-Caveat Lector- Deal struck to end fight over Calif's Prop 187 barring immigrant aid 12.22 p.m. ET (1623 GMT) July 29, 1999 LOS ANGELES (AP) � Gov. Gray Davis has struck a deal with civil rights organizations, nullifying the major provisions of a controversial ballot measure that sought to limit services to illegal immigrants. Davis agreed not to appeal a federal court ruling that held much of the voter-approved initiative Proposition 187 to be unconstitutional, Davis' spokesman Michael Bustamante said today. The deal was expected to be approved today by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. Proposition 187 was endorsed by 60 percent of California voters in 1994, but most of its provisions have gone unenforced due to court challenges. Davis opposed the measure but had to decide whether to defend it in court after becoming governor. He said previously he had no intention of enforcing that part of the proposition denying education to undocumented schoolchildren. The governor has agreed that most other provisions of the measure should be enforced largely through federal law. Many of the initiative's restrictions on benefits for non-emergency health care, welfare and higher education were part of a federal law enacted in 1996. The agreement follows three months of meetings between Davis and anti-Proposition 187 forces after his decision in April to submit the contentious issue for court-sponsored mediation, which prompted a barrage of criticism. Lawyers for the sponsors of the initiative complained previously about not being represented at the mediation table. "What this does is leave Proposition 187 basically undefended in the mediation hearing, because the governor has made it clear he opposes the philosophy behind Proposition 187,'' said attorney Sharon Browne of the Pacific Legal Foundation. "I just don't see how it can be a fair mediation,'' she said after Davis announced his decision to seek mediation. "This has a serious impact on all the initiative measures which are passed by the people.'' http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/news/national/0729/d_ap_0729_11 2.sml It's obvious to me that the State of California is now being governed by a socialist dictatorship of the proletariat. Folks, Is your State next?? VOTE2000 Bard Visit me at: The Center for Exposing Corruption in the Federal Government http://www.xld.com/public/center/center.htm Federal Government defined: ....a benefit/subsidy protection racket! DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
