Bloggers call for the House to censure Leo Berman

[johncoby2]

February 23, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACTS:
STATEWIDE: Vince, Leibowitz, [phone], [e-mail]
HOUSTON: Charles Kuffner, [e-mail]
AMARILLO: Ted McLaughlin, [e-mail]

NETROOTS ACTIVISTS LAUNCH WEBSITE CALLING FOR CENSURE OF REP. LEO BERMAN

Netroots activists from across Texas have joined forces to launch CensureLeo.com, urging the Texas House of Representatives to censure State Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) for his conduct following an immigration summit last week.

CensureLeo.com urges Texans to contact their state representative, House Speaker Joe Straus, and House GOP Caucus Chair Larry Taylor, urging them to support a resolution of censure condemning Berman’s actions.

On Thursday, February 18, 2009, following a panel discussion sponsored by Texas Employers for Immigration Reform, Rep. Berman was engaged in a heated verbal exchange with Harry Joe, immigration lawyer of Chinese American descent from Dallas.

Berman, who was invited to participate in a panel discussion to speak about a bill he authored requiring illegal immigrants to relocate to “sanctuary cities,” was approached by Mr. Joe after the session.

Following their exchange, Berman told Harry Joe to “go home” (as in “back to China”) and “kiss my ass.” Mr. Joe issued an apology for his part in the incident; to date Rep. Berman has remained silent and issued no apology.

The story made headlines across Texas, and Associated Press coverage of the incident was published on newspaper websites across the nation.

“Representative Berman’s conduct was inappropriate. We expect more from our elected officials, and his peers in the Texas House should do the right thing and pass a resolution of censure condemning his conduct,” said Vince Leibowitz, publisher of CapitolAnnex.com and a netroots activist who helped create the website.

A list of Texas blogs that have joined the movement to censure Rep. Berman is included.

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Blogs Sponsoring CensureLeo.com:

NAME OF BLOG URL OF BLOG CITY OF ORIGIN
Bay Area Houston bayareahouston.blogspot.com Houston
BlueDaze txsharon.blogspot.com Wise County
Brains & Eggs brainsandeggs.blogspot.com Houston
Capitol Annex capitolannex.com Mineola
Dos Centavos doscentavos.net Houston/Kingwood
An Examination of Free Will inadequate.net Austin
Doing My Part For The Left doingmypartfortheleft.com Austin
Job’s Anger jobsanger.blogspot.com Amarillo
Marc’s Miscellany marcsmiscellany.blogspot.com Fort Worth
McBlogger mcblogger.com Austin
Musings muse-musings.blogspot.com Sugar Land
North Texas Liberal northtexasliberal.org Denton
Texas Kaos texaskaos.com Austin
Texas Liberal texasliberal.wordpress.com Houston
Whos Playin whosplayin.com Lewisville
¡Para Justica y Libertad! xicnopwr.com Houston

[sonias]

1. I agree with the sentiment

Leo Berman lives in a mind of his own.

And you know what Leo would say to anyone who calls him on his racist attitude - "You can kiss my ass".

I wish someone would challenge him on his home turf -even someone from the R side.


Sonia