Eh, the Semler/Parks Board/Minutemen story got tired again real fast . . . Here are the basic facts of a story that a few talk radio hosts might be whining about tomorrow:
A group of no more than 6 KC area church and Union leaders showed up to the home of Parks Board/Minutemen Member Frances Semler in order to hand deliver a letter. Seeing the group of minorities in front of her home, Semler obviously panicked and called the cops. Obviously, the training of most Minutemen folks is to panic whenever a group of minorities are present and cry for the authorities even if said group is wearing business attire and aren't breaking any laws.
According to all the folks who were present at the mini-rally . . . The group rang the doorbell in order to hand deliver the letter and once it was clear there would be no answer, they left. Personally, I don't approve of the tactic but this group would be no different than any number of people knocking on my door in order to convert me, make sure I voted Democrat without question or sell me phony magazine subscriptions.
Nowadays, the only knock at the door I look forward to is the local tamale lady, who sells her handmade authentic Mexican food door to door - Yeah, immigration has many benefits and that's my favorite.
Anyway, if you're interested. Here are the contents of the letter:
Dear Mrs. Semler,
We are writing on behalf of the congregations, community organizations and concerned citizens listed below to respectfully ask you to immediately resign your position as member of the Kansas City Missouri Parks and Recreation Board. As a member of the Minutemen it is clear that you do not embrace or welcome the cultural diversity of all Kansas City residents. The KC metropolitan area should be allowed the opportunity to heal from the difficulties this appointment has caused and your resignation permits this healing process to begin.
Please contact us by August 31st to let us know that you have the best interests of all metropolitan area citizens in mind and that you will immediately resign from the parks board.
Sincerely,
Spencer F. Barrett - Pastor, Bethel AME Church, Co-chair, Interfaith Worker Justice
Dan Johnson - Teamster’s Local 41, Co-chair, Interfaith Worker Justice Organizer of Greater Kansas City.
Jessica Ayala - Sacred Heart Guadalupe Church, Organizer, Sons and Daughters of Immigrants of Greater Kansas City
Coalition of Hispanic Organizations Civil Rights Committee
Guadalupe Center
Concerned Clergy of Kansas City Missouri
Kansas City Chapter of La Raza
People of Faith for Hospitality and Justice
American Immigration Lawyer’s Association
UPDATE: Here's the Star link that also verifies that the NAACP is considering pulling their convention out of KC. Funkhouser calls the home visit "A new low" however, it was his appointment that brought the situation to this level. Also, TKC had this story first . . . NATCH!!!
You've got a point. I fail to see how this issue is important to the real problems of Kansas City.
ReplyDeleteTony this is a little old lady who is being intimidated by a raced-based political group going to her home? Please, if they did that at my house.......
ReplyDeleteGee...wait a minute....Is this pure-strained-race-baiting.....NO COULD'NT BE...No..No Way....Nothing to see here...Move on....Move on.....
ReplyDeleteThese wetbacks and niggers need to watch whose door they knock on. If it was me I would have let my rifle answer their pounding on the door.
ReplyDeleteDude - you have home-delivered tamales? No wonder your neighborhood is getting gentrified.
ReplyDeleteThis is racist bullshit Tony.
ReplyDeleteReverse the situation.
What would you do if 10 white guys showed up on your front door demanding you give up this blog?
Talk about hypocrisy.
The real hypocrites are the racists who support Semler. They call in talk radio to spew their hate, they make threatening calls to whoever opposes them and then when one of their members receives something as harmless as a letter they cry foul.
ReplyDeleteThose people are the true hypocrites and crybabies.
If it was me I'd invited them in and do a home fellowship. And get the lady who sells tomales to do the food.
ReplyDeletePoor Mrs Semler, a 73 year old woman.
She should go to the Westside and hold a sign that says, " I Luv U Tony".
Um anon at 9:10pm, it was 6 not 10. Tonys right. If I were to call the cops every time a group of Jehovahs witnesses knocked on my door, I'd have a police car parked outside my house 24/7.
ReplyDeleteTony, I know you don't censor comments but could you start?
ReplyDeleteA crazy person is threatening to kill people posted at 8:54. I think that doesn't fall under free speech. It's offensive and it does not contribute to a discussion.
Semler is a little old lady sitting on a pile of hate.
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ReplyDeleteDude, if you are so courageous.
Talk about the Holy Spirit.
9:54 WTF??
ReplyDeletethis post just jumped the shark
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Get some help. Seriously Anon 9:54. You are not right in the head.
ReplyDeleteI and thousands of other Kansas Citians solute you, Ms Semler and Mr Funkhouser, for standing up for what you believe in. This country was founded on the principles you are demonstrating.
ReplyDeleteRacist groups like the National Council of La Raza (The Race for you English speaking folks) resorts to tactics of intimidation and race baiting because they know they are wrong. Their opinions indefensible in the eyes of law abiding Americans.
La Raza uses federal grant money to help illegals buy homes using FHA Subprime loans that they later default on so that they can, in their own words, "take back America block-by-block."
The President of Mexico recently said in his Mexican state of the union address, "wherever there is a Mexican, there is Mexico!"
The recently publicized illegal immigrant Elvira Arellano, who spent a year seeking sanctuary from law enforcement in a Catholic church, said, "We have supported self-determination and opposed assimilation into this nation’s individualistic, imperialistic values. We have taught that our people did not come here because of the American Dream but because of what the American nightmare did to our countries of origin. We have asserted that our demand to be here and to be fully enfranchised here is a right not a privilege and a destiny of our people to transform this nation."
Immigrants who truly want to come to America to live the American Dream and prosper do so legally. They stand in line like the millions of valued immigrants that came before them. They give of themselves and are amalgamated into the greatest most open society that has ever existed, the American Melting Pot. Illegal immigrants come here for greed, they seek to change America into a reflection of the failing societies they flee.
In this day of terrorism, unsecured borders are suicide. Immigrate legally, secure the border, and enforce current laws on employers that hire them, banks that loan money to them, and landlords that rent to them.
Aiding, Abetting, Harboring, or Encouraging Illegal Aliens is a Felony: Section 8 USC 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv)(b)(iii)
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