"Minuteman Member Resigns From KC Board" Poor baby...she didn't feel supported. Let's all cry.

[in_cog_ni_to]

:cry::cry::cry:


Minuteman Member Resigns From KC Board
4 hours ago

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A city parks board appointee has resigned after her controversial membership in an anti-illegal immigration group prompted two organizations to take their annual conventions elsewhere.

Mayor Mark Funkhouser said the board member, Frances Semler, told him she did not feel supported by him, as drama continued to swirl over her membership in the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.<snip>

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Funkhouser appointed Semler last summer to the five-member park board, which considers issues such as off-leash dog areas and outdoor party permits. Her appointment triggered protests from minority groups, including the National Council of La Raza, which voted in October to cancel plans to hold its 2009 convention in Kansas City because of Semler's membership in the Minutemen. The Arizona-based Minutemen advocates vigilante patrolling of the Mexican border and reports illegal immigrants to authorities.

Last week the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said it also decided to move its convention from Kansas City to New Orleans.

Charles Steele Jr., president and chief executive officer of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, advised other civil rights organizations to boycott the city over Semler's involvement with the Minuteman.

"We are asking all civil rights organizations to stay out of Kansas City. We are going to shut you down," Steele said<snip>

http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/national/2008/01/22/Minuteman.Grandmother/

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. If you threaten to shut down civil rights organizations...

then you might be a redneck.

[Telly Savalas]

2. It was the civil rights organizations saying they were going to shut Semler down.

Not the other way around.

Nevertheless, it's good to see her go. I just wish Mayor Funk would have been cool with it when she offered to resign months back.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Ah, nevermind then.

Good on the civil rights groups though.

[Hangingon]

4. The poll in the KC Star seemed to have a fair amount of suport...

for her.