Rest in Peace, Old Man.

Joe Nuxhall has died. While I am not a big baseball fan, I enjoyed Nuxhall’s personality while listening to him and Marty Brennaman cover the Red’s games. They represented a simpler time and despite the fact they were local celebrities, they never acted above the fans.

Rest in peace, friend. You’ve earned it. Tell Marge and Schotzy we said hi.

Letter to the Editor

What follows is my letter to the editor of CityBeat. I’m curious to see if it will be published. I’d love to get some more local readership

I find the coverage of Elvira Arellano’s long overdue arrest and deportation on page 11 of last week’s City Beat amusing. Not only did Arellano violate Title 8, Section 1325, not once, but twice, she also worked in this country under a falsified Social Security number. The criminality of Arellano’s actions is unquestionable and any attempt to defend her is indicative of puerile notions that we are obligated to let anyone into our country at any time for any reason.

The American taxpayer clearly disagrees with this liberal presupposition. Twice the bipartisan amnesty provisions debated fiercely by Congress have been sent down in flames. For good reason at that. Affording known criminals the opportunity to do things “the right way” is about as fair and reasonable as affording a burglar the opportunity to knock the next time he wants to enter your house.

To give you some perspective, my great grandfather, who immigrated to this country from German Poland nearly 130 years ago  He also came here legally, unlike Arellano and some estimated 12 million pestilent individuals like her. He did not break the law and steal the identity of another person in order to work legally. He farmed as did his children and their children after them. Several of his children and grandchildren served in the military to defend this country during both World Wars.

These Elvira Arellanos and her sort are different. They leech off the American taxpayer. They break our laws. They refuse to integrate. While refusing to respect our laws, they demand us to respect them.

While Elvira Arellano is clearly a pathetic individual, Walter Coleman, the pastor of Adalberto United Methodist Church, is far more reprehensible. While afforded tax exempt status by the federal government, he has used this to harbor an illegal alien. While ostensibly professing a religious vocation, Walter Coleman has decided political activism on behalf of wanted criminals is far more attractive. (Genuine evangelism doesn’t get you invited onto Hannity & Colmes afterall.)

Justice is clearly not complete. Adalberto United Methodist Church should be stripped of its tax exempt status and Walter Coleman should be in jail for aiding an illegal alien. Furthermore, in reference to your article’s mention of CODEDI’s attempt to warn workers at the Fairfield poultry plant of an impending raid, this organization should be raided and the guilty parties punished to the fullest extent under the law.

I’ll gladly pay double for produce at the grocery store and cut my own lawn if it means the 11,999,999 others like Arellano get a one way ticket south of the Rio Grande.

Regards,

-kf
Greater Cincinnati
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