Farmers Branch saved from itself!

Actually, the North County Times editorial headline reads Escondido saved from itself, but all that's needed is to insert 'Farmers Branch' in place of 'Escondido' in that terrific editorial and we'd have "a step in the right direction" here in Texas, too.

We hear much about the "invasion" of illegal immigrants in North County, especially Escondido. On Wednesday night, the Escondido City Council was overrun by common sense.

A majority of council members voted in closed session to abandon the city's effort to turn the city's landlords into immigration inspectors. After the city ordinance to ban renting to illegal immigrants ran into the expensive legal buzz saw that everyone saw coming, the council belatedly admitted the obvious: Enforcing immigration laws is an effort best left to the federal government.

Uhmm, I wonder: Could the Wisdom of Crowds theory be influenced by fiscal responsibility considerations?