He comments on his past attempt to take dessert away from prisoners and his recent role in demoting Republican representatives who broke with his bowing-to-Tim leadership by voting to override Plenty for a Chamber of Commerce transportation bill.
Rosario notes that Seifert
“is shrewd enough not to violate one of the cardinal rules of bad politics: Never let the facts get in the way of a bill that will pocket easy votes but actually make things worse.”
And he notes that Seifert’s latest attempt to make local police and sheriffs into immigration officers was likely not done with any input from the local police in our largest cities and certainly not with Saint Paul Chief John Harrington, whom he quotes as saying,'
It's a bad idea. We depend on people providing information and victims coming forward in cases that may involve terrorism, prostitution, human trafficking and domestic violence. We are dependent on people to help solve problems.
"We've heard from women who say they will rather take a beating before they call police if they think they or their kids will be deported. That's not what we are about. The community is better served and safer when people have the trust in us to tell us what is going on instead of hiding from us.''
His final suggestion that Chief Harrington might want to have somebody start his car from now on is probably hyperbole, but his article does generally seem to be right on the mark.
Let’s watch out for this guy. If Pawlenty doesn’t go to
Earlier posts: Observations on the Override [2/27/08]; Well, now we know how much time [3/3/08]
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