Bigotry costs Hazleton taxpayers

Earlier this month a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that the city of Hazleton must pay $1.4 million in legal costs the city incurred in defending its racist immigration law passed in 2007.  The Mayor at the time, Lou Barletta, pushed the law and became famous enough to win a seat to the House of Representatives, where so far he has had a completely undistinguished career.

Although he did push the law, it was not all his fault.  The law was quite popular among Hazleton voters.  Even now a Councilman named Yannuzzi says, “We still feel are right.”  Kind of ironic that guys with names like Yannuzzi and Barletta were pushing an anti-immigrant bill. 

So now the taxpayers of Hazleton must cough up $1.4 million.  Serves them right.