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La Raza warns it might pull out of 2009 convention in Kansas City
NBC Action News ^ | Aug 31, 2007

Posted on 09/04/2007 10:36:38 AM PDT by 3AngelaD

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The nation's largest Hispanic civil rights organization is warning it may move its 2009 convention from Kansas City because of a controversial city park board member. The National Council of La Raza is already looking at other cities after the appointment of Frances Semler, an anti-illegal immigration activist, said Janet Murguia, La Raza's president.

City Councilmembers have also heard concerns from members of the NAACP, which is expected to hold its 2010 convention in Kansas City. The city hasn't heard directly from officials of the national organization. Losing two national conventions could hurt the city's image and cost the local economy about $15 million, city officials said.

"Hopefully we can work it out," said City Councilwoman Melba Curls.

Mayor Mark Funkhouser appointed Semler to the Parks and Recreation Board of Commissioners in June causing a stir in the local Hispanic community. Semler is a member of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps and has taken a strong stance against illegal immigration and suggested a moratorium on legal immigration.

Murguia told Funkhouser in a telephone conversation last week that the conference will be held elsewhere if Semler doesn't step down.

"It is very troubling that we would be in a position to reconsider but in fact we are," Murguoa said during a trip to Kansas City.

To make the move, La Raza would have to pay the city as much as $70,000 for failing to meet its hotel-room guarantee, she said.

Murguia said she has been in discussions with leaders from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who she says have the same concerns. The six-day NAACP convention would bring more than 10,000 people with an expected economic impact of $9 million.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: illegalimmigration; kansascity; laraza; minutemen; unmitigatedgall
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Isn't this a form of extortion? And the NAACP? They are siding with The Race? Doesn't the NAACP have an interest in seeing that our laws are enforced?
1 posted on 09/04/2007 10:36:39 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
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To: 3AngelaD
Let 'em hold their convention in Mexico.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

2 posted on 09/04/2007 10:37:51 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: 3AngelaD

Have a couple concerts to make up for it...


3 posted on 09/04/2007 10:39:43 AM PDT by sit-rep ( http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)
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To: 3AngelaD

[waving merrily at “La Raza”...]

Buh-bye!

Don’t let the screen door hit you where the good Lord split you!

A.A.C.

NAACP - interested in seeing our laws enforced? Bah-hah-hah-hah-hah-haaaah!


4 posted on 09/04/2007 10:41:18 AM PDT by AmericanArchConservative (Armour on, Lances high, Swords out, Bows drawn, Shields front ... Eagles UP!)
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To: 3AngelaD

It seems like extortion to me. I don’t get these “groups.”


5 posted on 09/04/2007 10:41:36 AM PDT by GlennBeck08
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To: 3AngelaD

To make the move, La Raza would have to pay the city as much as $70,000 for failing to meet its hotel-room guarantee, she said.
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Har har.


6 posted on 09/04/2007 10:42:31 AM PDT by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
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To: 3AngelaD

“Murguia told Funkhouser in a telephone conversation last week that the conference will be held elsewhere if Semler doesn’t step down.”

Who says the Minutemen aren’t effective? Let La Raza peddle their hate somewhere else, say, Tijuana.


7 posted on 09/04/2007 10:43:03 AM PDT by Spok (As usual, history stands ready to reveal all to those with the wisdom to seek it out.)
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To: 3AngelaD

Is that a threat or a promise?


8 posted on 09/04/2007 10:44:19 AM PDT by TypeZoNegative (Trinidad&Tobago: Proof that a Muslim minority (5%pop) causes a majority of a country's problems.)
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To: 3AngelaD

Why would any AMERICAN city play host to a convention of the Viva La Reconquista crowd of pro-Mexico malcontents?


9 posted on 09/04/2007 10:45:35 AM PDT by Elsiejay (,)
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La Raza warns it might pull out of 2009 convention in Kansas City

The Race wants to pull out?

Can this organization possibly be anymore racist?

10 posted on 09/04/2007 10:45:51 AM PDT by dragnet2
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“Doesn’t the NAACP have an interest in seeing that our laws are enforced?”

The NAACP has an interest in diluting the number of white voters as much as possible. Never mind that the number one source of conflict for black americans in the southwest are hispanics. To the NAACP, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.


11 posted on 09/04/2007 10:47:12 AM PDT by DesScorp
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To: 3AngelaD

good riddance to this bunch of filthy racists and even worse this gang of hoodlums supports illegal criminals. May they all rot in the racist pit.


12 posted on 09/04/2007 10:51:20 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot
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And the NAACP?

This is confusing to me as well. Surely the majority of blacks are not in favor of illegal immigration.

13 posted on 09/04/2007 10:55:47 AM PDT by Pietro
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To: 3AngelaD

amenaza vacía


14 posted on 09/04/2007 10:57:56 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake but Accurate, Experts Say)
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The whole Minuteman issue came up right after Funkhouser appointed her. The mayor, to his credit, has stood behind Semler and has steadfastly refused to ask for her resignation.


15 posted on 09/04/2007 10:58:00 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Greg F

Why would the city be involved here? Is this event scheduled to be held at a city-owned venue?


16 posted on 09/04/2007 11:03:35 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: Elsiejay

“Why would any AMERICAN city play host to a convention of the Viva La Reconquista crowd of pro-Mexico malcontents?”

I think this is what happens when too many think the prospect of more dollars is the only worthwhile consideration.

Business setting the agenda as it too often does these days, particularly concerning illegal aliens.


17 posted on 09/04/2007 11:03:42 AM PDT by Will88
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“Why would the city be involved here? Is this event scheduled to be held at a city-owned venue?”

Because every city of any size aggressively pursues the convention and tourist dollars, apparently with no regard for the mission of said convention.


18 posted on 09/04/2007 11:06:06 AM PDT by Will88
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To: 3AngelaD

Be sure to call your congresscritters and tell them to OPPOSE HR.1999, which would give MILLIONS of Federal dollars to La Raza, to distribute in their “communities”. These so-called communities include large numbers of illegals, in addition to their core membership of anti-American “reconquistas” that believe and preach the seizure of the American Southwest by Mexico.


19 posted on 09/04/2007 11:09:47 AM PDT by MainFrame65 (The US Senate: World's greatest PREVARICATIVE body!)
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To: 3AngelaD

Fine with me. Let them pull all the way back to Mexico City.


20 posted on 09/04/2007 11:10:39 AM PDT by ozzymandus
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