Construction on the new community building in Lignite came to a standstill last week when the crew walked off the job.
Marlis Glaspey, co-chair of the Lignite Community Builders Corp., stopped at the building site on Lignite’s main street to check on the workers’ progress Wednesday morning.
“I asked them questions, but they said they didn’t speak English and just kept shaking their heads no,” said Glaspey.
Not thinking much of it, Glaspey casually questioned whether the workers were legal, which was again met with no response.
Glaspey said she then left, and returned about 10 minutes later to find the crew had abandoned the site.
“They left their tools, their coolers, and everything, they just up and left,” said Glaspey. “It was the darndest thing.”
The company from which the pre-fabricated building was purchased, High Country Sentinel Contractors, is based out of South Dakota.
Glspey [sic] said High Country subcontracted with a building crew from a firm in Colorado.
This week, the Senate will vote on the ludicrous piece of legislation they refer to as comprehensive immigration reform, but people from all over the political spectrum refer to as “The Amnesty Bill.” It’s Senate Bill 1639, and it’s bad news.
What we all need to do is call our senators today and tell them we want them to vote NO on this bill. We already have laws on the books regarding legal and illegal immigration, and just before the election last year they voted to build a border fence. So why do they need this? Because this will convert millions of people here illegally into legals. It’s a slap in the face of the rule of law and the sovereignty of our borders. It’s going to have dire consequences for our nation, too.
Have you ever called one of our congressmen to voice your opinion? It’s easy, it takes about thirty seconds, and their staff will record your call. They have to. You don’t have to argue your opinion or debate with the person on the other end of the phone; you simply tell them how you want the senator to vote. It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s a shame it doesn’t get used more. Although with this monster of a bill, even the senate.gov website is slow from being swamped!
You can find out the contact information of our senators by clicking here but I’ll give you the phone numbers as the senate website is already kinda slow.
Dorgan: (202) 224-2043 or http://conrad.senate.gov/webform.html
Conrad: (202) 224-2551 or email him at senator@dorgan.senate.gov.
Don’t wait to to do it. Like I said, it takes thirty seconds, and they need to hear from us!