In Arizona, voters approved a ballot measure in 2006, Proposition 300, which makes it illegal to use tax dollars to fund services for those not in the country legally.
Not surprisingly, immigrant’s rights groups protested the measure as heartless and cold. While supporters of the proposition hailed it as a cost savings to
I was having an email conversation with Emily Jensen of Mormontimes.com and she asked me if I thought the Bloggernacle was a good representation of Mormon people and thought. I said it was and added, “The Bloggernacle often resembles a chaotic Sunday School class.”
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At 8:30 p.m. I received a phone call from my wife. She was attending a youth fireside and learned during the fireside that President Hinckley had passed away.
Here is the official press release from LDS.org:
SALT LAKE CITY 27 January 2008 President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through twelve years of global expansion, has died at the age of 97.
President Hinckley was the 15th president in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its president since 12 March 1995.
The Church president died at his apartment in downtown Salt Lake City at 7:00 p.m. Sunday night from cause’s incident to age. Member of his family were at his bedside. A successor is not expected to be formally chosen by the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles until after President Hinckley’s funeral within the next few days.
Feel free to take a moment and post any thoughts, reflections or memories of President Gordon B. Hinckley.
Posts from around the Bloggernacle on President Hinckley’s passing (in no particular order):
Times and Seasons
By Common Consent
Mormon Mentality
Messenger and Advocate
Mormanity
Feminist Mormon Housewives
Recommended Reading (from J. Max Wilson’s blog): Deseret News
Last Sunday I learned about a project called “Reflections of Christ” that will be displayed at the Mesa Arizona Temple Visitor’s Center during the annual Easter Pageant.
By way of confession, I dislike the Christmas season.
Since beginning my professional employment, the Christmas season is a stressful time of year filled with seemingly unending activities to squeeze out every last cent of available revenue, penny pinching to meet cost saving targets, capital project closures and invoice reconciliation for end-of-year spend.
By the time Christmas comes, I am frazzled, spent and ready for a long winter’s nap.