This Thursday 1/18/18, the Tempe City Council will hold a vote on a resolution to oppose President Trump's border wall. While the individual members of the council have the right to their opinion, it is absolutely inappropriate for a city council to initiate any resolution regarding the border wall. Yet, the organizational website announcing the resolution urges people asking for their signatures in order to assist with the council's resolution showing opposition of the border wall. If this isn't concerning enough, the city is also spending city staff and resources paid for with taxpayer money in order to research and investigate the issue.
This year, Mayor Mark Mitchell has posted several times, using official City of Tempe letter head, to express disagreement with current US policy regarding the Paris Climate Agreement, immigration and now the border wall. The people of Tempe elected the mayor and council members to serve Tempe, not to represent us in higher jurisdictions. We certainly did not elect them to insert their own opinions into much larger issues like immigration, and our national security. By using public funds to promulgate personal opinions on these matters the members of the mayor and members of the council are not only overreaching, they are neglecting their residents by using valuable time on national issues that should instead be spent on many other unfortunate issues facing Tempe
In addition, the council members and mayor of Tempe have NOT been voted in office by state or national vote to represent the people of the state or the country who feel their security is being compromised by border and immigration issues.
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January 18, 2018
The feedback from local residents has been overwhelming. City resources belong in our neighborhoods not in national political theater.
Reached 100 supporters
January 18, 2018
79 Comments
A nation without secure borders and sane visitor & immigration policies is No Nation at all! What does Tempe's charter say? If not addressed there, perhaps it should be amended...
You have no business spending tax payer money to oppose President Trump's building of the border wall. The council is not only overreaching, they are neglecting their residents by using valuable time on national issues that should instead be spent on many other unfortunate issues facing Tempe
We get it Tempe - you're liberal. You don't need ridiculous political grandstanding (on official time which costs taxpayer money) to drive home the point.
Elected city council representatives have no role in matters of federal governance, such as the border wall. And they have no right to spend Tempe taxpayer money on their own personal pet projects.
Council has no business wasting time in this frivolous posturing. This pretentious attempt at influencing will be ammunition at election time. They should try being this concerned about real issues facing Tempe, the most expensive city in the valley to live in.
I support President Trump's agenda that is tryin g to keep all of us safe & provide national security.
I am absolutely opposed to Tempe becoming a sanctuary city.
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This Thursday 1/18/18, the Tempe City Council will hold a vote on a resolution to oppose President Trump's border wall. While the individual members of the council have the right to their opinion, it is absolutely inappropriate for a city council to initiate any resolution regarding the border wall. Yet, the organizational website announcing the resolution urges people asking for their signatures in order to assist with the council's resolution showing opposition of the border wall. If this isn't concerning enough, the city is also spending city staff and resources paid for with taxpayer money in order to research and investigate the issue.
This year, Mayor Mark Mitchell has posted several times, using official City of Tempe letter head, to express disagreement with current US policy regarding the Paris Climate Agreement, immigration and now the border wall. The people of Tempe elected the mayor and council members to serve Tempe, not to represent us in higher jurisdictions. We certainly did not elect them to insert their own opinions into much larger issues like immigration, and our national security. By using public funds to promulgate personal opinions on these matters the members of the mayor and members of the council are not only overreaching, they are neglecting their residents by using valuable time on national issues that should instead be spent on many other unfortunate issues facing Tempe
In addition, the council members and mayor of Tempe have NOT been voted in office by state or national vote to represent the people of the state or the country who feel their security is being compromised by border and immigration issues.
Updates
January 18, 2018
The feedback from local residents has been overwhelming. City resources belong in our neighborhoods not in national political theater.
Reached 100 supporters
January 18, 2018
79 Comments
We want the wall not because we hate the people on the other side, but because we love the people on this side. Ask Israel about the effects of a wall, it works well for them.
A nation without secure borders and sane visitor & immigration policies is No Nation at all! What does Tempe's charter say? If not addressed there, perhaps it should be amended...
You have no business spending tax payer money to oppose President Trump's building of the border wall. The council is not only overreaching, they are neglecting their residents by using valuable time on national issues that should instead be spent on many other unfortunate issues facing Tempe
We get it Tempe - you're liberal. You don't need ridiculous political grandstanding (on official time which costs taxpayer money) to drive home the point.
Elected city council representatives have no role in matters of federal governance, such as the border wall. And they have no right to spend Tempe taxpayer money on their own personal pet projects.
Council has no business wasting time in this frivolous posturing. This pretentious attempt at influencing will be ammunition at election time. They should try being this concerned about real issues facing Tempe, the most expensive city in the valley to live in.
I support President Trump's agenda that is tryin g to keep all of us safe & provide national security.
I am absolutely opposed to Tempe becoming a sanctuary city.
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We want the wall not because we hate the people on the other side, but because we love the people on this side. Ask Israel about the effects of a wall, it works well for them.