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After condemning Arizona immigration law, Pasadena city officials ready to move on

 By Dan Abendschein, Staff Writer Posted: 05/23/2010 04:41:42 PM PDT

 PASADENA – One week after the Pasadena City Council passed a resolution condemning Arizona’s controversial immigration law, city officials appear ready to move on from the issue. Unlike Los Angeles, which is now ironing out the details of its boycott of Arizona businesses, Pasadena’s action was ceremonial and does not require further action. Councilman Victor Gordo, who pushed for the resolution, said as far as he is concerned Pasadena has done all it needs to do. “The resolution makes clear what we intended to make clear,” Gordo said. “I’m not sure a boycott or anything else would add much to what we’ve already said and done.” The city’s resolution condemns the Arizona legislature for passing a law that instructs law enforcement officers to ask for proof of U.S. citizenship when there is a reasonable suspicion that a suspect is in the country illegally.

Opponents of the law have charged that it will lead to racial profiling and discrimination against Latinos. Randy Jurado Ertll, the executive director of El Centro de Accion Social, said protests are likely at future events involving Arizona. He said that the City Council’s actions so far are appreciated, but that the actions of the Arizona legislature demand a larger response. “It was a good step in the right direction, but I do think (the councilmembers) are restraining themselves,” Ertll said. Pasadena will play host to Arizona sports teams ——————————————————————————– Advertisement ——————————————————————————– next fall, with the University of Arizona football team coming to the Rose Bowl in October to play UCLA. Arizona marching bands or other groups are likely to participate in the Rose Parade, and either the University of Arizona or Arizona State could end up as a participant in the annual Rose Bowl Game next January.

Gordo said he would not want to see any of those potential participants penalized because of the actions of the state’s legislature. Rose Bowl General Manager Darryl Dunn said the city should be as welcoming as always when Arizona teams come to the stadium to play. “They’re just football players… they’re not the ones making the decisions in the state,” Dunn said. However, stadium and city officials will need to discuss the security implications when University of Arizona shows up to play football in October. Gordo said that he doesn’t believe protests will be a serious problem.

“We’ve had protests before in the city,” Gordo said. “I wouldn’t be surprised to see either or both sides show up to protest, but it shouldn’t be a problem.” Ertll said he expects that Arizona game and other events related to the state will attract protesters. “I think there will be protests and they will be intense, because the issue is not going away,” Ertll said. He said that unless there is some sort of compromise immigration reform things will just keep getting worse. “If not, frustrations will just keep growing, on both sides,” Ertll said. The city will continue to have other connections to Arizona as well. For example, a significant portion of Pasadena’s power comes from Arizona sources.

The city gets about 5 to 6 percent of its power from an Arizona nuclear power plant, according to Eric Klinkner, the assistant general manager of Pasadena Water and Power. Gordo said he has received a lot of e-mails, letters, and calls from people both against and for Pasadena’s resolution. He said, though, the majority he has received have been supportive of the resolution and his action in pushing for it. Similarly, Councilman Terry Tornek, who voted against the measure, said he’s receiving e-mails in support of his position. “It’s been pretty much 100 percent,” Tornek said.

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