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WICHITA-Forty cars carrying 125 people streaked across the city on a Saturday morning in late January, to carry out three hits in one day.

In the largest caravan Sunflower Community Action had ever put together, other cars pulled to the side of the road thinking Sunflower's group was a funeral procession.

The targets had all previously ignored Sunflower's invitations to meetings. A state senator and the local chairman of the Democratic Party were the focus on immigration issues and the president of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce was marked on the issue of predatory lending.

Sunflower has been focusing on the Kansas Department of Motor Vehicles for denying non-English speaking Hispanics access to driver's licenses or state identification.

While State Sen. Paul Feliciano was not home, he called Sunflower soon after the action complaining that he did not appreciate the community groups' tactics. But he did agree to a meeting. Democratic Chairman Tom Sawyer did not respond to Sunflower after the hit.

Sunflower also delivered a letter to the home of F. Tim Witsman, president of the local chamber of commerce, demanding that he remove Conseco from the chamber of commerce.

Conseco is a financial-holding company that deals in predatory lending practices. Witsman called Sunflower back the next day and committed to sending a letter to Conseco about Sunflower's concern over the company's predatory practices.