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Suffolk Politician Tells Us Why His Voters Don’t Like Latinos…

Posted May 27, 2010 by Patrick Young, Esq.
Categories: Suffolk

Jack Eddington, who represents the area where Marcelo Lucero’s attackers lived and whose office is near the scene of Marcelo’s death, offered an explanation to a Guernica magazine reporter last month of why there is such dislike for immigrants in the area. You have to read this to believe it:

[B]y and large, county residents have not welcomed the influx of Hispanic men… Many white Suffolk County residents directly link the value of their homes to illegal immigrants, who they claim have brought noise, crime, and clutter to their once peaceful communities.

“I think it’s the fairness issue,” said Suffolk County Legislator Jack Eddington. A member of the Independence party, Eddington has been a vocal opponent of illegal immigration. “I’m paying ten thousand in taxes for my house, for my family. You’re paying ten thousand dollars, but you have three families paying it, and I have my two kids going to school, and you have your seven kids going to school. So you’re not paying your fair share of housing costs. And property taxes is the biggest issue on Long Island. So even though advocates will say they pay taxes, they pay sales tax. And I will tell you this,” he adds, his voice taking on a conspiratorial tone. “Come back in the spring, you know what garage sales are? There is nothing but Hispanics going to garage sales. And there is no sales tax on garage sales. There’s a subculture now where they know how to get used stuff.”

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