[BC] Texas radio hosts suspended over phrase

[Urban, Brian L]

A listener, Celia Hagert of Austin, said she and her husband, Eduardo, thought they heard O'Keefe ask several times, "Why don't they just go hire some wetbacks at Home Depot?"

Gillmore said O'Keefe used the phrase "wet vacs" to refer to wet-dry vacuums. He said O'Keefe is from England, where the word "hire" can mean "rent." The comments are not included on the station's Web site as part of recordings from Tuesday.

The bigger question is why 2.3 million dollars and loss of use of a public park for most of a year for grass that lasted 2 days under the foot traffic generated during Austin City Limits Festival.  The park became a sea of mud and is still closed, with no timetable for reopening.

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Brian Urban
Chief Operator
KUT Radio
The University of Texas at Austin
TEL 512-471-1085

On 10/15/09 9:55 AM, "Blaine Thompson" <blainethompson at gmail.com> wrote:

What phrase?  Why?

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/10/15/1015radio.htmlhas
more.

- Blaine