• Reporter profile
• More by Dylan Smith

• Latest
• Most Commented

• Radar van locations, traffic incidents & today's gas prices
• Can El Salvador’s gang truce hold?
• Tucson man gets 10 years for child pornography
• Live weather radar
• Buckmaster: Pima County's growing poverty gap

• Obtaining concealed weapons permit takes 'a lunch break and $100'6
• Demonstrators beware: You won't be seen or heard5
• Charting the rise of stupidity4
• PBS to air doc on TUSD's ethnic studies program3
• Sen. Rubio's immigration plan under inspection3

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is asking Rep. Raul Grijalva to end his call for a boycott of the state over SB 1070.

Thanks to

Posted Jul 8, 2010, 12:05 pm

Dylan Smith TucsonSentinel.com

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is asking Rep. Raúl Grijalva to end his call for a boycott of the state over SB 1070.

Goddard, who is a Democratic candidate for governor, sent the District 7 congressman a letter Thursday, calling upon Grijalva to withdraw his support for a boycott of Arizona over the new anti-illegal immigration law.

"I ask you to join with me in calling on businesses across America to give Arizona a chance, and help us to rebuild our economy instead of engaging in hurtful boycotts," Goddard wrote.

"I hope Gov. Brewer got a similar letter asking her to tone down her vicious comments. I understand why Mr. Goddard sent this letter, but I’m not the source of his problems," Grijalva responded in a statement released to the press.

Goddard's letter

July 7, 2010

The Honorable Congressman Raul Grijalva

810 East 22nd Street, Suite 102

Tucson, AZ 85713

Concerned about keeping quality reporting alive in Tucson?
A metro area of nearly 1 million deserves a vital & sustainable source of news that's independent and locally run.
Support TucsonSentinel.com with a contribution today!

Dear Congressman Grijalva:

I am writing to respectfully request that you help protect Arizona jobs by withdrawing your support for a boycott of Arizona.  

As Arizona struggles to pull out of the recession caused by years of bad economic decision-making, our state needs the capital to put us back on our feet. Arizona families are working hard to make ends meet and Arizona businesses are stretching to meet payroll. A boycott of our state-by anyone-only does more damage to our families and businesses.  

We are suffering too much already. 

Unemployment increased in May to 9.6 percent.  Moreover, we lost 4,300 private sector jobs. i Our current state government is unable to chart a course for economic success.  

You have told the media that you would like to change minds here in Arizona through a boycott.  From what I have seen, the Governor and the Legislature don't seem to care about Arizona's economic life blood.  A boycott would only hurt Arizona.

I ask you to join with me in calling on businesses across America to give Arizona a chance, and help us to rebuild our economy instead of engaging in hurtful boycotts.

Let's work together to make sure that Arizona is known around the country, not as a place of intolerance, but as a state that respects the rights of all citizens and values diversity. I look forward to hearing from you and working with you to turn Arizona's economy around.  

Sincerely,

Terry Goddard

Arizona Attorney General