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Kansas' Kobach accused of running a lucrative national 'sham'
Kobach has been scamming the conservative and racist idiots who bought his immigration crap http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/kansas-kobach-accused-running-lucrative-national-sham
Grant Young, a former mayor of Valley Park, characterized Kobach’s attitude as, “Let’s find a town that’s got some issues or pretends to have some issues, let’s drum up an immigration problem and maybe I can advance my political position, my political thinking and maybe make some money at the same time.”
It was quite a scheme. Kobach, before his rise to national prominence as a far-right opponent of voting rights and illegal immigration, would go from community to community, urging local officials to pass anti-immigration ordinances. He focused his energies on “small, largely white municipalities overwhelmed by real or perceived demographic shifts,” where his message fell on fertile ground.
Kobach pitched proposals that made it effectively impossible for undocumented immigrants to live or work in the area. When local officials agreed, and the ordinances faced legal challenges, Kobach would make himself available to defend the local laws in court.
The results were disastrous for everyone involved – except Kobach. Local communities ended spending money they couldn’t afford to defend bad anti-immigration laws, which they didn’t really need, and which kept failing in the courts.
All the while, Kobach kept collecting lucrative legal fees from the local officials who made the mistake of listening to him in the first place. The Kansas City Star/ProPublica report highlighted a series of cities and towns that were burdened by hefty legal bills – one Nebraska community “raised property taxes to pay for Kobach’s services” – though none of the original ordinances is still in effect.
It was quite a scheme. Kobach, before his rise to national prominence as a far-right opponent of voting rights and illegal immigration, would go from community to community, urging local officials to pass anti-immigration ordinances. He focused his energies on “small, largely white municipalities overwhelmed by real or perceived demographic shifts,” where his message fell on fertile ground.
Kobach pitched proposals that made it effectively impossible for undocumented immigrants to live or work in the area. When local officials agreed, and the ordinances faced legal challenges, Kobach would make himself available to defend the local laws in court.
The results were disastrous for everyone involved – except Kobach. Local communities ended spending money they couldn’t afford to defend bad anti-immigration laws, which they didn’t really need, and which kept failing in the courts.
All the while, Kobach kept collecting lucrative legal fees from the local officials who made the mistake of listening to him in the first place. The Kansas City Star/ProPublica report highlighted a series of cities and towns that were burdened by hefty legal bills – one Nebraska community “raised property taxes to pay for Kobach’s services” – though none of the original ordinances is still in effect.
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No answer as to what makes them so stupid
