On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Rick Schummer < [email protected]> wrote:
> >> I hope the boycott of Arizona doesn't hurt the conference; I already > heard of one that has been canceled, and another that was moved because of > the backlash against the Arizona state government.<< > > Naturally I am hopeful it won't affect Southwest Fox too. > > Which conference was canceled? > > I know of an Immigration Lawyers Association fall conference that was > canceled as it is related to the industry in question. I guess there are 5 > others not mentioned by name, and I don't see if the reason was the boycott > or other business reasons. > > Canceling a conference costs real money so these decisions cannot be done > in > haste, especially when this controversy is barely wet behind the ears, and > the legal challenges have not been raised. Polls show that people actually > favor the law. > > I am hopeful that intelligent people should understand boycotting the state > does not affect the politicos who make the rules, and it really only hurts > the people they are trying to allegedly help. So easily disprovable just in the state of Arizona... (and BTW, you shouldn't move the conference but if the law stays on the books you should seriously reconsider moving for 2011...) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr._Day "Sen. John McCain (Republican of Arizona) voted against the creation of the holiday to honor King, and later defended Arizona Republican Governor Evan Mecham's rescission of the state holiday in honor of King created by his Democratic predecessor. After his opposition grew increasingly untenable, McCain reversed his position, and encouraged his home state of Arizona to recognize the holiday despite opposition from Mecham. In 1990, Arizonans were given the opportunity to vote to observe an MLK holiday. McCain successfully appealed to former President Ronald Reagan to support the holiday.[10] Prior to that date, New Hampshire and Arizona had not observed the day. Throughout the 1990s, this was heavily criticized. Following the failure of the 1990 proposition to recognize the holiday in Arizona, the National Football League moved Super Bowl XXVII from Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California." Arizona supported the MLK holiday soon thereafter. Bill Anderson --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
