Is the county going in the right direction with its policy on illegal immigrants?
No. It’s a human rights issue. We are robbing developing nations of their core workforce thus leaving a weakened shell of women, children, and elderly in their void. It is this exodus that explains the inverse proportional rise in cartel activity in Mexico and Central America. There are over 300 million persons living in abject poverty in this hemisphere. We cannot absorb costs of this magnitude. We need to focus our trade policies on repairing the economic stability of, and creating economic opportunity for, these resource rich nations. Q. Should the county be supporting day laborer centers? No. They provide a labor pool that benefits too narrow a spectrum of businesses. This fuels an already troublesome lobbying group with the very funds that may unjustly and unwisely influence public policy. Q. Do you think the county is doing enough to meet the needs of its growing diverse population? If not, what do you think the county needs to do? The fact that one of the most highly taxed count
