On Tuesday Cardenas and aldermen Manny Flores and Toni Preckwinkle were flanked by activists from the Illinois Coalition for Immigration and Refugee Rights when they announced a City Council resolution condemning what Flores called the “race-baiting” portrayal of immigrants by right-wing TV news personalities.
Like all resolutions, this one is nonbinding—it functions as an official statement of outrage but doesn’t actually do anything about the issue.
Fair enough—legislative bodies at every level of government pass resolutions mostly so they can tell their backers they did. And in this case, no one in the room was willing to argue that Lou Dobbs, Bill O’Reilly, and Glenn Beck don’t misrepresent immigrants. Cardenas and his colleagues even appeared to have answers for skeptical reporters.
Read More of Cardenas and Flores Propose Resolution against 1st Amendment off-site...Pat Hickey says:
Steve,
Too true. Neither are
1. Work Ethics
2. Common Sense
3. Integrity
4. Respect for Working People
5. Accountability - short of an indictment
:) says:
You can say anthing you want as long as the CCDP (Cook County Democratic Party) approves.
You can vote as long as it is for their candidates.
When BHO (Senator "Buzz" from It can't happen here) is president the Justice Department will be renamed the the Ministry of Truth(1984).
Chicage style reforms for the nation.
So, is this the "Vermont Vigilance"?
ey says:
Why don’t they just rename “Chicago” to “North Mexico City”, and get it over with?
Cook County / Chicago are the biggest crooks in the world, and will stop at nothing to get what they want.
WHERE’S THE FENCE? (oops! I just broke that law!)
Steve says:
The First and Second Amendments aren't too popular in Chicago's City Council.