What the heck is going on in Joliet? Story number one, from today’s Joliet Herald News:

JOLIET — City Councilman Alex Ledesma was planning to ride out to a vacant lot on North Broadway on Friday afternoon to rip down yet another sign disparaging Mexicans.

The crude spray-painted sign, which reads, “No More Mexicans,” had been posted on an empty lot that the city owns north of Industry Avenue.

“I’m going over there to tear it down,” Ledesma said. “I’ll do it every time I see one.”

In November, Ledesma went to the same lot to tear down a sign spray-painted with the words: “Hey Mexicans. Go back to Mexico. You’re not wanted here.”

He took the sign to the police department and filed a report. He said he planned to do the same with the new sign.

Story number two, from the same paper, on the same day:

JOLIET — A racist flier posted in front of a home for sale in the Reedswood neighborhood has sparked a police investigation.

The flier warned, “If you can’t hang with the Klan, stay off the porch,” and, “Reedswood stays white.” The flier was placed on a for-sale sign at a house on Park Drive in Reedswood and was discovered shortly after 10:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Realtor selling the property, contacted Friday, said he knows nothing about the flier that someone posted on his sign.

A young couple living nearby said they were unaware of the racist flier, but said they had seen signs of hate-mongering in the neighborhood in recent months.

A pamphlet regarding minority crimes perpetrated against whites was left on the windshield of their car while it was parked in their driveway in the fall. Around Christmastime, the couple, who asked to remain anonymous, spotted a man posting racist signs on utility poles.

Reedswood is the home of a vocal white power advocate, Brian Moudry of the Creativity Movement, formerly known as the World Church of the Creator. Moudry said he was not responsible for the flier on the for-sale sign.

“I don’t know anything about that,” he said. “That sounds like Klan activity to me.”

Moudry said he has associated with Ku Klux Klansmen in the state, but knows of none in Will County. Still, he conceded, “They could be anywhere. They’re the invisible empire.”

Maybe these guys can throw some light on the subject.