A tale of two cities that got it right.

This is a tale of two cities that got it 100% spot on right in their mayoral elections held this past Saturday. The first one is Irving Texas whose voters decided to reward incumbent Herbert Gears with another term. Gears is widely known in these parts for instituting a policy where illegal immigrants who commit other violations are deported. At one point, the deportations were numbering around 300 per month. Now that's making a difference!! Fortunately Irving voters were smart enough to allow Gears to continue making a positive impact on his community.

Next is Farmers Branch. This is the town where City Councilman Tim O'Hare introduced legislation to prohibit employers in Farmers Branch fro hiring illegal immigrants, landlords from renting to illegals, and that would also have made English the official language of the city. For almost 2 years now the liberal broadcast and print media have been telling us how no one in Farmers Branch wants this to pass, and if someone popped up who did, they were cast as being fringe lunatic, hate-mongers. Saturday, Farmers Branch voters gave the media and all of the immigration law's detractors a big "up yours" by overwhelmingly electing Tim O'Hare as their next mayor. The vote wasn't even close, 64% to 36%. As usual, the media got it wrong.

Never underestimate the voters. The general public, for the most part, is smarter than the media. The rule of law prevailed over law breaking and those who condone and support it. That is as it should be. Character and integrity triumphing over lawlessness. And, I would also like to give an honorable mention to the voters in Carrollton Texas who removed their mayor who was a proven, documented liar. May 10, 2008 was a great day for the electoral process in Texas!! Let's just hope the trend continues and carries over to the national election in November. Our nation's future depends on it!!

Jim Chitty