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Re: “Rep. Jon Hubbard still on warpath with UA”
The good news is Hubbard is the person proposing the audit. Hubbard's batting average at the legislature is a stunning .000.
The residents of house district 75 should bring an illegal exaction lawsuit as we have suffered through Hubbard's term without representation. Taxation without representation sums up the Hubbard term.
Re: “Burger joint of the week: Black Angus”
I was a UALR undergrad and law student in the late 70's and early 80's. Enjoyed many Black Angus burgers at the Fairpark/Markham location. Tasty burgers and the price was right for a student's budget. Balanced those Black Angus burgers with a healthy (in one sense) dose of burgers from the counter at Town and Country Drug Store. Good memories of both places.
Re: “UALR chancellor urges DREAM Act”
Glad to hear that Chancellor Anderson has taken this step to initiate the public discussion in Arkansas about the Dream Act. Many undocumented students have completed their education and many more will continue their education only to hit a brick wall once they graduate. The options are to pass the Dream Act to allow these students the opportunity to become productive tax paying citizens or to continue to force them to work under the table. Of course the other option is to deport young people brought to the U.S. by their parents. Arkansas was once known as the land of opportunity and Chancellor Anderson reminds us that we still can fulfill that motto.
Re: “Delta Blues — a massive bust UPDATE”
Trice indictment - count one, paragraph 10 states that "Law enforcement officials accepted payments from defendants and their attorneys for deliberately failing to appear in court or otherwise perform their law enforcement duties."
Re: “Jose Antonio Vargas has a dream”
It is difficult to see how anyone could conclude that this conversation is about democrats not wanting people to work. The Dream Act is a way to give people an opportunity to work. Without the Dream Act we will continue to see large numbers of undocumented workers living out an admirable work ethic in hard jobs with cheap wages.
Imagine the courage that it takes to show up for work knowing that you could be detained and even deported. That is a person that wants to work.
There was a day when Arkansas was known as the land of opportunity. I hope that day returns.
Re: “Jose Antonio Vargas has a dream”
The link suggested by B Rock Sucks documents why the Dream Act is needed. A child is brought to the U.S. by parents, completes his or her education and then turns 18 only to realize that they can't enter the workforce. Then the undocumented young adult works under the table because that is one of the limited options available.
Why not give them a path to citizenship by requiring completion of college studies or military service? These young people are all over Arkansas. The US gov link provides no attainable options for these young people.
If they are willing to complete college or military requirements they then would have the opportunity to become taxpaying citizens in real jobs.
Yea I also "did it the right way." Of course all that means is that I was born in the United States of America. I don't consider it a slap in the face that a child's parents wanted to give the child an opportunity to live a decent life. And I sure as heck don't consider it a slap in the face when the child grows up with a desire to become a US citizen and is willing to meet additional requirements to do so.
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Re: “UPDATE: Nate Bell shoots from lip on Boston violence; Speaker Carter apologizes for him; Bell apologizes for 'timing'”
Rep. Bell reminds us of the constitutional right to stick your foot in your mouth and to then shoot yourself in the foot.