February 20, 2017
Executive Director Zak
I am sending this information
to alert you as Homer Chamber of Commerce Director to an attempt make Homer a
sanctuary city which will destroy the City of Homer economically and morally.
The membership needs to be aware of the efforts by ill-advised and irresponsible
council members putting their special own agendas and motives ahead of the well-being
and true purpose of council to manage the services of Homer.
I believe they should be
held responsible for the wasted time and city staff and others labor hours
which do not serve the best interests of Homer’s future. In addition I believe
these members should be censured and make to reimburse the City of Homer as our
budget is suffering.
I have included my
response at the beginning of the letter and the article including the resolution
below it. It’s an attempt by Obama’s new organization to duplicate the Tea
Party Movement with goals including wasting time and resources on frivolous activities
to bog down local governments to reduce their efficiency and cripple services fermenting
anarchy.
The end result will be a
location no one will visit for tourism or invest resources for economic
development or business. The federal government and State of Alaska will
withdraw funding in the future for infrastructure and programs transforming
Homer into an Abyss by the Sea where the road ends and the sea washes it
memories away!
Respectfully,
Patrick Brown – Homer Alaska
Homer
Sanctuary City
The important item to
consider is the City of Homer. It has a budget deficit as well as the State of
Alaska and challenged to provide resources to operate the expanding services
required at the “End of the Road Where the Sea Begins!” Certain council members
have a personal agenda, secret motives and underhanded reasons to negate the
rule of law including bash our duly elected President Trump according to the US
Constitution where we are a Republic under God and not mob rule democracy. Certain
council members abuse their power attempting to serve the people of Homer. They
neglect the critical issues such as the homeless teens and adults, health care
challenges and of course economic development and prosperity for our
geographically challenged region. Instead their frivolous activities cost all
Homer residents when city staff is required to put labor hours into dealing
with these unwarranted issues. They should be held accountable and made to
reimburse the city for costs associated with non-city business. With respect to
Sanctuary Cities – they are illegal since it is against the law. We do not want
illegal aliens here and the cost of supporting them with full services which we
do not provide to our vets or disabled community members. I do not want my
family in danger of rape and murder as in France, Germany, Sweden, Spain and
other nations including “no-go” zones in America too. The Florida airport
shooter was from Anchorage and his terrorist training begun in Alaska and
exported to acts of violence in the Lower 48. Yes I am a Christian and I do
follow the law and Sharia Law is not compatible to the Constitution of the
United States of America. I respect life and women and will not tolerate this
excuse for anarchy into our area. I noticed too the recent parade to fight the
supposed “War on Women” was merely a ruse for Trump bashing. While the LGBT
community states they are treated unfairly in America – where Sharia Law rules
they throw them off roof tops and this wave of military age males flooding the
West maims, wounds, destroys and kills Christians at the rate of one Christian
is killed every 30 minutes by Islam. So do your job Homer City Council and know
we have your back but you must accept responsibility for governing our peaceful
location. Respectfully, Pat
Homer city council goes into full ‘resist Trump’ mode
with resolution
Some
Homer residents want to make Homer, Alaska the most intolerant city in the 49th
state. A city intolerant of any opposing ideas about what makes a country
great. Intolerant of the legally elected president. Intolerant of enforcing the
laws on immigration unless the federal government can document it has the
authority to do so.
They
want Homer to be an official “resistance” city, and they’ve got a resolution to
prove it.
Read
on, it gets better.
On
Feb. 27, the City Council of Homer will entertain a resolution that smacks President
Donald Trump upside his head for, among other things, being elected without “a
popular mandate.” Someone will need to inform the president of this development
because he thinks he won 306 electoral votes to 232 for Clinton.
If
the resolution passes, Homer will join Dearborn, Michigan’s city council, which
this month passed its own resolution rebuking Trump’s travel “pause button” for
immigrants from seven countries that have a high degree of terrorism associated
with them.
Mild-mannered
Bothell, Washington passed a tame, somewhat simpering inclusivity resolution,
which was also aimed at admonishing Trump and his base of voters. Other city
councils have entertained becoming “sanctuary cities,” but Homer’s resolution would
create a sanctuary city without saying so directly.
Sanctuary
cities are places where local police won’t detain illegal noncitizens on the
federal government’s behalf.
Homer’s
resolution says it more coyly: “That the City of Homer will resist any and all
efforts to profile undocumented immigrants or any other vulnerable population…
the City of Homer will cooperate with federal agencies in detaining
undocumented immigrants when court-issued federal
warrants are delivered.” (italics ours). That is a sanctuary city by
definition.
We’ll
summarize the rest of the resolution for you: Homer, Alaska thinks the
president is an awful, dreadful little man who is inciting hatred from sea to
shining sea, is undoing the Paris Climate Treaty, Obamacare, gender-confused
bathroom policies, and myriad other Obama stuff. The Homer City Council will,
through this resolution, be joining the nascent “resistance movement,” and will
not tolerate either the president or the point of view he represents, which, by
the way is nearly 50 percent of the voters in America and a good deal more than
that in Homer.
Here’s
how Homer voted in November: Homer 1, (District 31-350) voted 433 for Trump to
329 for Clinton. Homer 2, (District 31-360) voted 346 for Trump to 284 for
Clinton. We call that a local mandate, but the Homer City Council may be
unwilling to tolerate it. We shall see how the council members vote on
Feb. 27.
Readers
with anything to say about Homer’s proposed resolution, pasted below, may
contact clerk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or Mayor Brian Zak at mayor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
with their civil opinions.
The
resolution in full:
CITY
OF HOMER, ALASKA
RESOLUTION
17-xxx
A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, STATING THAT THE CITY OF HOMER
ADHERES TO THE PRINCIPLE OF INCLUSION AND HEREIN COMMITTING THIS CITY TO
RESISTING EFFORTS TO DIVIDE THIS COMMUNITY WITH REGARD TO RACE, RELIGION,
ETHNICITY, GENDER, NATIONAL ORIGIN, PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES, OR SEXUAL
ORIENTATION REGARDLESS OF THE ORIGIN OF THOSE EFFORTS, INCLUDING FROM LOCAL,
STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCIES.
WHEREAS,
A new administration is in power in Washington, D.C. without a popular mandate;
WHEREAS,
During his campaign, President Donald Trump made statements offensive and
harmful to the rights of women; immigrants; religious, racial, and ethnic
minorities; veterans; the disabled; LGBTQ citizens; and the general public; and
that such statements have continued since his election; and
WHEREAS,
The President on numerous occasions has stated clearly his disregard for
freedom of speech; freedom of the press; freedom of assembly; and freedom of
religion, particularly with regard to Muslim Americans; and
WHEREAS,
The President has not disavowed his intention to create a registry of Muslim
Americans and now intends to ban Muslims from entering the United States; and
WHEREAS,
The President now is following through on his promises to deport millions of
undocumented immigrants, including millions brought here as children who have
grown up to know no other life than that of an American; and
WHEREAS,
The President now is following through on plans to build a wall on the border
separating the United States from Mexico without apparent regard to its cost,
its effects upon our nation’s economy, or its sociological ramifications, and
to impose an ideological test for entry into our country; and
WHEREAS,
The President has promised to repeal federal regulations protecting LGBTQ
citizens; and
WHEREAS,
The President already has issued executive orders to effect the repeal of the
Affordable Care Act, which provides tens of millions of Americans with health
care insurance coverage; and
WHEREAS,
The President has issued executive orders to rescind certain women’s
reproductive rights; and
WHEREAS,
The President has promised to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement and to
remove other environmental protections instituted under the previous
administration, and has begun a process to dismantle the Environmental
Protection Agency; and
WHEREAS,
Before and especially since the election, some citizens have been emboldened to
express overtly an intolerance of diversity that is opposed to the views of
most Homer residents and most Americans; and
WHEREAS,
The President’s cabinet nominees have expressed views similar to those laid out
in the whereas clauses above and thus are largely out of step with the
attitudes of most Homer residents; and
WHEREAS,
The presidential election has exposed deep social and political divisions among
Americans and these divisions threaten the general peace as expressions of
intolerance rise; and
WHEREAS,
The City of Homer recognizes that while the minority community here may be
relatively small, it may be vulnerable, and that if those residents feel in any
way threatened simply because they are minorities, the City should be on record
as opposing all such intolerance; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Homer
unequivocally rejects expressions of fear and hate wherever they may exist, and
specifically rejects harassment of women, immigrants, religious minorities,
racial and ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ individuals.
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Homer embraces all people regardless of skin
color, country of birth, faith, sex, gender, marital status, or abilities; and
that the City of Homer will not waver in its commitment to inclusion and to continuing
to create a village safe for a diverse population.
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Homer will resist any and all efforts to
profile undocumented immigrants or any other vulnerable population.
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Homer will cooperate with federal agencies in
detaining undocumented immigrants when court-issued federal warrants are
delivered.
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Homer shall steadfastly defend the United
States and Alaska constitutions, especially with regard to the former’s
precedent-backed right of privacy and the latter’s specified right of privacy
(Article 1, Section 22), and safeguard the rights declared in the Bill of
Rights.
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Homer will continue its staunch support of
our local police in their ongoing efforts to enforce law and protect our
community and its visitors in a just, unbiased and transparent manner.
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Homer will declare itself a safety net for
the most vulnerable members of and visitors to our community.
BE IT
FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Homer calls on all its citizens to stand
against intolerance and resist expressions of hate toward any members of the
community, and thus to set an example for the rest of the nation, demonstrating
that Homer residents and Alaskans adhere to the principle of live-and-let-live.
PASSED
AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 27th day of February, 2017. CITY OF
HOMER
________________________
BRYAN ZAK, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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JO JOHNSON, MMC, CITY CLERK
Fiscal
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