They even recruit an occasional elected official to their side. In real English, Kopp means stop immigration now. Kopp is descended from German immigrants. Reacting quickly and positively to the barrage of criticism led by leftist writer Alexander Cockburn in the LA Times and by this writer in a number of newspapers and by many of its own members, including Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope, the Club s Board of Directors placed competing measure B, on the same ballot as A . However, much to the chagrin of the splinter group, B reiterates the existing Club policy of neutrality on immigration.
Members can only vote for one.
Worse, it misses the point. A supporters are confusing immigration with population growth, Pope declares. That s wrong, he concludes. Immigration moves people around, it doesn t add to population growth. Besides, the Sierra Club must think globally and act locally, not the other way around, he and the true Clubbers maintain.