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I'm glad we got a little diversity in the group here, thank you sir.

Basically I disagree with this whole province of what we are doing here.
We're not Arizona, we don't live in Arizona we don't have the same experience or problems. We live in a nice little, safe community.

There's no shadows here, I don't see a lot of shadows here.

Anyway, I hear a lot of talk about broken border systems.
I haven't heard anyone say what that means or what they propose to do, everyone just says they are broken.
I'm thinking what they mean and what they're not saying is amnesty and open borders and I think a lot of that will come out of this idea that we can just let things go and let things happen and pretend like there's not anything happening. No country in the world has open borders where you can just wander in or out with or without your ID. If you go to Europe you're gonna have to have your ID with you, you can't even get a hotel room without
your ID. So I guess the last thing is something about it is a law, there's legal and illegal so I guess you know if we're going to have open borders we can all pick and choose whatever we want to do, whenever we want to select of whatever laws I might not feel like I want to pay my taxes and other people might have a problem with that they might want to put me in jail.

It's just the whole thing is unfortunate, it's a problem. The federal government isn't doing something Arizona is doing what they have to do.

--turns to leave, notices posters---
And the other thing is, I resent these posters. Nobody told me I could bring posters here maybe I should write one up....
Coucilmember Fey: excuse me sir

Dude: Yes?

Fey: would you address your comments to us?

Dude: I will, but they're addressing something to me while I'm talking now to you. Is that fair?

Fey: I'm gonna ask that people bring their signs down please.

Dude: That doesn't seem fair in a room like this where you want a *civil* discourse.

Fey: I think I've taken care of the matter for you.

Good evening, my name is Candy Marquez. Last Friday, something happened to me.

I was on my way to work, walking to work. A person approached me, this was a Caucasian person, began to say insults to me. Just because I am Mexican.

I asked her: what was her problem? Because she threatened to kill me. And she said "My problem is Mexicans."

I called the police, because I was very scared. I had my four year old daughter with me, and what the police said to me was, "Well, this is normal for what is going on in Arizona right now." - and that is not normal. Not here, not in Arizona, and not anywhere else. And I'm asking all of you for your help, to boycott Arizona because it is not fair that what is happening in Arizona is coming here, and causing problems for all of us.

Just because I appear to people as Mexican, it is not fair that people would be discriminating against me. (And I am very nervous, sorry.) Thank you.

My name is Jerry Holman, and usually I don't come to these things because I have great faith in this council. And unfortunately, yesterday I was in Santa Fe (the reason I was in Santa Fe was because I am a major in the United States Army Reserve) and I was the battalian commander for my battalian, while we were preparing for redeployment to Afghanistan.

So, I had been out of communication with the rest of the world for about 10 days. And I was in the Santa Fe airport when my faith was suddenly shaken, because I was watching the news in the airport and it was talking about this issue that I had no idea was going on.

And I saw them talking about San Francisco, and Los Angeles, and Seattle, and then my great beloved city came up and I could not believe what I heard.

I know some of you, and so of course I spoke to some of you. And I could not believe that originally there was putting something forward that protected our Fourth Amendment rights.

And I thought - and I actually waivered a little on this today, I debated coming in here - I remembered an oath that I took when I got promoted to the rank of major - and I said - someone had me swear like you swore when you took your oath of office - I, who have been appointed a major in the United States Army - do solemnly swear to support the Constitution of the United States, and defend it against *all* enemies foreign *and domestic.*

Anyone who tramples upon our Constitution and our amendments is an enemy of our country. And I also heard some other people come up here and speak before I spoke, and we saw the true face of hatred and racism today.

I was appalled by the remark that the man made about shadows, "I don't see shadows in the room." It was disgusting. And then that same person had the audacity to ask people to take down their signs, excersizing not only their other rights but their First Amendment rights. So, not only did he want their Fourth Amendment rights trampled, but he wants their First Amendment rights trampled, too!

And we did it!

I'm really upset about this. I've been in combat, ok? I'm a bronze star recipient. And I'm shaking right now.

I have been blown up by IEDs. I have lost brothers and sisters in combat, but I'm standing here, because this is important.

This is more important than potholes. This is more important than transportation. This is more important than safe streets. Because *it's about safe streets.* Alright, it brings everything together. And without it, like Anita Latch said, like other people said, we have nothing.

So I'll ask you to please reconsider, and look in your hearts. This is not about your political careers, or your tenure on this council, or the future of your political - whatever you may aspire to become. Think about today, and what the decisions you make today are going to bring to our state, our city, our country - and I know it sounds crazy but yes it will effect the world.

Please think about it. Thank you.