{"id":426,"date":"2006-12-03T19:27:50","date_gmt":"2006-12-03T23:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=426"},"modified":"2006-12-03T19:53:43","modified_gmt":"2006-12-03T23:53:43","slug":"cherokee-county-georgia-to-vote-on-english-as-official-language-measureand-more-we-neeed-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2006\/12\/03\/cherokee-county-georgia-to-vote-on-english-as-official-language-measureand-more-we-neeed-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherokee County, Georgia to vote on English as official language measure&#8230;and more! We neeed help!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We need Americans to be at the coming Cherokee County Commissioners meeting Tuesday. The open borders lobby will have a large and vocal crowd there, led by that all American illegal alien lobbyist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athensecolatino.com\/v3n9\/uga_politics.html\">Jerry Gonzalez<\/a>, demanding that American laws <em>not<\/em> be applied to illegals&#8230;or as Jerry constantly puts it &#8220;immigrants&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Immigrants <a href=\"http:\/\/uscis.gov\/graphics\/shared\/aboutus\/statistics\/IMM02yrbk\/IMM2002.pdf\">enter the U.S. lawfully<\/a>. <em>Si?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>See photos of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/thousand_words\/baldwin_park_2005may14.html\">some of Jerry&#8217;s constituency here.<\/a><strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><strong>Cherokee Co. to vote on English as official language measure<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociated Press<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to make English the county&#8217;s official language.<\/p>\n<p>That measure is proposed by Commissioner Karen Mahurin, who has been behind another measure the board will vote on that tackles immigration _ a proposal to fine landlords who rent to illegal immigrants in unincorporated Cherokee County.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Derek Good is also pushing for the county to join in two federal programs that target illegal immigration: The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, which checks a federal database for the eligibility of anybody seeking public benefits, and the Basic Pilot program, which checks the employment authorization of all employees.<\/p>\n<p>At a public hearing last month, immigrant rights advocates protested the rent measure, which would require property owners to prove their tenants live in the country legally. The county marshal&#8217;s office could check the immigration status of people renting or leasing homes. And if a violation has occurred, the property owner would be cited, their business license could be suspended and they would not be able to collect rent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I cannot be there this time, as I will be in Arizona watching Border Patrol agents risk their lives to apprehend the future illegal aliens that Jerry needs to continue getting his pay from Sam Zamarripa&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.galeo.org\/\">GALEO.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accessnorthga.com\/news\/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=84051\">the rest here.<\/a><br \/>\nFounding friend and major donor? That all -American luminary&#8230;Jane fonda.<\/p>\n<p>More on the Cherokee County effort <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=420\">here<\/a>.        PLEASE see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/\">our BLOG page <\/a>on a regular basis to keep up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need Americans to be at the coming Cherokee County Commissioners meeting Tuesday. The open borders lobby will have a large and vocal crowd there, led by that all American illegal alien lobbyist, Jerry Gonzalez, demanding that American laws not be applied to illegals&#8230;or as Jerry constantly puts it &#8220;immigrants&#8221;. Immigrants enter the U.S. lawfully. 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