Thursday, January 4, 2007

Who says "No one is happy"?

So there hasn't been much going on in Danbury news recently to spark major debate but there was an article is yesterday's Danbury News Times that I thought was worth some further discussion. The article,

Boughton on immigration: 'No one is happy'
By Elizabeth Putnam THE NEWS-TIMES


got me thinking about whether the issue of illegal immigration did, and will, play a pivotal role in Mayor Mark Boughton's bids for office. My take is simple, its not really a matter of no one being happy but rather the fact that you can't make everyone happy. Everyone has an opinion on illegal immigration so it was an issue in 2005 and it will be again in 2007. If you support illegal immigration then you are for breaking the laws of our nation and no one can provide a legitimate argument for that. If you support illegal immigration reform then you have to recognize that it is a federal issue that involves boarders, economics, deportation, cultural and language barriers and those can only be fixed at a national level. In the end the most anyone can complain about is that Mayor Boughton didn't do enough, but he addressed the issue, which is a lot more then other politicians in his place would have done, he asked for help, and he continues to stand by his choices and to do what he can at a local level. No one is Happy? I say some of us are happy that our Mayor is doing something.

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