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"February 8, 2013Out of 14 years and 690 KSBW Editorials, last week\u2019s on immigration reform created one of our larger levels of viewer responses.Here\u2019s a portion of what we said:\u201CPresident Obama\u2019s latest pitch this week is not largely different than the framework advanced by President Bush six years ago. There has to be some way to clear up our current mess and move forward in a precise way, with specific steps for qualification, consequences, and much stricter border security.\u201DWhile we received both negative and positive comments, the ones critical of our KSBW Editorial Board\u2019s position far outweighed the messages from viewers who agreed. So, we\u2019ll focus on those who disagreed; here\u2019s a sample:\u201CMr. Heston, I\u2019ll tell you what, you\u2019ve got some kind of cajones! Why don\u2019t you go over on Sun Street and see what some of the field workers are driving. Ok. Lexuses, right, Mercedes Benz, 52\u2019 TV\u2019s and all that.\u201DAnonymous, Central Coast\u201CThat they\u2019re taking jobs that we don\u2019t want. That\u2019s not true and it never has been true and it\u2019s really outdated.Anonymous, Central Coast\u201CThey are here sucking up everything. I mean an individual cannot get a job unless they are bilingual; and number two, it should be mandatory that they are fluent in English because you can go into any store, they haven\u2019t got a clue what you are talking about. \u201CAnonymous, Central Coast\u201CImmigration reform. I think it\u2019s a joke. I can\u2019t work because I don\u2019t know Spanish and everywhere that I try to apply for in construction, they say I need to be bi-lingual, that I need to know Spanish. Why do I need to learn Spanish? Immigrants are coming to the US. They need to learn English. I don\u2019t need to learn their language. They need to learn our language. \u201CAnonymous, Central Coast\u201CThis is the first editorial that I strongly disagree on. It\u2019s baloney that they are not soaking up benefits. What about medical and everything else? No, you Mexicans need to go back to Mexico.\u201DMartin, Monterey\u201CLaws need to be enforced. Employers such as Tanimura &amp; Antle, Taylor Farms, etc., etc. need to fined and to be penalized and perhaps some of them need to be put into jail. So let\u2019s talk about the corruption on both sides of the border. Maybe Mr. Heston is on the take from some of these big ag corporations.\u201DAnonymous, Central CoastOuch! We really got it from both barrels this week! But just for the record, neither I nor the other two members of our Editorial Board are \u201Con \u201Cthe take\u201D from any business or industry group. Last week\u2019s editorial is posted on our website, KSBW.com; if you missed it, we\u2019d invite you to take a look. We\u2019ll be back next week.\u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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