A very informative piece about how SB1070 has affected Arizona. And the governor was just elected to give her more power! - - Donna Poisl
by Ruben Navarrette Jr.
San Diego -- Racism is bad for business.
That's the message Arizona should have gotten 20 years ago when civil rights groups organized a boycott to punish the state for its stubborn refusal to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with a state holiday. The NFL pulled the Super Bowl from the Phoenix area, costing the state an estimated $100 million. By the time Arizona voters finally capitulated and approved a ballot initiative creating a holiday in 1992, convention business in the Phoenix area alone had suffered a nearly $200 million setback.
Now Arizona seems intent on committing financial suicide once again - this time over the issue of illegal immigration.
Click on the headline above to read the rest of this story! This is only a small part of it.
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