Tax Dollar Funded Hispanic Center in Painesville Ohio?

                    

A records search contained the following information, the  Lake County Land Bank director Ohio State Representative John Rogers has proposed donating a building to HOLA to create a Hispanic Center in Painesville, Ohio. The Executive Director of HOLA is Veronica Dahlberg.

HOLA has applied for a Federal USDA grant to rehab the building and a $2,500.00 grant from the Ohio Commission on Hispanic Latino Affairs for the cost of the design and blueprints.

A record dated March 4, 2016 stated, Rep. Rogers will have the building gutted on the inside, so that it is a clean slate. He will also have a new roof installed.

The Lake County Land Bank receives 5 percent of the fees charged on late payments of property taxes and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding.

A record dated April 20, 2016 stated, the center would serve as a permanent home for HOLA

Why should tax dollars be used to support an organization that advocates for illegal aliens?

A La Raza article states The number one concern for HOLA members is immigration reform.

"People need to come in the proper way. ... I believe that immigration policy needs to be looked at," former Painesville Councilman Hal Werner said. Veronica Dahlberg, executive director of the Latino advocacy group HOLA, said that proper way is long and difficult.
"It's costly, there's a lot of paperwork and bureaucracy, going to this office and that office," she said.

Veronica Dahlberg, executive director of HOLA Ohio, a grassroots advocacy organization based in the Painesville, Ohio area, stated her group’s community organizing efforts now surround the effects on undocumented families of immigration enforcement. HOLA Ohio has formed chapters across northern Ohio in different congressional districts, in order to push the immigrant reform agenda directly with elected leaders.

While crusading for yet another illegal alien to not be deported, Veronica Dahlberg had a message for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE):

"This is a purely heartless move by ICE, plain and simple. And based on the showing we had on Monday, ICE should be prepared to deal with the wrath of the entire community if they think they simply get away with ripping a father away from his children. This is not right, and we won’t stand for this. ICE either needs to follow their own policies and keep Ricardo with his family or face the consequences of their unjust and immoral behavior."

These people made the decision to ignore our immigration laws, and our tax dollars should not be used to support their lawlessness. Instead of donating this building to HOLA the Lake County Land Bank should look into a center that would benefit the entire community.


 

Governor Kasich Meets With Illegal Aliens, No Meeting For Ohio Citizens

Weeks before Governor Kasich met with illegal aliens in Columbus, there were requests from Ohio citizens for a meeting to discuss the effects of illegal immigration in Ohio. It was the usual, we'll get back to you.

While in Iowa an 11 year-old from Ohio and his DAPA-eligible mother, Maria, sought to pin Kasich down on where he stands on the President’s executive actions and ask him to remove Ohio’s name from the lawsuit blocking the programs in court.

The Governor agreed to a meeting with advocates and impacted families, and said that he did not believe in separating families. Andrew and Gladys were joined in the conversation with Kasich by Lynn Tramonte, Director of Ohio’s Voice and Julie Nemecek, immigration attorney from Columbus, OH.

Once again the Governor's office was contacted about scheduling a meeting, since he had time to meet with illegal aliens. The response from the governor's office was "the information has been sent to his campaign." This response was a surprise, the requests were to meet with our Governor. So why would our requests need to be scheduled/approved by his presidential campaign?

Governor Kasich met with the illegal aliens the same day an illegal alien was arrested for committing horrible crimes and later charged with rape and murder in Lake County. 

When contacting the Governor's office again to request a meeting, we were finally offered a meeting with his staff. After pushing for two and a half months after being offered a meeting with his staff this was the response from Governor Kasich office " I am sure that the appropriate people have your contact information and will be in touch  with you if they wish to set up a meeting."

Nine months later and still waiting to meet with Governor Kasich to discuss the effects illegal immigration is having on families in Ohio.