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Meet the Kanab Patriots last names U-Z
One hundred and seventy five (175) area residents engage with Kanab Patriots FB page promoting hate, bigotry, disinformation, personal attacks, business attacks, extremism, war cries, carry weapons against neighbors, public health disregard and defense of criminal behavior including embracing locals who went to D.C. January 6th to keep Trump in power.. This is the eighth…
Meet the Kanab Patriots last names Q-T
One hundred and seventy five (175) area residents engage with Kanab Patriots FB page promoting hate, bigotry, disinformation, personal attacks, business attacks, extremism, war cries, carry weapons against neighbors, public health disregard and defense of criminal behavior including embracing locals who went to D.C. January 6th to keep Trump in power.. This is the seventh…
Meet the Kanab Patriots last names N-P
One hundred and seventy five (175) area residents engage with Kanab Patriots FB page promoting hate, bigotry, disinformation, personal attacks, business attacks, extremism, war cries, carry weapons against neighbors, public health disregard and defense of criminal behavior including embracing locals who went to D.C. January 6th to keep Trump in power.. This is the sixth…
Meet Your Kanab City Council 2024
Beginning January 2024, Kanab City Council will include three people who publicly promoted that the 2021 election was fraudulent/stolen and two of those support their neighbors who went to Washington DC on January 6, 2021 to stop the certification of the election (see KURW post Insurrectionists from Kanab Area). Both of the vacated Kanab City Council…
Meet the Kanab Patriots (last names L, M)
One hundred and seventy five (175) area residents engage with Kanab Patriots FB page promoting hate, bigotry, disinformation, personal attacks, business attacks, extremism, war cries, carry weapons against neighbors, public health disregard and defense of criminal behavior including embracing locals who went to D.C. January 6th to keep Trump in power.. This is the sixth…
Meet the Kanab Patriots (last names K)
One hundred and seventy five (175) area residents engage with Kanab Patriots FB page promoting hate, bigotry, disinformation, personal attacks, business attacks, extremism, war cries, carry weapons against neighbors, public health disregard and defense of criminal behavior including embracing locals who went to DC January 6th to attack democracy. This is the fourth alphabetical post…
Sindi Vetere Arrested, but NOT for J6
In 2021 Sindi Vetere ran for Kanab Mayor upon her return from the January 6th violent insurrection which she attended with 10 other area residents, including her children and her mother Shawna Cox (see Insurrectionists from Kanab Area. ) Shawna is the regional representative for Ammon Bundy’s anti-government People’s Rights Network and like Sindi, Shawna ran…
Meet the Kanab Patriots (last names G, H, I, J)
One hundred and seventy five (175) area residents engage with Kanab Patriots FB page promoting hate, bigotry, disinformation, personal attacks, business attacks, extremism, war cries, carry weapons against neighbors, public health disregard and defense of criminal behavior including embracing locals who went to DC January 6th to attack democracy. This post features 22 people with…
Meet Your City Officials 2022
(updated 05/23/2025). This post was prompted by the open seat on city council which was filled January 03, 2023. Kerry Glover was selected by the Kanab City Council to replace Celeste Meyeres as she leaves her council seat to join the Kane County Commission. This post is the first in the series “Meet Your Public…
Love it or Leave Series, Part 1: “Leave Kanab, Don’t Come Here”
(updated 07/21/23, add Mayor Purvis). This post is a special request to expose the bigotry of “transplants, move-ins, and those not like themselves.” The residents of Kane County Utah who do post such bigotry, typically use “love it or leave” or “move back to where you came from” and “Don’t California my Utah”. Engaging in…
Meet the Kanab Patriots (last names D, E, F)
(updated 12/28/2022) One hundred and seventy five (175) area residents engage with Kanab Patriots FB page promoting hate, bigotry, disinformation, personal attacks, business attacks, extremism, war cries, carry weapons against neighbors, public health disregard and defense of criminal behavior including embracing locals who went to DC January 6th to attack democracy (see KURW post Insurrectionists…
Meet Your Public Officials: Kane County Commission & School Board 2022 Election
(Updated 01/29/2023 to add Kubeja’s association with Kanab J6ers). This was originally posted March 2020, updated July 2020 following primaries and November 2020 to reflect results of election. The post was written when all were candidates. Candidate information is presented in list format followed by detailed sections for each person with evidence of their public…
Ammon Bundy’s People’s Rights Recruitment in Kanab. Kudos Kane County Office of Terrorism
This post is a re-release given Ammon’s arrest today, March 12, 2022 one year following his “conference” in Kanab at Kane County’s Kanab Center to recruit supporters of his anti-government network People’s Rights Movement (PRM). Information in 7 sections in order of most recent events from the time of the March 11, 2021 conference in…
MEET THE 2022 CANDIDATES for Kane County Utah Election
SEE UPDATED POST Meet the Candidates: Kane County Commission & School Board Election 2022 Listed by seat, district or position (sections by seat/position follow) Listed alphabetically with notes of exposed extremism and/or bigotry. Primary results 06/30/2022: Extremists and bigots narrowly ahead with 300 ballots remaining. Meyeres & Kubeja, endorsed Kanab Patriots, projected to win both county…
Racial Bigotry Part 2: Slavery, Reparations
This KURW series is a special request for Black History Month. This series of posts for Black History Month features those on Hatewatch by KURW at the Deny & Distance stage and include veterans, law enforcement, business owners, public officials and public employees. As always, use KURW Reforming Extremists on Hatewatch as a resource to help…
Racial Bigotry Part 1: Black History Month, Juneteenth, White Holidays & Violence
This KURW series is a special request for Black History Month. Part 1 (this post): Black History Month, White Holidays, Juneteenth & Violence Part 2: Slavery & Reparations Part 3 (coming Oct 2022): Systemic Racism, White Privilege, CRT Part 4: Black Public Figures, Bigotry & Racists The 35 people listed below either posted publicly or…
Meet Your Neighbors: Red Level
(Updated 02/20/22). The dismissive comment by Kane County Attorney Rob Van Dyke that was presented in the previous KURW post Kane County Commissioner Calls Kanab Patriots a Hate Group, But They Are Not the Fringe, prompted a request to review the list for the “worst for the far right in the Kanab area”. Seventy five of…
Meet the Kanab Patriots: last names A,B, C
(updated 12/28/2022). One hundred and seventy five (175) area residents engage with Kanab Patriots FB page promoting hate, bigotry, disinformation, personal attacks, business attacks, extremism, war cries, carry weapons against neighbors, public health disregard and defense of criminal behavior including embracing locals who went to DC January 6th to attack democracy. Forty (40) Kanab Patriots…
Kane County Commissioner Calls Kanab Patriots a Hate Group, But They Are Not the Fringe
(updated 02/14/2022 8:30pm) During the November 23, 2021 meeting, Kane County Commissioners referred to Kanab Patriots & associates as “a hate group” and “fringe” and setting their change of focus to listening to the moderates in the community, to minimize divisiveness. This KURW post exposes where the county commissioners are correct in the hate group…
Insurrectionists from Kanab Area
(Updated 08/04/2023): Social media posts reveal that ELEVEN area residents and their family attended the Jan 5-6 Stop-the-Steal rallies and the J6 Insurrection at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Public posts reveal the identity of four adults of the eleven and knowledge of the identities of some by their friends. The term insurrectionist is used…
Divine Right to Defy Public Health
This is the third post of a series of articles exposing the anti-vax/anti-mask online extremism in response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Bulletin issued August 13, 2021. Part three (updated 11/12/2021) features LDS, Evangelical, God given rights & honoring victims of 9/11 in posts of calls to fight and defy public health safety during the…
Medical Freedom At ALL Costs: Arrest Me, Kill Me!
This is the second post of a series of articles exposing the anti-vax/anti-mask online extremism in response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Bulletin issued August 13, 2021, Part TWO features the 2021 post of “At ANY Cost” including arrest & death by Celeste Meyeres and shared by Kanab Patriots. Part ONE can be viewed here:…
KURW Business Directory of Extremism & Bigotry
This KURW post is a compilation of public social media posts, public activism & public legal records of area business owners. If any business owner was overlooked or has been misidentified as the owner, email mgalaria@protonmail.com. Many of these business owners are on KURW Hatewatch and some are designated Red Level Neighbors.. For background on…
New DHS Bulletin: Threat to USA by Anti-Vax, Anti-Mask Extremists (Part 1)
In response to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Bulletin issued August 13, 2021, this post exposes posts and/or activities of those in Southern Utah, focusing on Kanab, Kane County, Utah and Fredonia, Arizona. The comprehensive slideshow of posts & all supporters is at the end of this post. PART #1 focus is Celeste Meyeres.…
The Lily Pad . Wendy Williams, Owner.
This post is by special request for a review of evidence for Wendy Williams, owner of The Lily Pad Consign & Thrift Store and The Lily Pad Airbnb. It was updated 10/20/2024 at a second request. Two sections follow: (1) Google slides of evidence of bigotry & extremism engaged in publicly by Wendy, 19 slides…
Trump: The Best President Ever
(updated 11/23/2022) This post is a special request from a Kanab resident. That seemingly simple request resulted in 30 new additions to KURW Hatewatch and exposing one more Kanab Patriot’s participation in the Jan 6th Stop-the-Steal turn Insurrection in DC (see Insurrectionists from Kanab Area). Section 3 was added 11/23/2022 to show some people who opposed…
Meet the Candidates: Kanab Mayor & City Council 2021
(Updated 12/19/2022). The 2021 election for Kanab Mayor and City Council included extremists candidates following the national trend. Each candidate in the image above has a dedicated section within the post below. The green stars in the image above indicate the winners of the election. Their declaration forms can be viewed here https://kanab.utah.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1485/Candidates. At a…
Bigotry LGBTQ+ (Part Two of Three)
For Pride Month, KURW launched a three part series for LGBTQ+ bigotry on Facebook from residents in Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, specifically, Kane County (Kanab) and Fredonia, Arizona just across the border. Part One (view here) Part Two (this post) Part Three (coming 03/2022) Area history (Natural Family)Pride Symbols, Support & Straight PrideIntoleranceRights HomophobiaTransphobia…
HEALTH CARE: SUSAN BUNTING ERICKSON
Update 09/06/2021. Susan posts her employment as RN at the Kaibab Band of Paiute Indians. This is concerning given her support of anti-mask rhetoric, Bundy’s People’s Rights Movement, and racism. Susan encourages extremism & bigotry on local FB pages/groups9 FB page “Kanab Patriots”: Kanab FB Page “Kanab Patriots” Recruits and Radicalizes Extremists) FB group Kanab/Fredonia Rant…
Understanding Social Media in Kanab: Groups, Pages & Individuals
This is an updated (12/02/2022) and re-published (09/2021) post from March which exposes the growing social media contribution to radicalizing extremists by Kanab FB Individuals on their personal pages, Kanab FB groups, and Kanab FB pages. Learn how to recognize social media activity of concern, those being radicalized, and WHAT TO DO about all of…
Bigotry LGBTQ+ (Part 1 of 3)
June is PRIDE MONTH and a good time to shed light on the LGBTQ+ bigotry from Kanab, Utah in a three part series. This one displays the evidence of four categories: The 2006 Natural Family Resolution (not in slideshow format) PRIDE Symbols, PRIDE Supporters & Straight Pride Kanab hATeRIOTS Intolerance Rights Part Two features Homophobia…
Calls to Fight: Against Neighbors & Against US Government
(updates 01/2023). On personal FB pages, Kanab Patriots/Kanab Conservative Activism, Kanab/Fredonia Rant & Rave, Kanab Unclassified, Utah Patriots, Armed Forces Tea Party Kanab area residents post calls to fight neighbors, the US Government, Social Justice demonstrators nationwide and some veterans state that they would not fight for this country again but that they WOULD fight…
Camille Johnson Taylor, Kane County Office of Tourism 1.
(updated 09/06/2021) Camille Johnson Taylor is the current director of The Kane County Office of Tourism. She and spouse Carl Taylor reside in Kanab and are joined in extremism by Camille’s co-worker Alicia Hutchings and former staff Ken Gotzenberg and Vicki Hooper (featured in later post). Evidence is presented in three formats: list view comprehensive…
Brissette 2021: Arrested. Violent Threats, AGAIN, then death.
(updated 11/12/2021 following Brissette’s death) Last year a video of Robert Brissette intentionally coughing on Black Lives Matter demonstrators went viral. This year he posted threats to Kanab residents and now he’s in jail before he could act. See KURW post Meet Your Neighbors: Red Level for the other most extreme in this area including…
City Council: Celeste Meyeres
(updated 03/10/21). Celeste is a red level neighbor , current Kanab City Council member and 2022 candidate for Kane County Commission. Celeste won re-election to city council in 2019. She owns Crickets Creations and is co-owner/operator of Burro Flats High Desert Lodge, with her husband Nicholas Meyeres. Celeste is from MT/OR/CA. Nicholas and his former…
Lodging 2: Burro Flats High Desert Lodge, Nicholas & Celeste Meyeres
(updated 10/14/23) Nicholas and Celeste Meyeres worked at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary before opening Burro Flats in-home lodging in 2016. Celeste has served at different levels of local government, currently as one of three Kane County Commissioners. Celeste moved to Kanab from MT/OR/CA. Nicholas moved to Kanab from KS/IN/CO/OH with his former partner Sarah and…
Lodging 1: KANAB SUITES, John Schouten
(updated 07/21/21) John & Crystal Schouten live in Kanab and are owner/operators of Kanab Suites, since 2019. John is from Southern California and Crystal is a Kanab Aiken family member. For all Kanab area businesses see KURW post KURW Business Directory of Extremism & Bigotry List View of Evidence SLIDESHOW of EVIDENCE For corrections/comments, email mgalaria@protonmail.com
Do You Recognize These People?
(updated 12/07/21) If you know any of the people in the photos below, please contact KURW with their name, assigned letter and how you know that they are who you say they are. The reasons to know their identity are Some continue extremist activity, including: email mgalaria@protonmail.com with their name, assigned letter and how you…
Reforming Extremists on Hatewatch
(updated 09/03/2022). Do not reduce this to political differences. Political differences are different approaches to addressing the same problem. Extremist rhetoric, bigotry & racism are morality differences with deep feelings of fear/anger/betrayal. Too many people are dismissing morality differences as political differences. Stop being blind to hateful activity because they are “good people” and help…
History, Purpose & Criteria for Hatewatch
(update 05/03/21) After discovering that Kanab area residents Corson & Crosby were at the January 6th Capitol Insurrection, I shared Hatewatch with the public. Hatewatch is a list of individuals living in the Kanab, Utah area or acting in the area via social media group or partial-year residency who engaged in public extremist activity either…
Kane County Sheriff’s Office
(Updated 11/17/2024). Every effort should be made to expel bigots and extremists from law enforcement. In the March 13, 2021 episode of PBS Newshour, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discussed his focus of exposing extremism in the military because the actions of a few can have such extensive affects on the greater population (around minute 14…
iRepair: Desiree & Jeremy Felish
Updated 07/21/2021 to add Call to Fight by Phil Cloughesy, retired LEO 07/17/2021 to include support of Vetere’s involvement at DC Capitol Jan 6 Stop-the-Steal 07/17/2021 added Google slideshow. Desiree & Jeremy Felish opened iRepair in 2013. Desiree also works at Kanab Elementary School as support staff (see Exposed: Expel or Reform? School Employees) and Jeremy…
Public School Employees. Kane County School District
Updates: 12/08/22 add section for Fredonia-Moccasin School district, 09/04/22 add response by Susie Harris, 03/11/2022 updated all sections Bigotry and/or extremism posted publicly on social media by Kane County School District employees. When sufficient evidence exists, they are included on Hatewatch by KURW and indicated as such with “Yes” in spreadsheet below. As a retired…
Shabby Iris Cottage Cakery: Sarah Lofing
(updated 11/06/2024). This review of evidence for Sarah Jane Lofing is at the request of a concerned resident who saw this statement by Katie Lambson, admin of local FB platform for hate Kanab/Fredonia Rant & Rave. Sarah & some who know her deny that she engages in hate. This review shows evidence for Sarah’s extremism…
Big Al’s Burgers at the Junction: Rinda & Russell Alldredge
This post (updated 11/17/2024) is the first of the series exposing bigotry and/or extremism shared publicly on social media by Kanab business owners. Rinda & Russell Alldredge Rinda Alldredge and Russell Alldredge have shared and promoted bigotry and extremist rhetoric publicly. The Alldredge family owns and operates Big Al’s Burgers at the Junction. Rinda is…
Louis Pratt
(updated 02/11/2025). This post is the evidence of extremism and bigotry for Louis Pratt, Kanab, Utah. Louis co-owns Kanab Package Liquor Store with his wife Tracy Goulding Pratt. Louis is a retired county employee, Kane County Transportation & GIS. He is one the most prolific public posters of bigotry on Facebook designating his content as…
You Can EASILY Help Reduce Bigotry & Extremism in Kanab
The easiest way to reduce on-line hate is to report posts and comments to the social media platform, and you can do that from home without confronting people. This slideshow gives you step by step directions and tips to do just that. For resources on how to intervene directly with people, see the resources section…
Hatewatch by KURW
The hundreds of people presented below either reside in Kane County, Utah or are active on social media pages or public events in Kanab, Utah and neighboring Fredonia, Arizona and engage in hate (bigotry & extremism). “HATE” is defined by Merriam-Webster 2022 as The individuals presented in ALPHABETICAL ORDER below, meet the criteria used for…
Kanab Veterans Bigotry/Extremism
Updated 01/20/2025 Scroll to Sections below by each veteran included in this post Veterans Not Included in this post, but links to other posts exposing their extremism/bigotry #1 of 9: Clifford Henry Smart (Fredonia, from CA) *Tom Cram, Kanab City Chief of Police, see Kanab City Police Department: Chief Tom Cram & Officer Dustin Bundy #2…
Violence at Their Core: Murder Soros, Pelosi, Democrat Neighbors, Suspected Felons, Black Thugs & Antifascists.
(updated 11/28/22) Why do I urge residents to intervene? These violent posts went UNREPORTED for months until recently. Resources for understanding and intervening are found in sections 2 and 9 of this post. Kanab area veterans (Geoffrey Broadbent, Jeff Schwilk), business owners (Robert Brissette, Trenity Gibbs), public employees (Coby Boyd Glover, Hunter Cram) and retired…
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Kanab Utah Right Watch 