tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14339963.post4252714634954669235..comments2008-02-07T20:41:10.448-08:00Abogado Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370090833556465noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14339963.post-27385808336565199512008-02-07T20:41:00.000-08:002008-02-07T20:41:00.000-08:00Update for whomever still cares about this post:<BR/><BR/>Both National Council of La Raza and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) have since cancelled their conventions scheduled to be held in Kansas City, which will cost the local economy several million dollars in lost tourism revenue. Funkhouser still refused to budge on Semler, though, and subsequently made a few other missteps which hacked off the African American community too. This all culminated at a City Council meeting where, when the public had a chance for comment, the Funk was treated to a two hour dressing down by scores of community leaders and activists, one after the other. The upside to all of this is that his missteps have had the effect of uniting the African American and Latino communities which were previously somewhat divided.<BR/><BR/>Since then, however, Semler went ahead and resigned anyway after the Mayor was quoted as saying that in part, he needed her on the Park Board to maintain support from the Northland (an area north of downtown and the Missouri River which is predominantly white, but still within the city limits of KCMO). For this supposed "betrayal," Semler resigned via a public letter to the media, which included a tirade on the "organized invasion" of illegal immigrants. She now says she will dedicate herself to the efforts of the Minutemen.<BR/><BR/>A few weeks after that, the Minutemen had their first regional conference here in Kansas City, Kansas, supposedly as an act of solidarity for Semler. Their initial meeting was protested by a march of over 300 people. So much for Semler's desire not to be devisive.Abogado Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14371370090833556465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14339963.post-7072595585030168742007-06-28T21:12:00.000-07:002007-06-28T21:12:00.000-07:00Wait. So now you have TWO blogs? I don't get that at all! Anyway your response was a good one. Probably wouldn't make good radio or even entertaining radio which they're all about anyway!Danifestohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01888720794784878704noreply@blogger.com