Monday, April 11, 2011

Our Don is making quite a name for himself

     SOCCCD’s own Don Wagner—er, at least he used to be ours—is making quite a name for himself in Sacramento.
     This morning, our pal Vern at the OJ Blog quotes Sacbee’s Don Morain:
     On Monday, Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, a first-term Republican from San Bernardino County, stood on the north steps of the Capitol with seven other Republican Assembly members. Before being elected, Donnelly had been part of the Minutemen, the group that claims to combat illegal immigration by patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border.
     Donnelly announced that he was pushing Arizona-style legislation to make illegal immigration a crime under California law. As an added attraction, Donnelly brought a special guest, Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, who last year authored the anti-illegal immigration law.
     About 50 people, most of them of retirement age and wearing red Tea Party Patriot T-shirts, hooted their approval when Pearce declared that states must “protect against this invasion.”
     Among the daffy local Repubs standing next to Donnelly? –That’s right. “Our” Don, who,  these days, is a California Assemblyman:
     And Don “Spanky” Wagner, fresh from his successful leadership of the “Taxpayers Caucus” to prevent taxpayers from voting. You may remember that during Spanky’s bruising GOP primary last June, a last-minute nod from corrupt racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio helped put him over the edge against Toll-Road Jerry Amante and the mumbling walking sign Dr. Choi. Spanky’s aversion to the Mexican invasion of our southern borders is so strong he needed to invent a new word for it when I heard him at a Tea Party last year – “encrosion” – signifying both encroachment and erosion I presume.
     My prediction: Don will soon be involved in an actual recreation of the Boston Tea Party--maybe in San Francisco Bay--complete with politically incorrect Injun Joe makeup and feathers. Instead of tea, Don'll be tossing Mexicans into the soup. --Maybe scalp one or two of 'em, too. Then maybe toss one or two community college students after 'em. Then pee into the bay and do a war dance.

SEE ALSO
• Trying to Revive Compton Community College (Inside Higher Ed)
• Losing Ground on Salaries (Inside Higher Ed)
• An Award-Winning Dissertation Draws Lessons From 9 Community-College Students Who Persisted in Their Studies (Chronicle of Higher Education)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Don't give them any ideas Roy.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...