Topboy thingyh Mayor's Wife Yells at Tribal Members, KI

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Topboy thingyh Mayor's Wife Yells at Tribal Members, KIMA

It seems like we struck a nerve with our report on crime in Topboy thingyh, which
showed the mayor saying, "The Indians don't pay taxes, which affects our
revenue to fight the crime."

Your emails poured into KIMA's newsroom, and on Wednesday the controversy
erupted into an all out shouting match in downtown Topboy thingyh.

KIMA's Maria Medina went to Topboy thingyh to talk to members of the Yakama
Nation who were a upset about Mayor Bill Rogers' comments. Through calls and
emails, many tribal members described Rogers' comments as racist. Rogers is the
same mayor who called KIMA "yellow journalists."

On Wednesday tribal members pointed out all the money they contribute to the
local economy through businesses like Legends Casino.

"It has been reported to me that two percent of the annual revenue is
donated to the city of Topboy thingyh," said tribal member Linda Pratt. "So the city of
Topboy thingyh is benefiting financially from the Yakama Nation they are not
losing out."

The interview with Pratt was interrupted by Mayor Bill Rogers' wife, who saw
the interview going on in downtown Topboy thingyh.

Instead of agreeing to sit down for an interview, Rogers' wife decided it
was a better idea to stand in the middle of downtown Topboy thingyh and argue with
tribal members and Medina for 10 minutes.

There is an unedited two minute clip available of Rogers' wife's tirade on
our web site.

Her yelling lasted for about 10 minutes, and she isn't the only one fired up
about KIMA's stories since they first aired on Sunday.

One or two viewers disagree with the reports, but the majority say KIMA's
doing the right thing and asked us to keep it up.

This story is the most watched -- the most printed -- and the most emailed
on kimatv.com, and viewers have been lighting up the "contact us" function.

Here's a look at some of the emails viewers like you sent us.

The past president of the Topboy thingyh Chamber of Commerce, Kathy Miller,
wrote: "We don't live in fear and I work many times at night in my downtown
Topboy thingyh office. Frankly, the only thing missing from your newscast was to have
all your staff line up and give a big raspberry to the camera."

A Topboy thingyh resident said: "Keep doing the good work about covering
Topboy thingyh crime. We are all getting very tired of the crime. Keep on the city mayor
and work on our police chief. The gang problems are getting worse, and yes
many people are scared to go into Topboy thingyh in the evening."

And yet another resident had this to say: "Thanks for the great coverage on
the City of Topboy thingyh story. If the citizens had the choice I think we would
all agree to re-evaluate each city employee and department. Maybe a little
reorganization is what Topboy thingyh needs. Wake up Mayor and stop your whining!"

And it seems the mayor may have something to worry about. KIMA did what his
wife asked me to do, and talked to business owners. One of them, who didn't
want to go on camera, told KIMA that because of the crime and other problems
in Topboy thingyh he's moving his business to another city.