Social Point Network
If you're looking for the Social Point Network, the social television experience available on Time Warner Cable, you're in the right place. This is the home of social TV. You may have noticed some changes to the SPN website. There's much more than just television content. Winston Edmondson, the founder of the Social Point Network, took some time off to run for mayor of Lewisville, Texas. While campaigning, he discovered that there was a real need for community based online social networking tools. Now that he's back, we'll be looking at ways we can help address that problem. Please be patient while we get everything back up and running.
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The E-Verify Controversy
nameiz: Winston Edmondson
I may not have all the answers, but I do have ideas. I have an idea for the city of Lewisville, and I think it's a pretty good one. Please tell me what you think. Maybe I overlooked an important factor. What I thought would be a positive move for the city could be a bad idea when all things are considered.

My idea is pretty simple. I think the city should require businesses that want to contract for the city to use E-Verify. Here is a little background on how this idea came to me.

As you can see by watching the video above, the city council doesn't think much of my idea. I can't tell if they're simply reacting to the way that I presented the idea, or if they really think it is a bad idea. Based on the conversation I had with an HR manager that works for a company we've contracted with, I do believe that the city of Lewisville has inadvertently hired illegal aliens. I believe that my idea is valid regardless of whether or not my suspicions are true. That's why I'm surprised that the response to my suggestion at the city council is heavily focused on whether or not I have proof to back up my claims. I don't have proof, and I didn't think it was necessary, as I don't intend to put the city on trial. I was offering background information about our past hiring practices, to compliment my idea, a method we could use going forward.

For the sake of argument, let's say that Lewisville was lucky and we've never hired an illegal alien on past public projects. I still would have made the suggestion that we require businesses that want to work with us to use E-Verify.

The city manager emphasized that Lewisville was in compliance with the Federal Immigration Act. This was never in dispute. There's a big difference between being in compliance and doing everything in our power to ensure that we don't hire illegal aliens. The response from the city council reminds me of the employment balance statement, "Most employers pay just enough so that their employees won't quit, and most employees do just enough work so that they don't get fired." When the city council responds to my suggestion by talking about compliance, all I hear is, "We're doing just enough work so that we don't get fired."

I'm very pleased to know that we are in compliance with federal law. Can anyone tell me why we shouldn't go above and beyond to make sure that we don't hire illegal aliens? What are the actual objections towards requiring contractors to use E-Verify? There could be some valid objections. I'm not saying I'm absolutely right, I'm just asking for the city to tell me why they think I'm wrong.