Support pours in from across the country.Byline: Jack Moran Moran equitable councillor to King Feredach. [Irish Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 728] See : Justice The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - City staff members are keeping a special file of comments sent in by people regarding City Councilor coun·cil·or also coun·cil·lor n. A member of a council, as one convened to advise a governor. See Usage Note at council. coun Dave Ralston's stance on illegal immigration "Illegal alien" and "Illegal aliens" redirect here. For other uses, see Illegal aliens (disambiguation). Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. . The file is about 3 inches thick, and a vast majority of the approximately 200 messages inside are from folks who agree with Ralston's remarks. Writers from Florida and New Jersey have weighed in, plus people from around Oregon. Most don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. Ralston. But they do know that they like him speaking out on the issue. "He spoke his mind and said exactly what he thought," said Jerry Bradbury of Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, , who wrote to say that Ralston should run for governor. "Heck heck interj. Used as a mild oath. n. Slang Used as an intensive: had a heck of a lot of money; was crowded as heck. [Alteration of hell. yes, I'm serious about that," Bradbury said in a telephone interview. "I sure don't think much of the people running right now." Springfield resident Kristie Sampson-Kilcullen sent a letter to City Hall. "I'm really not that political, and I don't know Ralston at all," she said. "But this whole illegal immigration thing has really got my goat. "I feel that a lot of people are trying to be way too P.C. about this, and I was really happy when (Ralston) stood up and voiced my opinion on it," Sampson-Kilcullen said. Another writer, Karen Reeves of Springfield, sent city officials a note after reading about the backlash against Ralston. "It was just like, `Come on, get off this guy's back,' because what he's saying is true," Reeves said. "I don't know the fellow personally, but I agree with him. People need to quit pussy-footing around this issue. All Ralston did was speak from his heart, and what he said was what about 98 percent of us feel.' SEE: Warming to the SPOTLIGHT: A leaked e-mail sparks an outcry / A1 |
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