More republican outreach:
snip -In a recording made by County Clerk Don Merriman of the study session, Gile, who is white, can be heard to say the county needed to hire an architect to design the improvements rather than “n*****-rigging it.”
His comment brought laughter from others in the room. Salinan Ray Hruska, who attends most commission meetings and study sessions, asked Gile what he said.
“Afro-Americanized,” Gile replied.
“He’s like that congressman from Alaska,” Commission Chairman Randy Duncan can be heard to say of Gile’s comment.
snip - “I am not a prejudiced person,” Gile told the Salina Journal. “I have built Habitat homes for colored people.”
You would think I have made this up but I can assure you, this person is quite real and an answer to the question “What’s the matter with Kansas?”