Racist letter read by Arizona lawmaker to state Senate may have been a hoax

[lame54]

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/arizona-lawmaker-may-have-read-racist-hoax-l

March 23, 2011 10:00 AM
Racist letter read by Arizona lawmaker to state Senate may have been a hoax
By David

Two Arizona lawmakers set off charges of racism after one instructed the other to read a controversial letter on the state Senate floor last week during a debate over five immigration bills.

The letter, allegedly from a man who works as a substitute teacher in Glendale, said that Hispanic students "hate America" and only want to become "gang members and gangsters," according to ABC News.

Problem is, local reporters could not find anyone under the man's name who had worked for any of the area school districts, and key details in the letter were contradicted by school officials.

That left some groups suggesting the letter was an outright hoax...

[madrchsod]

1. the truth? we do`t need no stink`n truth...

[Ian David]

2. "I’ve spoken with the teacher who wrote this letter. He stands by all he wrote. "

"I’ve spoken with the teacher who wrote this letter. He stands by all he wrote. This is happening in our classrooms. The behavior by these students cannot and will not be condoned."

"Some Members of the Minority are now calling for me to apologize, and calling for Sen. Klein to apologize for reading it. We will not apologize," he added.

Wow.

Someone is doubling-down on crazy.

[DBoon]

9. which means they know it was made up

and they are attacking the credibility of anyone who says otherwise

[Tansy_Gold]

3. Well you coulda knocked me over with a feather. Surprise Surprise.

Well, okay, not Surprise. Glendale isn't far away however.

I do not think there is an honest puke in the state of Arizona any more. They're all fucking liars. Every last one of 'em.



TG

[Bunny]

4. May have been a hoax? MAY have been a hoax?

Of course it was a hoax. Those people are dumbasses.

[hobbit709]

5. Either way, what does it say about those two legislators?

The fact that they read this out loud in the Chamber is the real issue here.

[Jackpine Radical]

6. You're saying it doesn't really matter

if the origin of the letter was fuckhead teacher or a fuckhead legislative aide?

It only matters that two fuckheads got it read on the floor of the Chamber?

Is that what you're trying to say?

Why are you so unreasonable?

[hobbit709]

7. Not in the context of reading it on the Chamber floor.

If it was real, they still shouldn't have read it out loud. If it was a hoax, it's even worse. But then I've come to expect anything from the RW.

"Every day, they enlarge my view of the possible"

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Again I pay the price for

my aversion to the sarcasm thingie.

[Contrary1]

10. " We will not apologize."

Well, duh...that goes without saying. They are Republicans, after all.

[JoeyT]

11. The letter probably isn't a hoax in the sense that it likely came from the guy they claim it did.

They found an Anthony Hill that works for a company that the schools contract out to when their normal substitutes are unavailable.

It IS a hoax in the sense that the guy is straight up lying, of course.

[lame54]

12. he subbed for 9 days...

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/hoax-or-not-no-apologies-arizona-state-sena

As it turns out, the Glendale School District has now confirmed a substitute teacher by the name of Anthony Hill, but they're not quite as quick to confirm other "facts" as stated in his letter. It seems that Mr. Hill was hired via a private service which the district uses when their contract substitutes are unavailable or assignments exceed the available number of substitute teachers.

The district records show Hill worked as a substitute at three different schools, but only two were with eighth graders: on March 9, when he substituted for an art teacher at Challenger Middle School, and on March 8, when he substituted for an eighth-grade reading, writing and social studies teacher at Harold W. Smith Elementary School.

The district interviewed students and the teacher at Harold W. Smith Elementary School.

"The district believes that the statements made by Mr. Hill in regard to our students and school were not accurate," according to the release. "Students who were interviewed did not recall making or hearing any of the inflammatory statements attributed to them by Mr. Hill, and students also said they stood for the daily recital of the Pledge of Allegiance."

Mr. Hill has substituted on nine days for that school district. I would like to recommend that he not be called to substitute for any more, not only because of his xenophobic views, but because anyone with such miserable spelling and grammar needs to take an 8th grade class rather than teach one.

[JoeyT]

13. Yeah, I meant the guy actually existed,

but was lying through his teeth about everything but having been a substitute teacher at one point.

Very like Joe-The-Plumber-Who-Isn't-Named-Joe-And-Isn't-A-Plumber that is outraged about taxes that don't exist on the business he doesn't own. ;)