IndyMac collapse the fault of illegal immigrants?

I'm cleaning out the notepad in my head of things of interest that happened this week I have not blogged yet, and I remembered a speaker at Pasadena's Monday council meeting stood up and ranted at the council about IndyMac. He said illegal immigrants caused the bank failure by weighing the bank down with loans that were not backed up by real payroll and account information.

He also called Victor Gordo a "reconquista." I guess because he is Latino, and has not specifically denounced the idea that Mexico should reclaim Southern California. You can watch the fun on the Pasadena city video archive (The July 14 meeting), starting at 33:30.

Shortly before he spoke, another man got up to rant and rave about something that Steve Haderlein had done. He wouldn't really say what it was, but he called Haderlein a liar about nine times.

Haderlein said the man had called his field rep and threatened her, but did not go into more details. You can watch that at 26:20.