[Magdalen] What Were They Thinking?

[Cantor03 at aol.com]

In 2007, alarmed that there were so many Hispanic immigrants piling
into the next city over the mountain, Hazleton, PA (pop. 2010: 25,000
and 40% Hispanic), the then mayor decided that the City should  attempt
to block this flood of new residents, and launched a court battle.
 
What were they thinking?  You can't legislate where USA citizens of 
whatever stripe live.  After much courtroom action, and national
publicity which was not of the good type, a federal judge through the
case out as unconstitutional, of course.
 
The reward for the then mayor who had received much publicity in
local and national news?  He successfully ran for Congress on  the
Republican ticket, and is into his third term as the Hon. Lou  Barletta.
 
Meanwhile, the City of Hazleton, that has been running in the red 
anyway for the last few years (2014:  -1.8 million dollars) is  naturally
not able to pay the legal fees which drag on, and now are 2.3 million
dollars.
 
The proposal in this morning's paper?  Bankruptcy.
 
What a surprise!
 
 
David S.