Did LULAC really contradict itself on smoking?
July 6th, 2010
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Yesterday, at a rally at City Hall, LULAC president Rosa Rosales voiced her opposition to the proposed smoking ban by City Council. According to an article in the San Antonio Express-News Rosales said the proposal is racist and socioeconomically based. With all due respect to Mrs. Rosales that has to be the most outlandish claim I have ever heard on the proposal. What makes it even worse for LULAC is that it give credence to claims that LULAC is more focused on promoting racial division than promoting civil rights and justice by bringing race into a health and welfare argument. While Rosales made claims that such a ban would impact jobs and small businesses, that claim has been found to be shallow and unsubstantiated.
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