Mr. Grijalva, you lie. There is no way you do not know the truth, so it has to be an intentional lie. There was no provision in the immigration law, that allowed "police officers to check an individual's immigration status based solely on suspicion" ("Proud of opposing SB 1070," Yuma Sun, June 28, 2012). A police officer must have justifiable cause to stop the individual, perhaps for a broken tail light or for speeding. Then he asks for identification.  Everyone, all of us, each and every one, are then asked for identification. You know that.  So you lie.

         There can be only one reason for you to perpetuate such a lie. You want to divide us. You want to create problems where there are none. We are all Americans, and we are the only country in the world that welcomes people from every corner of the earth.  We are proud of that.  We recognize the fact that America's greatest asset is her immigrant population.  We are energized by their enthusiasm, strengthened by their commitment, reawakened to a sense of what is means to be American.  We simply want to welcome them at our front door.

           You should be working on a plan to  open that front door, to reform policies, to make it easier for people to immigrate,  but you don't want to do that.  That wouldn't get you re-elected.  You need the division, the anger, so you foment it.  Shame on you.

              After a hiatus recovering from a leg injury, I have a new project in response to two prevailing mantras: "The Horatio Alger story is a myth. There are no rags to riches stories in America" and "The rich aren't doing their fair share." My project? Celebrating the rich. The first installment: John Paul Jones DeJoria hair products billionaire.

          John Paul Jones DeJoria was the second son of an Italian immigrant father and a Greek immigrant mother in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. When he was two his parents divorced and by the time he was nine he began selling Christmas cards and newspapers with his older brother to support his family. Eventually they were both sent to an East Los Angeles foster home.
           DeJoria, troubled and tough, spent much of his youth in a street gang in East Los Angeles. When his math teacher at John Marshall High School told him he would "never succeed at anything.” He made a conscious decision to change the direction of his life.
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hn Paul graduated high school, served honorably in the U.S. Navy, and then worked in a variety of jobs: selling encyclopedias, photocopying machines, dictating equipment, and insurance, working as a janitor, pumping gasoline, driving a tow truck, and repairing bicycles. At times he was homeless living in his car and he collected bottles to stay afloat.
          Finally he began to climb through the ranks, first securing a marketing position with Time magazine and quickly promoted to Circulation Manager. Then he found his passion, securing a position in a hair product company. Within months he was promoted to National Manager. Eventually, with a $700 investment, he teamed up with Paul Mitchell to launch the shampoo company that made him a millionaire. He earned his second fortune with Patron Spirits, a tequila maker.
         DeJoria is a pillar of the Austin community whose philanthropic efforts are legend: Grow Appalachia which helps families fight obesity and poverty by creating gardens, Mineseekers, Food4Africa and Blazer House. a patron-level sponsor of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Nelson Mandela’s Aids Awareness Project ‘46664.
           Join me in celebrating John Paul Jones DeJoria.