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| 2017-01-02 |
| [Daily Caller] Some small-town residents of Rutland, Vt., are upset at their mayor’s decision to resettle 100 Syrian refugees throughout 2017 in the area. Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras defended his decision, saying the town’s demographics are declining, and they are having trouble recruiting younger workers. He also thinks refugees will bring cultural diversity. "We need people," Louras declared to The New York Times. Louras’s decision sparked outrage among some residents who say they had little say in the mayor’s decision, which would effect them all. They formed an advocacy group called Rutland First to pressure Louras to reverse his decision. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 And speaking of souls, and going all racist... So sad that most coloreds play roles (thick Coates, or the dullardly Knowles), Convinced by brown wrappers And cynical yappers To doubt their avuncular Sowells. "Some" might be truer than "most" (maybe... I hope... for a while yet), but dammit, I need that long O. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-01-02 23:34 |
| #13 Empirical souls put in peril By facts -- fertile, footloose, and feral -- Are tempted to query, But critical theory Stays crystalline, pristine, and sterile. |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-01-02 23:21 |
| #12 How fraught are the ethical quandaries Of melting pots, Let's act for the migrants, Protecting their vibrance, And call it "Respecting Their Boundaries." |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2017-01-02 23:14 |
| #11 Yes. Shut it down. I like RC's working title, but would add some "save the children" wording to the name of the actual act. |
| Posted by: Regular joe 2017-01-02 18:46 |
| #10 Time to repeal the 1980 Refugee act, then. Replace it with the 2017 Stay In Your Own Cesspool Act. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-01-02 17:13 |
| #9 1980 Refugee Act gives the Feds the right to resettle refugees. Govs and Mayors and NGOs may make this go smoothly or not and Govs and Mayors may ask the Feds for more refugees but the 'decision' is not theirs. It is the Feds. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-01-02 15:17 |
| #8 Other. Peoples. Money. Or, more likely, the lack thereof. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-01-02 14:27 |
| #7 Following the Rotherham Model, I see. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2017-01-02 14:23 |
| #6 Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras defended his decision, saying the town’s demographics are declining, and they are having trouble recruiting younger workers. If five of those 100 are 'working', I'd be shocked. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-01-02 12:28 |
| #5 Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras defended his decision, saying the town’s demographics are declining, and they are having trouble recruiting younger workers. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-01-02 12:27 |
| #4 "We need people" Except you're not getting people. You're getting masters. You just don't know it yet. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-01-02 12:23 |
| #3 Other. Peoples. Money. |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-01-02 11:08 |
| #2 So, workers who are able are leaving your little patch 'o sunshine, and your solution is to import as much slave labor as you can make other people pay for? |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2017-01-02 10:27 |
| #1 How does a Mayor have that power on his own? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-01-02 10:10 |