Editor:

Recently, a friend told me an unbelievable story. It seems he was riding RFTA and he and the driver happened to be the only non-Hispanics aboard. A conversation arose between my friend Tom and another guy, and Tom asked if he was in the country illegally.

The big Latino answered, “I got my stinking green card,” and punched my buddy in the mouth. To Tom’s credit, he did not retaliate physically, asking only of the powder-puff pugilist, “Is that all you’ve got?”

The plot sickens when the bus driver calls 911 and a Garfield County sheriff’s deputy arrives. The pansy-punching punk doesn’t get charged with assault or battery because none of the dozen passengers saw anything.

My friend, however, gets a ticket for “ethnic intimidation.” I guess illegal aliens are viewed by local law enforcement the way the military deals with gays: Don’t ask, don’t tell.

I think it’s a load of crap. I think ICE should give every illegal in this valley a free ride back to where they belong.

Bruno Kirchenwitz
Silt