Viva la Distraction

Tomorrow is a somewhat big showdown day for Immigration in KC. Krazy Kris Kobach decided to show up after all to badmouth Mexican people in a predominantly Latino neighborhood. Hard to believe anybody could take him seriously as professor or as a political candidate seeing that rising taxes, continuing sprawl and increasing crime are at the center of discussion when it comes to JoCo politics while he continuously pursues Mexicans as a political scapegoat with an issue that ruffles a lot of feathers but seems to (thankfully) stir few votes from people in the Golden Ghetto. And, as always, let's not even mention the war the U.S. is losing, the sorry state of health care in this country, global warming, peak oil, Chinese toddlers making tennis shoes or any of the horrible suffering of the damn 3rd world darkies.

Out of touch doesn't even begin to describe it. Here is a 6'5 white guy who seems to be desperately afraid of all of the short, brown people in his neighborhood who serve mainly to drive costs (and wages) down, serve food and mow lawns.

Anyway, here is tomorrow's agenda that a few people have already forwarded my way:

Special Committee on Immigration Reform

Agenda for June 29, 2006

Kansas City, MO

Penn Valley Campus

10:00 -– 10:30 Gilbert Guerrero -– Guadalupe Centers

10:30 -11:00 Steve Begshaw -– Home Builders

11:00 -– 11:30 James Corwin -– Police Chief in KC

11:30 -– 12:00 Kris Kobach -– UMKC School of Law

12:00 -– 12:30 Lunch (Note from Tony: If anybody has a sense of humor at all they'll go get some burritos from one of the many nearby places staffed completely by mojados.)

12:30 -– 1:00 Judy Ancel -– UMKC/Institute for Labor Studies/Peter Coyle -– Carpenters Union (they will speak 5 minutes)

1:00 -– 1:30 Jim Stoufer -– President of UAW Local 249

1:30 -– 2:00 Duane Kelly, retired teacher/Board of Education

2:00 -– 2:30 Burton Taylor -– UMKC Director

2:30 -– 3:00 Manuel Perez/KCMO Health Department

3:00 -– 3:30 Dr. Dan Doerhoff, Eastland Superintendent

3:30 -– 4:00 Brenda Mitchelson -– LINC-Local Investment Commission

4:30 -– 5:00 Rita Valenciano, President of the Coalition of Hispanic Organizations