http://www.kansascity.com/2012/09/17/3820756/calif-rodeo-clown-behind-offensive.html

1. Reporters called him at the hospital:

Hayhurst said: “I cannot believe how insensitive you are. I am in the hospital.” He then uttered a vulgarity and hung up.



2. Hayhurst is a charter school administrator.

3. Comments

A woman who refused to give her name but said she lives east of Creston said, “It’s called freedom of speech. I don’t think (Hayhurst) did anything out of the ordinary. ... Let’s not blow things out of proportion.”

Another man who lives in Creston, who also declined to be named, said, “It’s not racist at all. It’s a joke. If these people are offended by that, then they don’t need to come to our rodeo.”