Troll:Anti-Illegal Roadshow back for more, with Kellar as the headline act

[Jeanfromfillmore]

What a troll snatched from our board.


Written by Jeff on February 9th, 2010
http://scvtalk.com/2010/02/09/anti-i.../#comment-9182
The out of town nativist crowd that created a storm of controversy in January is back for round two. On their forum, they’ve announced the details for their next Anti-Immigration Rally and they are really pulling out all the stops this time.
The February 27 rally in front of the County Civic Center will feature several speakers running for office and a few elected officials, including Bob Kellar:
SaveOurState.info
Presents
TAKE BACK AMERICA RALLY
Santa Clarita, California
Magic Mountain Pkwy & Valencia Blvd.
Saturday Feb. 27th 11am-1pm
Taking Back Santa Clarita & America
Support for Victims of Crimes
Come enjoy the afternoon with people wanting to restore our neighborhoods, towns, and country back to prosperity, along with respect for the rule of law, fighting gang violence, illegal immigration, the amnesty being proposed and supporting fiscal responsibility. Joining us in attendance will be Mr. Bob Kellar, a man who served our country bravely and has given many years of service to the Santa Clarita City Council and its citizens. Speakers include candidates running for Federal, State, and City seats. Topics discussed will include illegal immigration, its victims, and controlling taxes.
David Gauny……………….Running for Santa Clarita City Council
Mark Reed ………………Running for 27thCongressional District
Kathleen “Suzy” Evans…..Running for California’s 40th District
Rabbi Nachum Shifren……Running for California’s 26th District
Lupe Moreno…LatinoAmericansforImmigrationReform (LAIR)
Shaw Family……….. …………….Victims of illegal alien crime
March Family……………………..Victims of illegal alien crime
Robin Hvidston……………….WeThepeopleCalifornia’sCrusader
Ray Herrera…………………WeThePeopleCalifornia’sCrusader
Sam Zilsman……………………….…………Derailamnesty.com
Ted Hayes………………………….……American’sBlackShield
I should be surprised, but I’m not. After all this, after three weeks of fighting and negative attention, Kellar is not just doubling down, he’s taking it to the next stage.
It’s obvious now that Bob Kellar likes the attention he’s gotten over this matter. He wants more of it. He’s thriving off of it and the resulting negative storm of attention on our community. He even rebuked Buck McKeon after the Congressman said he should apologize, and the nativists in that forum cheered.
He’s embracing the controversy to the extent that he wants “I’m a proud racist” to be his legacy in this community; more than his “No” vote on Mayo, more than his reputation for being fair and approachable, more than the warm feelings he engenders among many (including me), he chooses this as the capstone of his elected career. Bob Kellar, illegal alien fighter.
He chooses to associate with preachers who condemn illegals as evil, he chooses to associate with men who tell us the solution to our problems is to buy more guns and ammo. He chooses to appear at a rally organized in part by a man who advocates the assassination of political leaders. Those who harass Latino motorists look up to our Councilman as a hero figure, someone who finally gets it.
And David Gauny, the man “grateful” to be endorsed by Kellar, is grabbing the anti-illegal immigrant sentiment by the horns, making it his issue. He is the guy you vote for if you’re upset about day laborers. He is the guy you vote for if you believe the 7,000 illegal immigrants, day laborers and their children in this town are harming your livelihood, your property values, your family. He’s no longer even talking about the city, except to criticize it for its inability to enforce federal laws.
Gauny chooses to be affiliated with all this too. He is the next generation Kellar. He’s campaigning in front of these out of town extremists on February 27.
At first I had trouble telling the difference between TimBen Boydston and David Gauny. They both offered decent criticisms about how the City ran; they both offered ideas about how the City could grow in a sustainable and smart fashion.
But I’m confused no longer. One need only compare Boydston’s reasonable, compassionate and mature remarks at the January 26 council meeting with Gauny’s condemnation of the entire City Council, save for Bob Kellar. His singling out of Frank Ferry when Ferry pointed out that Kellar was picking on the poorest of the poor. And his subsequent statements in which he all but suggests we go after people rather than let “illegal aliens gather and loiter in public each and every day.”
The crazy thing is, this just might work for Gauny. Judging by the SCV’s reaction to Kellargate, there’s enough fear, uncertainty and doubt in this community -about the economy, about Obama, about immigration, about healthcare, about jobs- that this kind of demagoguery might actually help Gauny. And that’s what is truly depressing, more so even than a good man like Kellar tarnishing his entire elected career over a careless line for which he still refuses to apologize.