‘Papers please’ ex-legislator booted from AZ Mexican restaurants in fundraiser flap
Source: Raw Story
Papers please ex-legislator booted from AZ Mexican restaurants in fundraiser flap
By David Ferguson
Friday, June 15, 2012 14:02 EDT
Arizona state senator Russell Pearce (R-18), the lawmaker who crafted the states controversial anti-immigration law, SB 1070, also known as the Papers, please law, was thrice denied a venue for a fundraiser scheduled for Thursday afternoon, June 14. According to the Arizona Capital Times, the former legislator asked two Mexican restaurants and a public school library to host the event, only to be told to please campaign somewhere else.
Pearce was carried into office on the tide of Tea Party fervor that dominated the 2010 elections. In January of 2011, he was sworn in and held that office for nearly a full eleven months before he lost a recall election in November of 2011 and was ousted from the Arizona State Senate. That hasnt stopped him, however, from running again to win back his seat as the representative of Arizonas District 18. The Mesa area is currently represented by Republican businessman Jerry Lewis, who won against Pearce in the recall.
The fundraising event was originally planned to be held at Macayos restaurant in Phoenix, but the plan was scuttled by activist Dee Dee Garcia Blase of Arizonas Tequila Party, a conservative Latino group formed in reaction to the deportation-happy Tea Party. Garcia Blase organized a protest to be held outside the restaurant during the event and contacted Macayos corporate offices, which led the restaurant to cancel the event on Thursday morning.
Arizona state senator Russell Pearce (R-18), the lawmaker who crafted the states controversial anti-immigration law, SB 1070, also known as the Papers, please law, was thrice denied a venue for a fundraiser scheduled for Thursday afternoon, June 14. According to the Arizona Capital Times, the former legislator asked two Mexican restaurants and a public school library to host the event, only to be told to please campaign somewhere else.
Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/15/mexican-restaurants-library-decline-to-host-fundraiser-for-papers-please-az-lawmaker/
Kali
(55,007 posts)CarmanK
(662 posts)even if it was under pressure. Rather hypocritical considering the mean spirited legislation that he personally guided thru the legislature. Lots of damage done to state and people in his 11 months. It is good he is gone. I sure hope his rerun is equally unrewarding.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Not the stuff at the store, the Party. Ugh!
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Good on them!
Turbineguy
(37,319 posts)but the cock did not crow.