I’m all for Bellingham being a ‘Sanctuary City’… that is, if it’s a sanctuary that offers me protection from parking tickets. I got one yesterday, after I parked for 2 minutes to jump out and snap a photo. When I returned, there were not one, but TWO ‘meter maid’ little 3-wheel scooter-cars zooming away from the area. LAME.

But, in all seriousness, am I missing something on this sanctuary city issue? Since when do certain cities choose to disregard certain laws — federal-level laws — as they see fit? What if Bellingham became a ’sanctuary city’ for pot smokers? Shouldn’t it be illegal for a city to say it won’t enforce the laws of the land?

Furthermore, the Bellingham City Council would never, NEVER hold a “Public Discussion” on a conservative-generated issue. With even more certainty, I can say the current city council would never, NEVER EVER approve a resolution that supported a conservative viewpoint (let’s say, for instance, one that encouraged business in the community).

Read what the local Republicans have to say here: http://www.whatcomgop.com/

Now, so you can be informed, go read what the other side is saying: http://www.sanctuary-city.org/

I trust you’ll see, upon visiting their site, how little sense this whole idea makes.

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 4th, 2009 at 9:26 pm and is filed under Local Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.