »