Court refuses to throw out Farmers Branch lawsuit | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News

A state appeals court has refused to throw out a lawsuit against Farmers Branch that says city officials violated open meetings laws by deciding behind closed doors the first version of an ordinance banning apartment [...]

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FB rental ban dispute still has no resolution | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
FARMERS BRANCH – A year after City Council member Tim O’Hare launched a contentious debate with his crusade to crack down on illegal immigrants, residents are still divided – about whether the city has [...]

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Rental ban against noncitizens halted
FARMERS BRANCH — A federal judge on Monday halted enforcement of a voter-endorsed ordinance preventing apartment rentals to most illegal immigrants, a day before the ban was to take effect in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch.
U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay wrote in granting a temporary restraining order that only [...]

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So Farmers Branch is going to get rid of all the illegal immigrants dragging the city down. And how much of impact do you think it’s going to make on what’s really bothering the good people of the town? What real issue? The real issue that no matter what you do, Texas is going to [...]

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It wasn’t even close.
MyFox Dallas | Farmers Branch Voters Pass Immigration Ordinance
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — A controversial ordinance to ban Farmers Branch apartment owners from renting to illegal immigrants won wide support from voters Saturday night. After all the votes were counted, 68% of voters in the Dallas suburb [...]

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Mayor opposes immigration ordinance
FARMERS BRANCH — The mayor of the first city in Texas to forbid landlords from renting apartments to illegal immigrants is urging voters to strike down the ordinance.
It’s the first time Mayor Bob Phelps has taken a public position against the measure, which was adopted in November and resulted in lawsuits [...]

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MySA.com: Politics
Dead or dying• Sale of the Texas lottery. Perry’s priority to fund cancer research never had the breath of life.
• Gambling. A bill to help the Tigua Indians and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe reopen their casinos died on a tie vote in the House last week. Resurrection seems unlikely.
• Legislation to allow Texas Hold ‘Em [...]

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Star-Telegram | 02/24/2007 | Events set to aid immigrants in Farmers Branch
Groups opposed to Farmers Branch’s stance against illegal immigration will hold two events in the city today: one with a long-term goal of helping immigrants become citizens, the other with the immediate goal of registering people to vote.
People authorized to register voters will go [...]

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I have been writing about this for some time now so I just couldn’t let this pass without comment.
Star-Telegram | 02/05/2007 | Public opinion doesn’t follow the numbers

Wow, it sure looks like illegal immigration has increased Farmers Branch’s crime rate and has hurt their property values something awful doesn’t it? That was the reason for [...]

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Yesterday, I was having a Dad day. For those of you with living parents, that is a day that the loss of a parent just really hits home no matter how many years it has been since they died. You can usually predict when they will happen (holidays, birthday’s, anniversary of the deaths) but [...]

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