Mark's What The (bleep!): February 2014

Fremont Ordinance No. 5165 - Vote NO!

9 February 2014

On Tuesday, February 11th, a special election that should not have been called will happen.

This Special Election is to put Fremont, Nebraska’s Ordinance No. 5165, which among other things prohibits renting of properties to those not legally in The United States.

In June 2010, a Special Election was held where 57% of Fremont’s Voters voted for this ordinance after Fremont’s City Council voted down a similar ordinance in 2008.

This ordinance has stood up to every court challenge to date, even in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Fremont’s leadership, including it’s Mayor, who runs a heating and cooling business, and six council members, three of which own and rent properties in the city, and therefore have a clear conflict of interest, opted against the vote of the people to call this coming week’s Special Election. In addition to the cost of this special election, which comes from the taxpayers of Fremont. Plus this council wasted $16,000 in taxpayer’s monies on a study to learn the impacts of Ordinance No. 5165.

Big money is flowing into this Special Election from groups clearly in the left wing. These groups include The Nebraska League of Municipalities, The Nebraska Appleseed Center, and The Nebraska ACLU.

Then there is the big money donations from SAV-RX, a prescription drug firm that has set up shop in almost every “sanctuary city” in Nebraska, and Fremont Beef, which was subject to an ICE Enforcement action in 2010, that netted individuals using stolen identities.

As of the last update Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission of the over $70,000 in donations received by the “repealers”, the two locally based organizations receiving the funds have spent only $12,000. So, where is the rest of this money being spent???

Unfortunately, those for retaining the Ordinance have only received one-tenth of that amount, $7,000 in donations. They have been turned away from advertising on the local radio station KHUB, by what seems to be a sliding advertising scale, where the repealers get preferred rates, and those who are for retaining the Ordinance are told it will cost them at least two times those preferred rates.

Then, there is the leadership of Fremont, which at many levels is corrupt beyond belief.

Fremont’s Mayor calls his Fremont employees into a meeting where he offers them lunch for voting “Yes” to repeal the Ordinance. This is nothing short of rigging the vote.

Three of Fremont’s City Council Members are owners or have interests in properties that are rented in Fremont. They should have excluded themselves from voting for the Special Election. Conflict of Interest.

Fremont’s Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Ron Tillery, was quoted in an Sunday, February 9th, World Herald article stating that “The Chamber’s position should not be interpreted to mean approval of illegal hiring or harboring of undocumented people”.

So why then is The Fremont Chamber of Commerce running a back room operation with three staffers assigned to calling voters and urging them to vote for repeal of the Ordinance. In attempting to pin this down, we were told the three were working on a “special project”.

The leader of the “repealers” is a substitute staffer in the Fremont Public Schools, is not there a rule that prohibits that type of political activity?

The Fremont Tribune, which is as far from reporting this upcoming Special Election in a fair, balanced manor, is clearly reporting on a far left wing liberal manor.

This publication has violated its own rules limiting editorial submissions on the same subject from the public to once every thirty days. They have published multiple editorials for repeal of the ordinance from the same person.

In addition, The Fremont Tribune has routinely been scouring the comments on Ordinance articles and deleting those comments from individuals for retaining the Ordinance.

As a footnote, just two weeks ago, to view any article on The Fremont Tribune’s (or as we call it here The Fremont Libune) site, you have to answer a “survey”, a clear indication the publication is having financial issues. The Lincoln Yournal (Journal) Star does the same thing, and that publication went bankrupt because no one was buying what they were printing not too long ago.

Here’s a hint Fremont Tribune online viewers, annoying pop-up ads will be coming soon.

Now let us take a look at what these people are trying to support by getting the Ordinance repealed:

An influx of undocumented workers, who can be exploited, paid very little per hour, taken to the cleaners by slumlords for substandard housing. Companies and Landlords have been lining their pockets with this money. These undocumented workers have no recourse if they are hurt on the job, not paid correctly, or get bitten by mice or rats in the homes they rent. If they were to take the employer or landlord to court, all know they would be jailed and deported.

Why should Fremont be for Ordinance No. 5165?

It takes back our community from those leaches who want a cheap labor force they can take advantage of.

It takes back our community from those leaches who want to rent substandard or barely standard housing.

It takes back our community from identity thieves, some of whom were exposed in the 2010 raid on Fremont Beef.

It takes back our community from those who are not registering or insuring automobiles in Dodge County. Remember the tragic accident on the Expressway at Waterloo, Nebraska a little over a year ago where it took the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office nearly a week to identify the four Guatemalan’s (who were not here legally), who had stolen identities?

It does not make Fremont another Sanctuary city. If you want to see what Fremont could become without this ordinance take a short drive to Columbus, Dakota City, Madison, Schuyler, or South Sioux City. Cities that have chosen not to fight the influx of illegals and the issues they bring.

It takes back our community for those not paying for services. If you pay utilities in Fremont, part of that cost is for unrecoverable accounts. As a note, we made an inquiry to the Fremont Department of Utilities for overall information on how much in unrecoverable accounts they currently have. We were given a diplomatic, “we cannot disclose that information until after the February 11th election” in response.

Last but not least, as a community, we are showing those elected officials, we will not stand for their corrupt leadership. Would you trust your keys to one of those heating and air conditioning company technicians? I would not, especially the ones that sell their integrity for a free lunch from their boss.

Post the June 2010 Special Election, Fremont has become the spotlight of the country’s fight for illegal immigration. Fremont is by far a better place post Special Election than it was before.

Do you want Fremont to be seen as just another Washington, ran by corrupt politicians that only care about lining their pockets with cash, while taking advantage of those in our country illegally?

Or would you rather see Fremont as a community that stood on the front lines and fought illegal immigration and won?

Lastly, some say the Ordinance has brought about finger pointing at immigrants, whether legal or not. This happens in every community in The United States. Repeal of the Ordinance will not stop that, it could do the opposite.

On Tuesday, Fremont voters should come out and bury this issue, with more than 57% of the voters against repeal of Ordinance No. 5165.

After that, Fremont voters should begin the process of taking back City Hall, which is full of corrupt-ocrats.

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Monday, February 10, 2014

Fremont Ordinance No. 5165 - Vote NO!