Tea and Vitriol

There is an old saying, "Be careful what you wish for. You might get it." In spades. A few years ago, several Democratic mayors of large cities, mostly in the northern part of the United States, declared their cities to be "Sanctuary Cities." Notably, these mayors included the cities of New York City, Chicago and even the dying city of Rochester, New York. Unconcerned about their collapsing economies, their huge increases of crime, violence and homicide and their piss-poor public-school systems, these mayors declared that their cities would offer sanctuary to illegal aliens. These mayors declared that they would not permit their law enforcement agencies to assist the federal immigration services to identify, locate, arrest and deport illegal aliens. Their reasons were very simple, and none of them were really concerned about humanitarianism. First, it reaffirmed their pretenses of being progressive Democratic liberals. Second, it cost them virtually nothing, because

The latest nonsense being cooked up by progressives is the "Clean Slate Bill." It would seal and expunge the criminal records of over 2 million convicted criminals in New York State. That's right, over 2 million! The idea is to give convicted criminals who've served their time a second chance, so that they could apply for jobs and housing more easily. They would also need to have kept out of trouble for five years after their release. Mayor Warren's husband, Tim Granison, kept out of visible trouble for over twenty years, prior to his recent arrest for drug trafficking and illegal weapons possession. It also allows them to lie if they have been questioned about any previous criminal offenses. They can say "no," because their records have been sealed. They can then proceed to lie about other things, commit new crimes and offenses and, when caught, plead that it is their first time. Are we getting the point here? Nor do the advocates of this bill seem to d