It is downright comical to watch the Santa Clarita City Council react to the political winds instead of being proactive. It was just weeks ago that the City Council members were distancing themselves away from Councilman Bob Kellar of the whole illegal immigration issue. The other Council members danced around the immigration issues claiming their hands were tied or that it was someone else responsibility.

But now the City Council has on their agenda tonight the following little gem:

FEDERAL LEGISLATION: IMMIGRATION – A collection of six bills and one resolution that have been introduced in the United States House of Representatives addressing various issues associated with illegal immigration such as border security, birthright citizenship, employee verification, municipal authority, in-state tuition, and voter-fraud.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Support H.R. 994, H.R. 997, H.R. 1868, H.R. 2083, H.R. 3571, H.R. 4548, and H.Res 1026 and direct staff to transmit statements of position to Representative Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, the primary sponsors of each measure, and other Members of Congress as appropriate.

Because illegal immigration has become a hot topic the Santa Clarita City Council which has sidestepped the issue for the past 12 years or so will now discuss the topic. No doubt they will all dutifully follow staff recommendations and vote in favor of supporting all these measures that are being sponsored by Congressman McKeon.

It’s the bottom of the 9^th and the bases are loaded; the incumbents are scrambling to do anything possible to curry favor with the voters. Unfortunately it is too little to late as the support for at least Frank Ferry and Marsha McLean continues to drop.

More on this later!

Dave Bossert- Commentary

Dave Bossert is a community volunteer who serves on a number of boards and councils. His commentaries represent his own opinions and not necessarily the views of any organization he may be affiliated with or those of the West Ranch Beacon.