Maybe Lester was secretly funding the whole xenophobia thing. I mean, there was that mysterious, yet surprisingly authentic crystal tablet-thingie that was never really explained...
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Meyer
says he has the power to attract "...dirt", but what it looks like from the illustration is that he is surrounded by flies, banana peels, and odiferous what-have-you, much of which is clinging to him.
It looks like what he really attracts is, well, I would charitably call it garbage, but it could be even worse.
Of course, it is possible his powers have matured with time, so that he is now some sort of negentropic organic recycler.