Your favorite wingnut legal genius Kris "K." Kolbach, the so-called immigration law expert who convinced Farmers Branch, Texas to pass an anti-Hispanic referendum, which has (a) flopped in court and (b) cost the city of 26,000 people over $3 million in legal fees, has got another patient hooked up on the lab table in Castle Kobach.
This time, it's Fremont, Nebraska, another town with 26,000 people in it, and again one where the city council would not enact the ordinance, and so, yes, you got it, Imperial Wizard Kolbach got his standard MEXIKANER RAUS! referendum approved by the panicked local citizenry.
Kolbach was also responsible for the Custer's Last Stand of legal fiascos, the Hazleton, Pennsylvania (pop. 23,000) need-a-license-from-cops-to-rent-an-apartment ordinance, which may end up costing the city $2.5 million.
Curious about what kind of politics you can expect from Herr Dr. Kolbach and his hooded friends? In Farmer's Branch, the city council refused to vote in Kolbach's ordinance, which was introduced by a local twit named O'Hare. The mayor of Farmer's Branch at the time, Bob Phelps, stood his ground and opposed the referendum. Here's how Kolbach's pals treated him:
On May 12, 2007, the referendum passed by a margin of 68% to 32% despite last-minute opposition from mayor Bob Phelps and many city employees. O'Hare spoke from the headquarters of the proponents of the bill, challenging anyone who might be thinking of filing a lawsuit to prevent the implementation of the ordinance with countersuits. He also said that Farmers Branch would be willing to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.
On the same day, voters elected to the City Council two candidates who had supported the measures. In response to two acts of vandalism against Phelps' house, one after he announced his opposition to the measures, federal agents advised him to abandon his 20-year tradition of spending election night at City Hall and leave town instead until after elections were over.
Now, you might wonder, how come all these local ordinances all look alike, walk alike, and drive the cities broke alike? Watsonary, my dear element! They come from the same Brain Depositary (after 5:00 p.m. slip brains through slot in door), that is the Immigration Reform Law Institute, otherwise known as the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
Connoisseurs of the camicie nere will recall their Fearless Leader, Dan Stein, being roasted slowly on an open fire on the Rachel Maddow show on April 29 this year. The evil not-so-genius behind this little operation is John Tanton, who was hooked up with other Know Nothings such as U.S. English (shouldn't that be "U.S. American"?) to bring (to Arizona, natch!) the following blessings of knowledge:
In 1988, shortly before a referendum in Arizona to make English the state's official language, a private memo written by Tanton was leaked to the media. [Boring crap omitted] ... several of his questions and statements were provocative, such as: "Will Latin American migrants bring with them the tradition of the mordida (bribe), the lack of involvement in public affairs, etc.?", "What are the differences in educability between Hispanics (with their 50% dropout rate) and Asiatics (with their excellent school records and long tradition of scholarship)?
Tanton is also an alleged humorist, horning in Mark Steyn's Endangered-White-Race® schtick:
"On the demographic point: perhaps this is the first instance in which those with their pants up are going to get caught by those with their pants down!"
What happens with these "model ordinances" is that Dan Stein and the Kolbach Kops, pretending to be some sort of legal geniuses (geniusi?) blow into Farmers Branch, Hazleton, Fremont, or River City, sell people a bunch of musical instruments they don't need, promising music lessons they can't deliver, and leave town with the whole municipal budget in legal fees before anybody gets wise.
Not everyone in Farmer's Branch, for example, appreciates the help from Stein et al:
Former City Councilwoman Carol Dingman has a different take.
“It has pretty much destroyed civil discourse in every election since,” she said. “It has caused some people to paint every Hispanic with the same brush, even those who were born here.”
Dingman said she is opposed to illegal immigration but is dismayed that her town of 28,000 is paying for a fight that should be waged on Capitol Hill.
"They're using our towns as laboratories to write different kinds of anti-immigration legislation — to see what sticks and what doesn't,” she said.
And, if by chance, the electrical equipment back at Castle Kolbach doesn't have enough volts to bring one of their ordinances to life, the good doctor, now a candidate for Secretary of State of Kansas, can give his standard inspirational speech (I'm almost sure this is it):
Be of good cheer.. If science teaches us anything, it teaches us to accept our failures as well as our successes with quiet dignity and grace. ... SON OF BITCH! BASTARD! WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME! I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE! I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE! ... oh, mama.
The only thing Kolbach and Co. need is their own jingle. I suggest something from the Greatest Age of Music Ever, of course, that is the 1970s.
For this crew, that's gonna mean either the Tidy Bowl Commercial or the New Riders of the Purple Sage:
Panama Red, Panama Red
He'll steal your woman then he'll rob your head!
Panama Red! Panama Red!
On his white horse Mescalito he comes breezin' into town.
Bet your woman is up in bed with ol' Panama Red.
Yes!
IT ... COULD ... WORK !