In a display of the arrogance of power for which the left have become so well known, Democrat El Paso Mayor John Cook decided not only to overrule the results of a 2010 ballot decision, he is hoping to jail those who dared circulate a recall petition in response to his contempt for the will of the voters.
In 2009, Mayor Cook and a majority of the El Paso city council decided that health insurance benefits should be provided for unmarried and homosexual “partners” of city employees, at taxpayer expense of course. Church groups and others opposed to the decision gathered the necessary petition signatures to put the issue on the 2010 ballot.
By a 55-45 margin, El Paso voters passed the ballot proposition which stated: “The city of El Paso endorses traditional family values by making health benefits available only to city employees and their legal spouse and dependent children.”
The left have often evinced a glaring lack of concern for the will of American voters, and Mayor Cook carried on this tradition by ignoring the ballot results and choosing to provide the health benefits anyway.
As a result, Tom Brown Ministries, the Word of Life Church, and other groups and individuals circulated recall petitions for Cook and the city council members who chose to impose their own views rather than bow to the legal, expressed wishes of El Paso voters.
And the people’s recall initiative succeeded as, with the required number of signatures and necessary approval of Governor Rick Perry, a new election was scheduled for April of this year.
Naturally, Mayor Cook went to court, filing suit against Brown and those who worked on the recall petitions. After all, should the wishes of simpleton voters actually begin to take precedence over the will of those who know what is best—that is, Democrat politicians– the ramifications for the agenda of the left would be disastrous!
But Judge Javier Alvarez ruled in favor of Brown and the people of El Paso, stating that he did not believe it proper for a judge to overrule the expressed will of the people at the ballot box.
Still claiming the utmost respect for the wishes of El Paso voters, Cook filed restraining orders against Brown. He turned Tom Brown Ministries over to the IRS, claiming that the church had violated the law concerning its status as a non-taxable organization.
And finally, a Texas court of Appeals took up the Mayor’s cause, finding in favor of Cook, throwing out the recall notice, and cancelling the recall election. And the reason given by the court—“laws regulating political-action committees and corporate political activities had been broken.” Apparently, a website, though not owned by Brown Ministries, had somehow improperly assisted in gathering supporters of the recall effort.
So there will be no recall election. Mayor Cook will probably get by with ignoring El Paso voters and the will of the constituents he was elected to serve.
And incredibly, a Texas prosecutor has now decided to pursue church members and others who helped in the recall petition drive. The Alliance Defense Fund, which has filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court on their behalf, states that hundreds of Christians and other El Paso citizens “are facing jail time for exercising their constitutionally protected right to speak out against Mayor John Cook’s policies.”
The left must, after all, make examples of those who would dare take a stand against them. Having served the 2 term limit as El Paso Mayor, Cook will be forced to leave office at the end of the year. It will be interesting to see if he decides to stay on and imprison anyone who doesn’t like it!
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WHY don't they just kick his ass?? He needs a serious 'attitude adjustment!!'
I thought Texans knew how to 'take care of business??'
Are you removing obozo from the state's November election ballot??
Are you getting rid of the illegal invaders??
Don't let libturds win elections!!
this el paso. , more liberials and immigrant voters than any where else in the state. should be ceeded back to mexico.
Virgo your right on with your assessement but that's the way of a liberal socialist democrat.They can't take defeat without whinning.Texans claim to be so hhard on justice but they're just pussycats.
LiberalDemocrats have got to be stopped. These idiots think they have no boundaries…
This atrocity must never stand. In America, no man is above our Constitution and that must be made loud and clear in Texas. If this were allowed to happen at this low level of government, this would be a sounding board to obama and then they would feel they finally have control of We The American People. If we sit back and do nothing even though we may not be from Texas, the flame of liberty will finnally be darkened. Call Governor Perry's office Phone 512-463-2000 or 512-463-1782 and tell them to do something or the groundswell will sweep everyone out of office in November, or their particular election cycle.
Throw this liberal lefty in the gutter. He represents "We the People" or OUT he goes!!!!!!!
Maybe the people of American should boycott El Paso until the idiots are removed from America forever.
Why does'nt all of the branches of or military come together and remove this very real threat to OUR LIBERTY, from the American peoples house. This traitor and thief or commander and thief, who says he is President, DOES'NT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARMED SERVICES!
I believe that it would be the only way because they DO NOT LISTEN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE and our justice system has been overtaken by criminals.
I won't do it but I do feel it's time to start sniping liberals. They are not worth the consequence……..
Mike, one day, in the not to far future, it is going to come to “sniping” liberals. Democrats, dimocraps, diwits, demoncraps, or by whatever name you call them, one day, the Sh&$it is going to “hit the fan”, and there is going to be a second Civil War, or the Second American Revolution, and neither of those were bloodless, nor will they be the second time around. Too many people, especially Texans, own guns, and if pushed much farther, the American people are going to turn very nasty indeed. White people have been pushed and prodded beyond tolerance, and black people are now being even more pushed by the mexican ILLEGALS, and at some point, both black and white people, black and white AMERICANS are going to become angry enough to “take up arms” and fight for what both race’s ancestors fought and died for so long ago, whether the Civil War, or the American Revolution, both races have a vested interest in what our nation is coming to, and both races WILL become sick and tired beyond sick and tired of it all, and will at some point, do what must be done. There is no way that this fight can or will, be a peaceful uprising. Too many are too angry by now, and in this country, unlike Egypt or other nations, we still own weapons, guns and more, and they will be used in the fight to come. Those who do not own weapons will soon get them, and they will do so legally, or illegally, but they will aquire these weapons in one way or another, for self defense and for the defense of their, OUR nation, and for OUR RIGHTS AS THE TRUE LEGAL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! And on that day, anyone who is not a legal citizen might want to make a run for the borders, and leave as soon as possible, for then, it will be us against them, and I would rather be on the side of US! And “US” will by then, be a very angry bunch of “US”! As it stands now, the American people are as angry as possible, but it grows worse as the days pass, and laws such as the one described here, in this article, only make Americans angrier. Especially the Patriots who honestly love our nation, and are willing to do whatever it may take, and whatever it WILL take when the time comes. Freedom is not free, and we all know that, and we all stand ready to do what we must in order to PAY for this precious FREEDOM! To the judge and all in El Paso, be afraid, be very afraid, be afraid of the day when your own “chickens come home to roost”, for all CHICKENS DO EVENTUALLY COME HOME TO ROOST AT THE END OF THE DAY! I do not own a weapon at this point, but by the Grace of God, one day I will, one way or another. The effort to take the weapons from legal citizens is an effort in futility, for Americans will not willingly or easily give them up, and there are many ways in which to aquire one or two if desired. So, I will aquire what I need at some point, to protect and defend what belongs to me, belongs to me, by hard and honest work, for which I sweat much, and earned it all. And I will not allow it to be stolen from me by some illegal peice of trash that slithered and slimed it’s way across the Rio Grande. Mexicans lost the fight to keep Texas long ago, and the illegal filth will lost this fight again, Texans may have lost the “battle” in El Paso this time, but they WILL NOT LOSE THE BATTLE FOR TEXAS WHEN IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO IT! This is my story, and I am sticking to it. A Texan by choice!!!
Typical communist move.
This person is evil incarnate.