VA group enabling those who hire illegal aliens
January 30, 4:21 AMImmigration Reform ExaminerDave GibsonPrevious 3 comments Print

A common sight in Virginia Beach (sanctuary city)
APLast weekend, the Virginia Horticultural Foundation held a workshop geared towards owners of landscape companies entitled “Spanish for the Green Industry.” During the seminar held in Virginia Beach, instructors led their classes in basic Spanish lessons as well as Latin American culture.

VHF education coordinator, Dawn Alleman told the Virginian-Pilot they began offering the course four years ago because the workforce for the landscaping industry is dominated by those who speak only Spanish.

Alleman said: “If you want to be a foreman in those types of places, you’ve got to have a decent grasp of Spanish.”

One of the attendees, Tom Ritter, owner of Ritter Grounds Maintenance in Norfolk, VA, took the class so that he might be able to speak to his workers for the first time in ten years without the help of a translator.

Ritter said: “I just want to be able to communicate with them on a day-to-day basis.”

Course instructor, Yolima Carr, passed out a book she has written to the class which contains English-to-Spanish phrases which might be helpful to landscapers, such as: “Take out the weeds in the flower bed, edge the bed, then blow the leaves and the clippings.”

She reminded the business owners that the ‘immigrants’ working for them are from their homes and families, and that because of their Catholic beliefs, may need certain days off.

Carr, who is the gardens curator at the Hermitage Museum in Norfolk, suggested that the workers be allowed to play Mexican music, and should be complimented on their work (“Hiciste un buen trabajo”).

Attendees paid 0 each for the five hour class.

This is yet one more example of those who fail to see the need to hire U.S. citizens, when an illegal alien will do it for less. That philosophy may go a long way in lining the pockets of unscrupulous employers, but in a time when so many Americans have been laid off, it is just shy of treason.

By the way, the group offering the class, the Virginia Horticultural Foundation, operates as a non-profit and as such enjoys tax-exempt status. The class was given at the Founder’s Inn, Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson’s hotel and resort.
PLEASE! EVERYONE! Report "norskeyenta2" aka "Mando" or whatever he changes his name to! His RACIAL SLURS are insulting to ALL!

I’m planning a trip to palm beach gardens, fl which is only about 30min away from where i live. I picked out the Hampton inn hotel.
1. I’m 18, do i need someone 21 or over to check me in or can i do it myself?
2. There is going to be 4 people in 1 room. About how much is the extra person fee?
3. Should i book the room soon. Or should i just wait till i arrive.
4. And if i book it online will they automatically charge my debit card or is it just a hold till i pay at the hotel?
5. Can i pay in cash?

P.S…….. You can tell me more tips if you like.

I’ve been looking through half a dozen different travel websites (orbitz, expedia, travelocity, etc.) looking for a decent hotel to stay in in our (budget) trip to Virginia Beach this summer. Most of the places I’ve been looking at have VERY mixed reviews, and many places have similar names, leaving me very confused. I’m only looking to spend between 60-80 dollars per night (and am booking it now for late July to save $) and not looking for anything fancy, just somewhere convenient to Virginia Beach and Busch Gardens. (suggestions of other activities are also welcome). It is just my husband and myself, we’re college students and definitely not looking for luxury, just somewhere clean to rest our heads.

One place that got rave reviews on Yahoo was The Viking, but other websites had mixed reviews (is this the same as The Viking Motor Inn?) Another place I was looking at was America’s Best Value Inn Virginia Beach, which also had very mixed reviews.

I’m open to any suggestions, but please do not tell me to go back and look at those reviews again. It is hard to understand what point of view they are being written from, or if they are even reviewing the right hotel! I want suggestions for a college couple on a budget, not for a family of four or a man on a business trip.

My friend and I are flying out to California in March of next year. We don’t have anything planned, so I’d like some suggestions on what to do/see.

We were thinking of flying into Sacramento then traveling down and ending in either San Diego or Las Vegas, NV, depending on time. Some things we thought of were

Sacramento, Lake Tahoe, San Fransico, Hollywood/LA, San Diego, Disney Land, but I need some details from people who have actually been there so we don’t miss anything really cool. I saw something about Dead Valley Memorial? Cool stuff like that. We’re open to anything city/night life, natural/nature spots, beaches, mountains, amusement parks, whatever!!!

Thanks!!

Enjoy a special New Years Eve celebration of traditional music and drumming and whole roast lamb (Meschui); camel trek a second night under the winter stars, sleeping in a Nomad tented camp. This all inclusive five day tour from Marrakech takes you through the snowy High Atlas mountains to the Erg Chebbi dunes of Sahara. Enroute you will visit Old Salt Road World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou, Todra Gorge, including walks and 4×4 piste options to explore the markets, environments and villages of the desert Nomads and Berber people.

December 30, 31, January 1, 2 and 3, 2009.
Departure from/return Marrakech, five days – tour dates are flexible.

PRICE
600 euros per person all inclusive.
Child 10 and under, 10% discount.
Included: Site guides, private transport by 4×4; experienced driver, hotels with air conditioning; breakfast, lunch and dinner; (vegetarians welcome); explorations through markets, old kasbahs, Berber villages and oasis; overnight camel trek to a desert camp; blankets and sheets are provided; New Years buffet dinner in a desert auberge, including traditional whole roasted lamb (Meschui) with all the trimmings and traditional drumming and dancing.

Not included: Marrakech airport transfers, Marrakech hotel, or site guides; tips, personal purchases.

New Years Desert Tour 2009
ITINERARY – tour dates are flexible.

December 30:
We will meet you at your riad or hotel at 8:00a.m., depart Marrakech, and transport over the High Atlas mountains Tizi nTichka pass. We will have time to stop and enjoy impressive landscapes, and break for coffee and fresh-squeezed orange juice. We spend the afternoon visiting the World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou, used as a backdrop for more than 20 films and was one of the most important fortress strongholds on the old Salt Road where caravans brought slaves, gold, ivory and salt from Saharan Africa to Marrakech and beyond. We pass through Ouarzazate, and the Valley of the Rose, famous for soft Persian rose oil. Our next destination is Dades valley. You will pass through many Berber villages, and in the desert, see barren red rock formations clustered with kasbahs (fortified dwellings that house many families and their livestock). Stay in Dades valley auberge (small country inn) with Moroccan dinner on the terrace, overlooking the valley gorge and gardens.

December 31
Breakfast at the hotel. Departure for Todra Gorge: a massive fault dividing the High Atlas mountains, rising to 300 m in a narrow valley thick with palmeries and Berber villages. After lunch there, transport further into the desert to your auberge near the tiny village of Merzouga, where you will settle in for New Years celebration in the beautiful Erg Chebbi dunes. Includes dinner, and traditional folklore music and dancing. Stay in the desert auberge this night.

January 1
Relax at the auberge after a late breakfast/lunch. Explore around the dunes by 4×4; sun on the roof terrace. Late afternoon at sunset take camel with guide into the dunes to bivouac (camp) and sleep in traditional Nomad camel hair tents.

January 2
Return by camel at sunrise to the auberge for breakfast and shower before going to Tinehir. Along the way we pass through folded exposed rock slabs of fossils and we can stop and visit a fossil workshop for a closer look at Sahara’s wonderful varieties of ancient life. After lunch you can wander with a guide through palmeries, villages, gardens, and kasbahs for a close look at traditional Berber ways of life. Visit the market in Tinehir and old kasbah quarter. We will have a late afternoon arrival to stay in an old kasbah with evening Moroccan dinner.

January 3
After breakfast the remainder of the day is spent driving back to Ouarzazate where we’ll stop for lunch and visit the old Glaoui Kasbah Taouirt. Then we cross the High Atlas once more, down the Tizi nTichka pass. Arrival evening in Marrakech at approximately 6pm.
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I am curious about the Baja Peninsula…any information would be great! (Will I need a passport if I’m planning on traveling from the Redwoods in CA?)

and 100 miles in land as far as sacramento all the way to just north of San Diego.
that weed is the best there is and I want it to be safe, to be made a real med. and not a joke like omama.

I am in 8th grade and me and my mom are going down to San Diego and LA for vacation over Memorial Day. We were just wondering what one of the nicest beaches are down there and what is something to see or do that is fun?? Where is the best place to shop??

If it does, then should a builder buy the wood, let it dry and then build the fence?