County commissioner shuns bilingual Spanish TV reporter
Source: Associated Press
County commissioner shuns bilingual Spanish TV reporter
Updated 4:53 pm, Wednesday, October 21, 2015
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In this May 6, 2015 photo, Sedgwick County Commissioner, Richard Ranzau sits, during a County Commission meeting in Wichita, Kan. Beatriz Parres, a bilingual reporter for English-speaking Wichita television station KWCH and Spanish-language KDCU, approached Ranzau on Monday, Oct. 19 to ask him a question about a recall effort seeking his removal from office. Ranzau refused to answer her questions, saying he thinks the Spanish-born reporter is an advocate for people who are illegally living in the U.S., but agreed to speak with a reporter from KWCH. (Bo Rader/The Wichita Eagle via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; MAGS OUT; LOCAL RADIO OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) A Kansas television station is accusing a county commissioner of defaming one of its reporters when he refused to be interviewed by her and called her an advocate for people living in the country illegally.
Beatriz Parres, a bilingual reporter for English-speaking Wichita television station KWCH and Spanish-language KDCU, approached Sedgwick County Commission chairman Richard Ranzau on Monday to ask him a question about a recall effort seeking his removal from office.
Ranzau refused to answer her questions, saying he thinks the Spanish-born reporter is an advocate for people who are illegally living in the U.S., but agreed to speak with a reporter from KWCH.
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In a video broadcast Monday, Ranzau walked away from Parres, who asked to interview him about a recall effort started by a pro-immigrant group. Petitioners want to remove Ranzau over his ongoing campaign to prevent federal food aid to families in which parents can't prove they're in the country legally.
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d_r
(6,907 posts)always look that soul-less?
He doesn't like he has had many opportunities to turn down federal food aid - I'm not body bashing here, just saying I don't think he has empathy for being hungry.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)Be still my foolish heart.
jalan48
(13,798 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)president there could be, perhaps should be, a blood bath.
That is, more than are being murdered and denied opportunity now. It might spread to the privileged.
WHEN CRABS ROAR
(3,813 posts)mike_c
(36,214 posts)Not.